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    5245322 PCV Grommet NLA / Substitute

    Did the PCV grommet hole change in dimensions during the Gen 2 run? I have my intake manifold off so figured I'd change the grommet as cheap insurance while I'm there. I bought the standard "fits every Chrysler since the beginning of time" grommet - NAPA 6301073 - and while it does fit the...
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    Can never trust new parts

    Cars today are piece of garbage. Car parts today are pieces of garbage. Workers' attitude are in the toilet. Society's a ******** these days. We need to go back 20 years in time.
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    Oil Filter Recommendations

    I used Wix/Napa Gold filters for decades, but wix turned to garbage after M+H bought them and then Napa Gold got outsourced to some junk chinese manufacturer. Very disappointing that part quality has gone down the toilet over the years :(
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    Can never trust new parts

    Thanks but I bought another new Mopar one from Rock Auto .... just wanted to vent that the employee on the assembly line couldn't be bothered to take 1 second to spin it to make sure it's good It just feels like the quality of the auto sector - parts and labor - has gone into the toilet these days.
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    Can never trust new parts

    Needed a new alternator for my 01. Bought a brand new mopar unit since I try to avoid reman stuff when possible. Take it out of the box, give the pulley a spin and 'click click click click click click click click click' Grrrrrr :(
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    Oil Filter Recommendations

    Buy it from a Dodge dealership? I think I pay like $20 artic pesos for mine from a dealership, so that's like $14USD No they won't - they don't say 'Viper' on them so they're all a ************* compared to the mopar one.
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    My viper conundrum

    I won't leave mine unattended in parking lots .... in the early years I would and 90% of the time I'd come back to find people loitering around it. All it takes is 1 asshole - of which they are plenty these days - to ruin your day.
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    1999 GTS - Exhaust Manifolds Glowing Red

    If it was doing it before, and it's both banks, that really starts to sound like an ignition timing issue. I assume you didn't screw with the timing in the tune, so I wonder if maybe crank or cam sensor is doing it? I once had an LS3 with ITBs ... to get it to idle we basically had to pull out...
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    1999 GTS - Exhaust Manifolds Glowing Red

    If you don't have cats/mufflers it's most likely unburnt fuel in the exhaust, either too rich or timing is too r-e-t-a-r-d-e-d. Checks O2s are working and what the fuel trims are as a starting point.
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    New BCM Repair Services

    DeepSeek says I can repair my own BCM for $10 and its help ... what makes your repair services better than Chineseium AI?
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    01 GTS radiator hose question

    RSI has a hard-pipe kit to replace the upper and lower rad hoses. For the smaller heater and coolant tank hoses you're forced to go with silicone ones
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    01 GTS radiator hose question

    I wouldn't do silicone hoses. They permeate water like 500x more than regular EPDM rubber hoses. Pain in the ******* ass. Today's hoses are not like those from 1975 - they have service lives of 20+ years ... good enough (because even silicone has a service life ... basically every 2 times you...
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    RT10 Mods (Heads/ Cam/ etc.)

    Tuning should be pretty straightforward now that HP Tuners supports gen 2 vipers. Find any good performance shop with a dyno. Could also do a remote tune - Unleashed Performance did mine before I headed to the dyno and it was pretty good after a few drives.
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    Volt gauge reading

    Except if it dies in the alternator big deal - $200, 2 bolts, and an hour later you're good to go. Not so cheap or fast if it's the PCM.
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    Volt gauge reading

    I bought Rock Auto's last new mopar gen 2 alternator ... figured cheap and easy enough to try as I don't recall seeing the headlights dim when all the load was on a year or two ago. Or maybe they did and I never noticed it, I dunno, but cheap and easy enough to see. In my research I did learn...
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    Volt gauge reading

    With the battery fully charged and car (2002 rt/10) on, intercooler pump on, radio on, headlights on (dtrl), radiator fan off, the needle on the volt gauge is just a hair past the 14 mark on the gauge. Same conditions but now radiator fan on, the volt gauge sits a hair beneath the 14 mark if...
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    Bought an SCT x3. Little to no support from SCT. Any tuners available can help out?

    I'm happy with Torrie - Unleashed Tuning - https://unleashedtuning.com/ - did a remote tune with HPT on my paxton gen 2.
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    Can't program throttle.

    You said you changed the throttle ?bodies/sensors? - I think they need a dealership specific tool to be re-learned (i.e., not just an at-home reset or autozone scan tool reset), don't they?
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    New Viper Owner

    I had the exact same experience when I asked him what brands he stocked and what the date codes were ... so I just went and bought from Tirerack; they had no question answering my questions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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    Transmission Fluid for G1 & G2

    Except they don't make Syntorq anymore and there's no consistency about what to use when I read online posts for Gen2 transmissions :(
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    Transmission Fluid for G1 & G2

    There's a sticker that says use Syntorq
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    Transmission Fluid for G1 & G2

    What is the recommended fluid for a 2002? Some sites say 75-90 GL4 (e.g., Amsoil), others say use Mopar ATF+4.
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    Car will not start unless fuel pump unplugged first

    Built engine I don't blame ya ... remote diagnosis is never fun ... now that it's working again all I can do is wait and watch for anything funny. But if something mechanical changed, you'd think there would be symptoms at either cold start, idle, cruise or WOT .... so weird that everything...
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    Car will not start unless fuel pump unplugged first

    Battery is only a year old (although since batteries are crap today I guess that doesn't mean much) and cranking/operating voltages seem as they've always been, but I will keep that in mind if I put in a new battery and it goes wonky in-tank Walbro fuel socks and inline 10 micron Aeromotive...
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    Where to locate trickle charger

    That's where mine's attached to. I don't see any issues with it. What they might be referring to is if you use a ring terminal on the + stud rather than the alligator clips. If you use a ring terminal you have to spin the nut off the + stud, which can cause the stud to spin and short your...

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