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    AC again

    You might just be able to recondition it. I had my blower motor resistor pop several years back and when I was looking at it I realized that it basically just acted like a fuse. Took the motor out and disassembled it and found some corrosion in the bushing at the end. Cleaned it up and put...
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    Need input for hi flo cats

    If the cats are well designed they should make fairly little difference. For all the more that people will talk about them restricting flow, if you look at how they are designed they should still maintain the same flow area as the pipe before or after them. That's why they are larger diameter...
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    Vin Sequence

    It is kind of funny. You wouldn't think that kind of info would be as hard to find as it is. You would assume numbers that are legally required to be on cars would make more sense and be easier to track, but ultimately I guess it is just a number. Dodge is probably the only one that has any...
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    Contribution levels

    The forums themselves are actually handled by a third party and I believe are self sufficient from advertising, though I might be wrong on that front. A few years ago when the club was getting all of its finances in order we made the decision to do that as we wanted to make sure that this site...
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    Need input for hi flo cats

    It didn't make as much of a difference as I thought it would when I put them back on. Volume was slightly lower, but bigger difference was more just the "pulsy-ness" of the system. That was my problem with the 2.5" exhaust I had in general. Every exhaust pulse was pretty dramatic and had a...
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    Vin Sequence

    As some have sort of alluded to, I'm guessing the factory might try to stage certain cars in order so there is less reconfiguring between stuff in a day. Say for instance they have 10 ACRs to build and 10 normal cars. Probably makes more sense to run all the ACRs in a row just so everyone is...
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    9L Extreme stroker vs supercharged vs turboed

    I've run with him in Hastings for Viper Rendezvous (well, seen him, my car isn't nearly in that kind of class, lol). I think he finally dethroned the old lap record as well if I remember correctly. Definitely heard it coming down the straight.
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    Anybody Have Signatures in their Front Cowl?

    I would largely guess quality control, part staging, and maybe even revision control to some degree. These were small batch cars with only a few thousand parts build, maybe even only a few hundred if you go by revision level of each part. For the most part you expect any part to fit any year...
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    Contribution levels

    Sorry, just saw this message today. Generally speaking membership entitles you to a badge and a yearly goody bag. Venom members get an extra or unique item. For instance, one year we did special coins and venom members got numbered coins while regular members got plain ones. We've also...
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    Need input for hi flo cats

    Cats and cams don't always like to get along I've found. I just did a cam swap on my 04 when I rebuilt it after a spun rod bearing a few years back and tried to put some cats back on it to trim the loudness just a bit. Ended up yanking them back out as they did NOT like the new cam and tune...
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    Anybody Have Signatures in their Front Cowl?

    Might be semi-typical as a lot of places will have quality marks and stuff like that on various parts, though seeing so many on the same part is a little odd. Could be that they marked as subassemblies were installed as well, but would have imagined it would have likely been done by the same...
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    First Gen Air Dam

    Doesn't look like anything I've seen before, but that's not to say someone didn't make something custom. Looks a bit roughly made, so kind of feel more like a prototype or custom job.
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    OEM Sway Bar End Link Rebuild (w/ Pics)

    I think the stock nuts do potentially have a little bit of a locking feature, but maybe not as substantial. I thought if you looked at them straight on they were the style that actually deformed the entire nut. There are three marks on the side of the nuts on mine at least and they seemed to...
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    What Gen Tonneau Cover is this?

    Hmm, aftermarket maybe? The only other option is a gen 2 roadster as they didn't make tonneau covers after that. I could see the sides sliding down into the window channel on a gen 2, but not sure how they would hold the front on without the snaps.
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    New Owner Journey

    You don't have many to start with, but going up to the gen 2 or gen 3+ sizes does potentially offer you a couple more options. The 17" gen 1 setup is pretty much limited to a single tire from what I recall, though maybe that's changed. The gen 3 and up stuff really isn't a whole lot better at...
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    Couple pics while waiting on heads/cam

    A great example of how peak numbers don't always tell the whole story! I always think of stuff like this when people talk about 4 cylinders and other smaller engines making huge power numbers. The peak is a cool number to brag about and is useful in drag racing, but the whole curve really...
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    New Owner Journey

    Welcome to the family! I think you'll find the Viper is actually relatively easy to work on, at least as far as "exotics" go. Parts can be a challenge, but more just because of age than anything else. The early cars were sort of "parts bin specials" and utilized many components from other...
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    TKO Throttle Response Kit

    Not sure if the gen 5 is the same as the gen 4, but I remember seeing something Dan Lesser posted about the throttle control driver circuit on the PCM being part of the problem. I believe it effectively boiled down to something like "the circuit isn't powerful enough to move the blade that...
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    Anyone keeping up with Casey's 97 GTS Race build youtube channel.

    Seen some of the thumbnails, but haven't really dug into the build yet. Hopefully a nice reference for others out there interested in building up a gen 2 for track service.
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    Gen 3 REVERSE LOCKOUT HELP!!!!

    Glad to hear you got it fixed, though ***** it took a whole PCM to get there. Kind of feels like using a cannon to **** a fly. You might hold on to the old one either way. Someone might be able to repair it. Wonder if some code got corrupted or if the driver for the circuit just gave out.
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    Hood wires

    They are radio shielding wires. The entire hood pad has a layer of aluminum foil in it that is used to suppress electronic noise from the engine bay that those wires connect to. One of mine is starting to go as well but hasn't fully broken yet. Been thinking about how I want to fix it one of...
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    Gen 3 & 4 Double DIN Head Unit DIY

    So completely unrelated, but I think some of your pictures finally solved an age old mystery I've had with my car and some parts that I know came out of it, but I can never remember where they came from. Looks like there are 4 plastic clips on that magnesium structure that help support the...
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    Slow cooling fan

    Gen 3 fan was hydraulic as well, so there are a couple places to look. Since you replaced the fan already though that potentially eliminates the valves in that module as a problem. I had an issue where the relief valve in my fan stuck open, which made me lose power steering. Since the fluid...
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    Website Analysis

    Technically I don't think it ever went anywhere, it was just links to different threads that sometimes would break. Nothing you couldn't find with a search fairly easily, but the section did make it a little easier as you could think of it as "common search terms" in one list.
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    Gen 3 Passenger Side Window Regulator

    How bad can they be and still be rebuilt? I put a new one in my driver's side a few years ago, but I think I hung on to the old unit for parts. Wasn't sure if they could be too far gone to be rebuilt or not. My passenger one is hanging on, but I have a feeling it might not be too far behind...

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