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    Any advice on good service in Denver area.

    Sorry to hear about your difficulties. In my experience - and I've owned my Viper for 4 years now - there is only one Viper tech in the Denver area I'd trust with my car, Jim Slater. Sadly for me, he now works at a dealership up in Brighton - just too long a hoof in traffic and all for any...
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    An open forum for Roe Supercharged Viper owners/installers

    Finished install myself last week. Two relatively minor installer initiated (me!) hiccups - clipped an injector o-ring which lead to a minor leak (replaced damaged o-ring with one from a stock injector) and inadvertantly left a plug wire off for a bit (tinged driver silver side sill a bright...
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    Need help with a billet part to get fabricated

    Try IPS in CO. Owner does a LOT of custom work / parts for Pantera's, Vipers and Prowlers. Superior quality. Here is a link to their website: http://www.ipsco.org/ Or call 303 252 4481 IPS can also be found under the Performance Parts here.
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    Christophers Dodge Lies about performing 998 Recall

    I would have used Jim, but he got out of the business for a while. He's now back at a dealership in Brighton. I've heard good things about Glenn at Southwest. I may have him look into this for me. Thanks.
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    will a 2002 oil pan fit on a 1998?

    Thanks Paolo! 1996 - 1999 Gen II oil pans are all the same and all 2000 - 2002 oil pans are the same. The 2000+ pan will most assuredly bolt up to your 1998 and as Ron says, you get a bit more capacity. And to my thinking, an even more important upgrade for 1999 and earlier Gen II's, also as...
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    Christophers Dodge Lies about performing 998 Recall

    I'm not looking to Dodge for a lot of support on my car anymore, it's a 1998 GTS and out of warranty. I did believe, however, one of the 5-Star (what a joke) dealers would at least perform FACTORY RECALL work. I just changed the oil in may car, no problem... And after reading...
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    WTF!!!! No room to remove oil filter after 998 Recall. HELP!!!

    You're pissed! And well you should be. Thanks to your pictures I now know that Christophers Dodge in Denver Colorado just flat lied to me. My 1998 GTS was in their shop for the 998 recall and I don't have any of the gusseting shown in your pictures. Christopher's Dodge, Denver Colorado -...
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    SC question

    I've heard about 1 fellow Colorado Roe SC "burning out" some high flow cats, but I'm not certain exactly what "burning out" means... Also understand that car had been experimenting with different blends of octane and was also an early install with MSD box (but now upgraded to VEC2). Since...
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    Pics of polished "Viper V10" valve covers

    Re: Pics of polished Stock covers are magnesium which cannot be chromed, at least that's what I was told when I tried to have mine done. There's another thread running now that also discusses polishing all / part of stock covers...
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    Who has Roe Super charger Dyno numbers ?

    I just dyno'd mine Monday. Best numbers from 4 pulls were 562 hp and 588 ft-lbs on car with headers, stock throttle bodies and stock cats. HP numbers ranged from 556 to 562. Still needs a bit of tuning with VEC2 fuel and timing for my altitude (~6000 ft), but that's among the many values /...
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    Anyone ever polish "Viper" on the valve covers??

    Re: Anyone ever polish I polished mine a while back and posted this...
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    Crankshaft Pulley Mess

    And don't forget a bit of red lock-tite!
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    The VCA needs your feedback

    I love my Viper (and the superb folks at Woodhouse), but I can't say I'd buy another Dodge. I tried... The wife was pretty serious about a 2003 Durango. Local dealer (a 5 star joke - with apologies to those like Woodhouse who've actually EARNED the rating) wanted $3500 above MSRP as starting...
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    OK, how do I explain this to the nice officer?

    Uhh... Mr. Roe told me to. Finished my SC install yesterday. Took me - competent, by really a hobbyist - parts of three days, all told more than 1 full day, but definitely less than 2. I also did a bit of port matching that added some time - now there are no rough edges at the manifold / cyl...
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    Polished Valve Covers for your Snake

    To any interested... Finally heard back from the magnesium coating folks KenH found... Possible, but not cheap! Interesting comment about some collaboration on the 03 Vipers... ____________________________________________________________ Hi Joseph Sorry not to have responded before, our...
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    Side pipes for GTS?

    The rear O2 sensors have to get moved and wires lengthened. I have them just past the muffler and just in front of the final bend "aiming" the exhaust down and away. When it's all said and done, the sensor position moved less than 12 inches upstream. I soldered the connections for the wire...
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    Side pipes for GTS?

    Looks GREAT, in my humble opinion... Not sure why, but clicking on my avatar does not result in a larger picture. On the otherhand, go to the VCA Calendar project, my car is in photos #30 and 121. http://www.kansascityvca.com/cproject2.html My car is only slightly more loud in the...
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    Polished Valve Covers for your Snake

    Go ahead, rain on my parade! Just kidding all, it's been that kind of week for me! Next step - for me - is, in fact, clearcoating. I'll now wait a bit to see what "tarnished" looks like. I'm not a metalurgist, but it seems like if one could reduce / eliminate the contact with oxygen, the...
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    Polished Valve Covers for your Snake

    and you already have them on the car... Here are a couple of pictures of my polished valve covers. They were actually pretty simple to do, use a media blaster to remove paint from the stock valve covers and get out the polishing compound. Here are my results. Actually I'm far happier with...
  20. J

    Custom Gen 1 A - Arm

    Try IPS, see them under the performance vendors. I know he makes A-Arms for Panteras...
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    Upgrade to ABS on a 96 - 00 ?

    The Archer system is a 3 channel system - or more specifically, the system I purchased last year from Archer was a 3 channel system - that's all they had, there was no 4 channel system available from them (or anyone I could find) for the Viper. They were very good folks to work with, call them...
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    Upgrade to ABS on a 96 - 00 ?

    Yes, a number of folks - including me - have installed an ABS system from Archer Motorsports on their 96 - 00 cars. Search the archives (look for ABS or Joe Dozzo) and you'll find a couple of posts I made (circa Feb 02) about the install and my complete satisfaction. I've seen others paste...
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    Denver Colorado Area Owners

    Never ever, NEVER EVER EVER trust your car to Christophers Dodge. Jim Slater, as mentioned above is very good. He's back in Denver after a short hiatus. Contact him at Johnson Auto Plaza in Brighton, 136th and Hwy 85, phone: 303 654 1940. Did I say NEVER take your Viper to Christophers?
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    How to question

    Same here, VCA member since 1998... Edit: Uhhh, never mind... New BBS must be magic!
  25. J

    Silver GTS sides turning yellow? normal?

    Yes, silver cars seem to have the most problems with yellowing the side sills from hot cats. Can't say I'm a fan of removing the cats... A couple other alternative exist. 1. The high flow cats do seem to run cooler. 2. Paint the inside of the side sills with a high temperature paint like VHT...

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