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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    Good points, my friend. I'm strongly considering going the save mode route.
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    Guilty as charged :) Just sick and tired of washing/detailing properly. Sometimes it's really hard to get that stuff off. I'm sure it's also harder to see on your silver car. Chicago road salt shouldn't be underestimated, though. Here's a good example of what happens to me on a regular...
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    Gen III oiling issues

    Now if we can figure out a way to get rid of the 400% viper tax on the Mopar parts, it would probably become a very very popular mod for all Gen III owners. Congrats on your recent upgrade, Allan!
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    OK, I did some research and couldn't find the post about lowering windows in save mode that was etched into my memory... Anyways, I guess my question is: without access to battery power in save mode, how does the smart glass work when you try to open the door manually? Wouldn't there be...
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    Thanks! Some more real world experiences testifying against my paranoia. I read an interesting article on engine oils. Here is a relevant quote: "In addition, another part of cold weather driving that is extremely tough on an oil is condensation. Because it is so cold, it takes a fairly...
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    HobokenViper, That's incredibly helpful, thank you very much for chiming in! I am very familiar with your nice 3-page thread on battery woes, just never realized you were in the exact same situation as me. Except that my car has never failed to start on a first try, just started getting...
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    Thanks, rukcus. Encouraging to know. As a paranoid believer in overkill, I always try to go beyond the bare minimum any chance I have. For example, when rain washes the salt away I go for a solid 1 hr drive and get through at least 4th gear. Then, grudgingly, spend an hour washing off whatever...
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    I plan on getting a DieHard Platinum series 34 pronto, as I know it'd tremendously help the cold start up slowness. But I hate the idea of letting it sit and degrade like my current one. You gave me a good idea, though. I will never start the car again until spring, but will figure out a way...
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    Upon some further reflection, I think the VCA needs a new forum section - "Viper and the City" :)
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    Thanks for all your helpful advice, Steve! I realize it's an unusual situation that maybe less than 5% of Viper owners face, and that's why I tried to leave the pesky details out of the first post. Didn't take long for the smart folks on this forum to figure out that it's a somewhat illogical...
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    Thanks for the advice and willingness to help! Only worry would be losing the alarm feature. I might just try to find an alternate private garage in a suburb with an access to a power line.
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    Unfortunately that would disable the alarm (and I need to possibly lower the windows), which I'd rather not do. It's a private parking lot in the city's most expensive neighborhood with cameras, 24 hr security and at least $2 million worth of supercars but still accessible to anyone who decides...
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    As I posted above, I live in the city and unfortunately it's one of the most salt-abusing ones when snow starts hitting. I feel that they'd cover every street in salt by general priciple even if there is not a single snow fall the entire winter. I try to stay away from salt as much as possible...
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    Unfortunately I live in downtown Chicago and the best I could find for the winter was a two-level private indoor heated parking with no easy access to a power outlet to plug a battery tender in. Even though it's a heated garage, it seems that the battery is draining a lot faster than usual. I...
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    What's a safe minimum drive during winter to avoid excessive engine wear?

    I know that cold weather starts and short trips tend to wear out the engine excessively due to unburned water condensation in the oil. I realize there's no simple answer to this question as there are hundreds of variables involved, so I'm just looking for a tried and tested rule of thumb. I'm...
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    Gen III oiling issues

    Thanks, Dan. The Gen IV pan will be my next upgrade. The only Gen IV track blow-up I had read about on these forums was caused by something other than oiling, I believe a headgasket. But I'm just a keyboard warrior at this point, as much as I hate to admit it. That's why I appreciate it when...
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    Gen III oiling issues

    Thanks, Dom, didn't think of that. Well explained.
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    Gen III oiling issues

    "The CC pans are slightly more prone to starvation under acceleration, and under sweeping right hand turns than the G4 version." So starvation can occur under acceleration? Or is it just a case for Comp Coups because of the much harder acceleration (given much better power/weight)?
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    Has anyone install the Mopar Performance Part # P5156137 gen4 heads for the gen3

    Any guesses on how much the stock gen 3 components (intake, heads, valvetrain, valve covers, rails, injectors, etc.) would likely sell for as an offset to the purchse price? I've seen whole used engines selling for as low as $7k, so I wonder if at least $2k is obtainable through the sale of...
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    The Official Gen IV Swing-Arm and pan group buy list

    I also think I figured out the optimal strategy for getting best bang for the buck on the stock pan. At least for those owners who even remotely consider the potential resale of their car (I'm actually not one of them). Keep the OEM. Upon resale, stock components would tend to bring more money -...
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    The Official Gen IV Swing-Arm and pan group buy list

    Thanks, witz323. Updated list: 1. ipetrov 2. NO HEMI 3. swexlin 4. Copperhead133 5. neo rambo 6. witz323 7... Dan, do you have a preliminary estimate on the price with 6 names so far? Also what would it look like at the #10 breakpoint? Thanks!
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    The Official Gen IV Swing-Arm and pan group buy list

    I hope someone from Mopar/Dodge/SRT is reading this. It's never too late to change that shortsighted approach to selling the pans. One potential justification for this 300% increase in price that I can think of (particularly given the timing of that change) is Dodge defending and promoting...
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    Pre-production yellow Viper with pics of display screen options

    lb-ft: 0 - 600 hp: 0 - 625+ Pandora... box... open...
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    The Official Gen IV Swing-Arm and pan group buy list

    Dan, thanks very much for yet another honest and extremely helpful post. Really helps shine a light on the shady supply-side dynamics. Sucks to hear about yet another Viper tax, not to mention a 100% tax, which ironically comes from the same guys (or very close associates of the same guys) who...
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    The Official Gen IV Swing-Arm and pan group buy list

    Allan, good luck with the car and with perfecting your skills! I know confidence in the car is a huge factor in getting faster lap times, so I hope your recent purchase pays off in spades for you.

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