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    New owner 2002 Final edition, ive been bitten!

    I'm heading out for a drive shortly…with my GOPRO. Just saying…..
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    New owner 2002 Final edition, ive been bitten!

    Whew...When I saw the title of this thread...I thought you had already wrecked the car after one day. As you get more experience driving it and start pushing it a bit more and more (which you will do), be careful of the 3rd to 4th gear change...since most everyone has done the inadvertant 3rd...
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    Please advise before i buy!

    Too cool. Enjoy. Do you want to meet-up for wings or something Saturday? I know you'll be anxious to put some miles on. I think the weather is suppose to be nice.
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    Please advise before i buy!

    Clean '02 FE Red with White Stripes just posted on the Alley. $47K. No stories withthis one.
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    stripped bolt hole

    I've done helicoil for years in aluminum outboard motor blocks. No issues at all. In fact, it was a pretty common repair due to the head bolts routinely needing to be drilled out after breaking in failed attempts to remove.
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    Please advise before i buy!

    Yes. I could argue a dealership resistance to allowing a potential customer to take a Viper out of the area for an inspection both ways. But at the end of the day, its just a 12 yrs old used Dodge. Some dealers are great and "get it" while others have some sort of untrustworthy fear of a...
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    Please advise before i buy!

    Oh…there are a few of us "experts" in the area. Especially GEN-II… IF the dealer allows, drive it to my place and we can put it on my lift and really take a close, relaxed look at it.
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    1992 Viper For Sale

    Back in '92 the local Dodge dealer in San Juan Capistrano had one sitting on the showroom roped-off to spectators. Sticker was $55k and his asking price was $125K. I recall a discussion the dealer was having with a gentleman as to why he should buy this Viper (with no AC) vs. some Italian car...
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    A V8 Viper?

    Very true. The Viper was a parts bin car. Not a lot of R&D beyond just integrating current components under a new skin.
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    A V8 Viper?

    CAFE standards will serve to limit the actual numbers that will be produced per se…ergo a manufacturer's average MPG computations across all models built. SO by keeping the Viper's production numbers low, the MPG penalty/impact (when figured into the overall MPG computation of all models...
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    Gen 4/5 High Flow Heads

    I'd like to get a set of stock GEN-IV heads complete with rockers/valve covers since I've been toying with the idea of machining a new blower lower manifold assembly for use with a Whipple 4.0. I was in the process of doing that for GEN-II heads, but after seeing the design and flow numbers out...
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    What lifters did you use in your engine build?

    Or just modify the stock ones into solid rollers and be done with any issues at all...
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    Vipers and Haters

    I have a new guy in the office and he's on the fence regarding a Viper. Has had a lot of USA muscle cars and is trying to decide btwn GEN-II and GEN-III. So of course he asks me how I like my GEN-II. I've learned not to BS anyone contemplating a Viper...since its not really a normal car by...
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    Prefix Viper Paint Process in the News

    Looks like they base and clear first and then go back and do the stripes. I guess it allows more time for layout and correcting errors vice laying the base color, then the stripe, and then clear the entire panel...in which you must complete the process usually within 24 hrs of laying down the...
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    What about your Gen2?

    I had an instance of the check engine light flash at high RPM when I was experiencing spark blow-out. Kinda freaked me out. It would be interesting to see the actual PCM logic programming that computes some of these warnings.
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    Gen II GTS Fuel Tank Issue

    Concerning when you look at HDPE and chemical compatibility...re: the ingrediants in most octane boosters are not compatable with HDPE...So when looking at potential causes for tank seam failure, one has to consider if a lot of fuel additives were being used that were not "long term" compatible...
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    Gen II GTS Fuel Tank Issue

    Interesting article: http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9607/Alvarado-9607.html#ToC16 Noteable quote: "Belgium-based Solvay is the exclusive supplier of plastic fuel tanks to General Motors' Saturn Division. Solvay has also expanded their Canadian subsidiary in Blenheim, Ontario, and...
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    Gen II GTS Fuel Tank Issue

    Food for thought and correct me if I'm wrong. Older GEN-IIs had the fill fitting in the top of the basket and not a separate fitting in the tank (from the pics I've seen of the older fuel baskets...right??) Curious as to why Dodge changed that design....just wondering. Also, I wonder what the...
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    Road racing in a S/C + meth injected Viper?

    Don't sweat any heat soak concerns running hard. A non-issue. The blower will heat to a point mostly from normal engine temps..not boost induced and then that's it...it will not get hotter and hotter and hotter. The harder you run it, the more air flows through it (pretty much ambient temp at...
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    Is 1500 rpm ok for cruising in 6th gear?

    Local guy sold a GEN-II to a fella in Kentucky and going through some hills, the guy busted the 5/6th gear cluster. 1st time owner and first drive in the car. When asked how he did that (since the car was perfect when he left Tampa), he said he was bumbling along in 6th and not downshifting in...
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    Gen 4 & 5 Performance Well Hidden, Greg Good Heads Dyno, 708 Cam Stock Improvement.

    Re: Gen 4 & 5 Performance Well Hidden, Greg Good Heads Dyno, 708 Cam Stock Improvemen Broke the stock T-56 @ 13 PSI.
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    ear splitting exhaust noise

    Even in a GTS I fould that I needed some 'flow control' to keep the noise tolerable. The spirals were key for me...but I recently was dealing with some strange rattling and discovered I gernaded the inside of the passenger side spiral. Must have been a defect. Right now, I'm waiting on...
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    Gen 4 & 5 Performance Well Hidden, Greg Good Heads Dyno, 708 Cam Stock Improvement.

    Re: Gen 4 & 5 Performance Well Hidden, Greg Good Heads Dyno, 708 Cam Stock Improvemen 9:1 and 17 PSI.
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    a prayer for my daughter tonight would be appreciated

    Prayers, Comfort, and Peace to you and Danielle. I sent this link to my 13 yrs old daughter since we have talked at length about cars, driving, and things in life...mostly during our Viper cruises!
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    Gen 4 & 5 Performance Well Hidden, Greg Good Heads Dyno, 708 Cam Stock Improvement.

    Re: Gen 4 & 5 Performance Well Hidden, Greg Good Heads Dyno, 708 Cam Stock Improvemen Good stuff!! You made me go pull my cam card….let's see. Comp Cam custom blower grind # 3705 on intake and #3654 on exhaust. Gross valve lift: .578/.593 (this is with TD 1.7RRs on a solid roller tappet...

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