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    #209 Ready to Hit The Road

    A long road trip in a 92 without A/C through very hot climates will be miserable. It would be a much more enjoyable early spring or late fall than mid summer trip.
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    If you are in the market for a Viper GTS ACR

    I always thought the warranty clock did not start until the car came off of MSO. My 1994 RT/10 did not come off MSO until 1998, so when I bought it in 2001 it was still under factory 3/36 warranty. I then bought the 7/70 extension that kept the car under factory warranty until 2005 when it was...
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    Viper bar.

    Sweet! Looks great.
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    GTS Targa Top?

    Someone may have photos of the Pace Car on race day with the top removed. I believe this picture was taken of the car at the Connor Ave plant where it used to reside. Don't know if it is still there. RevHeat may have a pic with the roof out.
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    GTS Targa Top?

    96 GTS Pace car roof.
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    Viper Registry Build Information

    The VIN's are not exactly sequential, but are somewhat. My VIN ends in 200012 so it was somewhere around the 12th GTS built. It was built before the introduction at the 1996 Indy 500, in May of 1996. Actual build date Month/Day/Year is on the driver's door. I do know there were some VIN numbers...
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    Anyone got a origanl 1996 GTS exhaust?

    I have the exhaust from the cats back. No cats, heat shields or exhaust manifolds. PM me if interested. Took it off at 20K miles or so when I put on Borla cat back and high flows. Original cats were overheating and discoloring the paint on my side sills. You sure you want to do this?????
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    Custom paint GTS pulling matching Viper motorcycle on trailer. Whose is it?

    The owner brought the car and bike to a VCA meeting at Daytona Beach Dodge almost two years back. Awesome looking car and bike combo and amazing paint. Don't remember owner, but I believe he was out of Oviedo, FL
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    Cant take early Vipers into Canada?????????? WTF??

    They did sell 94 RT/10's in Canada, but if I remember correctly they had daytime running lights hooked up to the non working switch on the US version and they had something funky about the seat belts as compared to US models.
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    My Viper Wreckage.

    Car with salvage title before accident should have been worth 20K or so. Sounds like they are really lowballing you. They sure don't value the wrecked car as being worth much.
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    noobie in texas

    Check mfg date on tires also. Old tires are the achilles heel of Dodge Vipers. Very dangerous. Lots of tread means nothing if the tires are 5-6 years old. With those miles, the tires may be original and hard as a rock. Your tech would most likely not look at this or make this recommendation. If...
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    Gen I Exhaust Questions....

    I left mine stock. I love diving down the street and having people come out of their house to see if the UPS man has their package.
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    Gen II Gas Economy ??? WOW

    If you paid $3.70 (US equivalent) a US gallon for the gas, your mileage is pretty normal for city driving with your foot in it. When I bought my 96 GTS in Detroit and drove it back to Florida I got 24 MPG on that trip. Foot in it city driving blasting away from stop lights, probably 1/3 of that...
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    GEN 1 Market?

    I would not buy a 3K mile Gen 1 with no A/C if I was planning on driving the car at all. If you are looking to buy a museum piece to store and not drive, I would say market somewhere from 33-35K. Will definitely need head gaskets replaced as well as most likely a few other dried out gaskets...
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    431 Mile Gen I

    Probably less than one that has been driven consistently. I see cars that have been driven less than 1K miles a year as nice museum pieces, but problematic to put into service as drivers.
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    Speed by gear - GTS (creampuff)

    My best 1/4 mile time was 11.997 at 120.66 in my 96 GTS with stock 3.07 gears and 17" Hoosier drag radials. Never got out of 3rd gear. The Hoosier drag radial is not a very tall tire. I went to the MT ET street drag radial which is over an inch taller and computed I should be able to get to 126...
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    Am I due for a new radiator?

    Back before Stop Leak there was a product called Egg White. They actually used to put egg whites in leaking Model T radiators under the theory that the egg whites would cook under temperature and seal the radiator leak. Kind of like bananas in a noisy differential.
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    First time at the track

    I launch at 3000-3500, but don't just dump the clutch. I normally drive around the water and back into it before doing a mild burnout. The front tires dripping water in front of the rear ones is not great for traction.
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    Do I NEED a hood pad for my Vipair hood?

    I have been told that the sole purpose of the hood pad is fire suppression. Removing it will not negatively impact the hood or paint, except in case of an engine fire. Weight savings is about the same as if you had a single patty verses a two patty burger at lunch. Hood pads weigh close to...
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    So do GTS's get more attention than SRT's?

    GTS. When people see an SRT they immediately think of the jock in The Fast and The Furious, Tokyo Drift.
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    A Viper, treated much different than most. . . 56k be warned

    I say pull the body and put it on a 4x4 chassis, or maybe just an 8 inch lift kit.
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    poly mounts to improve shifting?

    Polymounts will help solidify the engine and transmission but come with minimal vibration as a side effect. Chuck Tator said he put some on his car and took them back off. Most drivers can hit the gears solidly without them. Some drivers the polymounts will never help.
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    First time at the track

    I ran 12.2 at 117 my second pass first time out in my 96 GTS. Tubes and filers only. That was my best pass of 13 that day. Road and Track road test for my car was 12.8 and 116 in 1996, but they don't do these on a prepped track. High flow cats, Borla cat back and Hoosier drag radials have...
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    CAT delete: problems when getting oil changed?

    I Believe you can have your hands cut off for cat delete in Dubai dnd there is a $10,000 reward for turning anyone in who has done so. Go with HF's and don't worry about it.
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    Cruising speed small vibration that is not tires: drive-shaft?

    I had a vibration problem in my GTS after switching wheels and installing drag radials. I would have sworn it was in the front as I could see the left front of the hood vibrating. It about drove me nuts. I had the front wheels rebalanced and that did not help. I had the right front and left...

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