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    windshield wiper blade refills?

    The dealer wants $36 each for these. I have an '08 convert and want to keep my wiper arms original, so I just want to replace the blades. Any ideas where I can get good ones cheaper than $36???? Thanks:)
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    Who races SCCA solo?

    I'm a member of SCCA but have never run autocross with SCCA yet. I've done some long roadcourses-2.9 miles at Texas World Speedway, Road Atlanta, etc-but have not competed in SCCA. Have any of you done this? How does the Viper compare with the BigDog Vettes? In the class the Viper would have to...
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    DC Performance; Dan Cragin

    With the new "improved" Marketplace format I can't find the website or email address for Dan Cragin or DC Performance. Can someone please send me his email or website? Thanks!!
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    MGW shift lever for '08 SRT10 convert

    Everything about the '08 seems to be better than my '05, R.I.P. But the stock shift lever is the least improved of all I am capable of discerning. It's better, a little shorter, but not by much. The MGW shifter, however, makes this baby sing thru the gears. I heartedly recommend it to...
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    Jon B wouldn't sell me a roll bar!!!

    Instead, he told me of a great buy on a like-new rollbar being sold by a former customer of Partsrack. That cost Jon some $$$, but save me more $$$, so I'm tickled with his customer support. I've been buying from Jon for the past ten years and he's never steered me wrong. The one time I didn't...
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    Should I install a roll bar in SRT convert?

    I have an '08 SRT Viper, which replaces one that was totalled after a truck wheel ran over a 30lb tool box lid from a preceding truck that had lost it on an overpass. Having no where to go to miss this flying decapitator, I swerved to miss it, and curbed the left curb at 60 mph. This caused the...
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    zero to 60 times for any '08s?

    I used my Gtech today and on my first try, ever, it ran 3.96 with a pretty poor launch. What are you guys running? It was about 55 degrees at 250 ft elevation in humid Louisiana. I still haven't blasted thru a full quarter mile yet-too much traffic, cold road surfaces and/or rain.
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    My '08 is broken-in and wow!

    I can't get any traction in low gear, even with the R compound PS2s. It was mid to upper 50's today, with sun shining brightly. Any time I gently pust the loud pedal to the floor in 1st gear she started fishtailing. The tires were warmed up, but I suspect the colder air (even in Louisiana)...
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    Help! I can't quit collecting Mopars!

    why don't I like butterflies or 4 leaf clovers? Here is my meager collection, not featuring my '62 Valiant Signet with streetable race slant 6 (built by Paul Vanderly, former head of G.M. Racing, and holder of Bonneville Flats record for 4 cly. roadster at well above 200 mph). The Viper is the...
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    New Pics of '08 SRT convert

    Wishing you all a Merry christmas, I wanted to share my new baby through photos taken on a sunny (for a change) day. The top is up because it's cold outside, and the car is so new it takes 90 ft lbs of elbow grease just to get it latched. Any questions, any one? If they aren't attached, I'll try...
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    aftermarket part needed for DRIVER Viper

    This post might draw some heat, but I drive my car lots of miles on long trips and I need a cruise control because of right leg fatigue. So cut me some slack for a 63 year old recovering from a bad wreck, which was not my fault. Can anyone tell me of a supplier for the fly-by-wire acclerator...
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    '08 Viper has landed!

    My dealer shipped my new blue/white convert to my residence after dark last night, around 6p.m. So my photos are not up to par. I'll get some daylight photos today or tomorrow and post them. But this is the smoothest shifting Viper I've ever owned, including my '05 with Hurst shifter. And all...
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    I heard a rumor, said to be great,

    it spoke of a Viper for 2008. So strong was the story-said to be true- that I ordered a convert with white stripes and blue. Alas, I wait in consternation, hoping to rejoin the Viper nation. I pine away with only reviews, but I'm overcome with a case of the "blues". Oh when will my car be...
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    They are making the '08s as of today

    In fact my blue convert was one of 3 cars to make "E" status, according to my dealer. This MIGHT, or might NOT mean that the blues are first down the assembly line. Can Anyone make an educated guess as to how long it'll take from E status till delivery at my dealer in Nebraska? I did slow...
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    any after market soft tops for Gen 2 RT/10?

    Does anyone know a source for an easy to install soft top which will fit in the trunk? I like the 3 piece hardtops Jeff makes, but the soft top is what I am asking about. Thanks!
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    partsrack to the rescue - again

    Somewhere in the dim past I had heard that Jon B., co-author of the Viper's Price Guide, could help us viper owners with insurance settlements. Because adjustor's rarely, if ever, appraise or handle totalled Vipers, they are IGNORANT of the value and method of appraising our cars. I had just...
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    How efficient are the '08 stock headers?

    This question is probably premature for most of us, but I wonder if anyone with firsthand information (Lou Bellanger, for example) can tell us how efficient the stock '08 exhaust headers are as compared with the new Bellanger and other headers already designed for the new '08s. The factory '08...
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    When will '08 production begin?

    Does anyone know, and can tell us, when production of the '08 Viper will begin? Any idea of the order of production of the 3 colors will be produced this fall? Thanks!
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    Which order will they paint the three colors?

    We know they are making only 3 colors in September,and they'll complete a run in each color, for the year. Does anyone know which color will they start with? How long will they take painting that color? What colors are second and third: blue, dark red or Green? How long will they take to paint...
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    Anyone know when the second colors will be shipped?

    If a buyer misses the allocation of the first colored Vipers for '08, does anyone know when the second batch (black/violet models) would be planned for shipment? I assume the first ones will be shipped in Sept, to be received at the dealerships in October as some have said. Thanks!
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    '08 has remote adjustable outside mirrors?

    That's a good feature, given the blinding headlights from behind while on the interstate hwys. The manual mirrors allowed no escape from the glare. The interior photos I saw on the net definitely had the controls in the driver's door, with what appeared a choice from left to right outside...
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    What tires on '08 Viper?

    I seem to remember a rumor or something that the '08 Viper will have Pilot Sport 2's instead of the runcraps. Is this accurate? If so, they would be a big improvement over the runcraps/runflats. ] Also, what size wheels and tires will be on the '08, front and rear?
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    What rwhp and rwt does a stock '05 Viper make if

    :drive: you add headers and exhaust with cats,Green filters in stock airbox, Arrow rebuild with chrome molly pushrods, CPM reflash and 170 degree thermostat? I should have the answer today, but I wonder what you guru's would estimate it to be. Thanks for your opinions! Flyntgr:)
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    Dumb Dyno Question

    Will a chassis dyno read a higher rwhp/rwt when the stock wheels and tires (runcraps) are replaced by a lightweight roadcourse wheel and tire (SSR's and Kumho 700's) on an SRT10 Viper? I know the engine won't make any more power at the flywheel, but would the chassis dyno reading change...
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    Problems with VEC3-no response to tuning

    I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem, and if so, what was the cause? I have dynoed the car twice on Dynotechs, with the stock card and the custom performance cards having identical results, to 1 hp difference. My vendor hasn't tried the cards on other cars, nor has he sent me a...

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