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  1. GTS Dean

    Mad Prof passing

    Thank you for the note. He was a valued forum member and will be missed. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.
  2. GTS Dean

    Heater core replacement and location

    Not in Monaco...
  3. GTS Dean

    SOLD - 2003 Viper STR-10 Black/Black 10.5k miles - Austin TX - $51k

    Nice condition! I wonder if it might have originally been mine. I kept mine for 2 weeks and put under 100 miles on it. Kept my GTS and sold the Gen 3 to SW. He had it sold before I got home. It would take some digging to find my VIN.
  4. GTS Dean

    Golden Collection of Viper Tricks, Traps and Lessons…

    I have proven Pargraph 1 (intake oil) to be mostly false and I killed a fresh build because of using the referenced procedure. The nip ples on the valve cover fronts are for Clean Air Intake to the crank case. Running a catch can here adds restriction and will cause the oil puking issue to...
  5. GTS Dean

    Power Steering Cap Fix

    Stock coolers are not fully up to the task of track duty on hot days. Some folks go ahead with a larger steering cooler. IMO, the biggest issue is lack of engine compartment ventilation behind the radiator. Anyhoo, I run a long 3/8" hose from the cap nip ple down near the rear LCA mount and zip...
  6. GTS Dean

    1993 Viper wire in trunk

    It certainly looks like a co-axial cable. Can you see or feel the base of the antenna? If it were for a battery tender, I would not expect it to run thru the trunk/boot space since the battery is under a panel in the floor beneath the spare.
  7. GTS Dean

    Clutch issues during longer drives

    Brake fluid is hygroscopic - absorbs moisture and should be a periodic service fluid. If you run headers without heat shields, then the clutch line between master and slave cylinders can be heated and cause localized boiling from old fluid. When I did a trans swap a while back, I put a clutch...
  8. GTS Dean

    Gen 1 oil catch can

    So Sean - you're basically mirroring my setup - correct? Behold: the dreaded Gen 2 PCV outlet box. It takes oil droplets flung off the top of the timing chain, then s*ck them straight out of the crankcase and into the intake manifold, and down the cylinder runners. Great design - NOT.
  9. GTS Dean

    Gen 1 oil catch can

    My thoughts as well! I would not expect to catch much with your setup though - the Gen1's have a very efficient baffle system in the valve covers to strip oil vapor out before leaving the engine. That's what I used as a basis for my Gen2, which was a terrible puker at the track before mods...
  10. GTS Dean

    Fuel Pump needed or Information on aftermarket fuel pump 97 GTS

    Read the 850HP sticky thread.
  11. GTS Dean

    97 GTS

    A total loss car in Houston with no accident history could very well have been flood damaged.
  12. GTS Dean

    stand alone ecu

    ^^^This is the sort of thing that set Dan's shop apart from just about any other in the United States.^^^
  13. GTS Dean

    Hagerty: 5 Cars Taking Losses to Start 2026

    As I've said many times, spare/replacement parts are not always the easiest to find, but they are out there. Unless you HAVE to get something NOW, you can usually find it at fair pricing within a few days or weeks, to a couple months. It requires vigilance and does impact how often our cars can...
  14. GTS Dean

    gen 2 guys, can someone help with some measurements?

    My fully dressed G2 engine with clutch and aluminum FW weighs 605# with no exhaust.
  15. GTS Dean

    Oil Pan Mystery

    The windage tray was changed in 99 or 00, possibly on all cars IIRC. The obvious difference are scalloped drain channels instead of straight drains nearer the block skirt. These scallops have more edge length to help break larger bubbles in aerated oil.
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    Oil Pan Mystery

    There were never any trap doors from the factory in Gen 1,2 or Gen 3 cars. G4 & 5? - no idea. The swinging gates are all aftermarket. I never thought the open top/with lips idea was worth a darn. Oil can still slosh up the side walls under heavy cornering, or spill over the short dams fore-aft...
  17. GTS Dean

    Oil Pan Mystery

    Most 'Mopar purists' never ran their cars like Viper owners. We are more like those few guys who flogged the crap out of their Hemi and 6-Pack cars.
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    gen 2 guys, can someone help with some measurements?

    I measured mine at lunch. The crank damper OD is 3.875" above the lower frame rail bottom. The damper radius is 3.5", so crank CL is 7.375" above the bottom of the frame rails. The back of the block is maybe 6.875" behind the center of the small gauge hole in the lower frame longitudinal. It's...
  19. GTS Dean

    Oil Pan Mystery

    I measured my standard (RevA) pan and it is 3.5" from gasket flange to inlet screen. It is actually the second of 3 pans on my engine. There were an early batch of 96 GTS cars that had casting porosity issues and Dodge sent the Rev A warranty pans out for install.
  20. GTS Dean

    Oil Pan Mystery

    I'll try to get to my OE pan to measure the sump depth and compare with yours. There were some running changes to the cooler over the years. I found an old VCA thread where 'Tom F&LGR' measured pressure drop across an older and newer unit and it was a noticeable improvement
  21. GTS Dean

    Oil Pan Mystery

    To be clear about the dipsticks and tubes - the longer pair are for the 8qt '96-97 Gen2 blocks. Properly paired, both combinations will put the "FULL" mark at the top of the steel sump cover. The cover is attached at exactly the same depth from the pan rail regardless of pan capacity. Adding a...
  22. GTS Dean

    Oil Pan Mystery

    Dan, That's an interesting comment. Hopefully the shop that is packaging this has plenty of experience with it. Determining the proper pump rotor length and pulley drive ratio for the amount of WOT time the build will see at its heaviest track loading is critical.
  23. GTS Dean

    Oil Pan Mystery

    Just to confirm - were your measurements from the gasket flange (pictured above) down to the screen? My measurement was ON THE CAR, from the underside of the flange, to the external bottom of the center sump casting (driver's side). An eighth here, an eighth there can make a volume difference...
  24. GTS Dean

    Gen 2 headlamp/fog lamp switch

    Another Ford reference:
  25. GTS Dean

    DIY 650+whp on e85/track ready budget fuel module

    Hot lapping and TT is what I do. Road America and COTA have been no problem at all, but I'm only making around 470 wheel with stock tune and injectors. I have run my car down to as little as 2 to 3 gallons remaining at COTA several times with NO fuel starvation issues AT ALL.

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