new viper owner....HELP

[pepper78]

so i just picked up a 2001 gts with a blown motor and i bought this motor

DODGE VIPER ENGINE 2001 UNIQUE:eBay Motors (item 190314837554 end time Jun-25-09 10:56:49 PDT)

i basically need one of you guys to help me identify if i got a ripped off and bought a gen one motor...are there any markings on the block??

thanks jim

 

[dave6666]

I saw that auction and thought the same thing; a gen 1 motor. They may have taken it out of a 2001, BUT...


Unfortunately, they left it to you to identify what type it was; Gen 1 2 or 3.

Sounds like your bad.

 

[Tom Sessions]

That is a gen 2 motor.If it was a gen 1 the ALT would be between the t-bodies on the intake. Why is the damper off of the crank?Did it spin off or was the car in a wreck?The VIN number is stamped on a pad on the passenger side of the block so you can see what year it really it.Hope for a 96-99.Good pistons and the 708 cam.

 

[dave6666]

That is a gen 2 motor.If it was a en 1 the ALT would be between the t-bodies on the intake. Why is the damper off of the crank?Did it spin off or was the car in a wreck?The VIN number is stamped on a pad on the passenger side of the block so you can see what year it really it.Hope for a 96-99.Good pistons and the 708 cam.

With the heater core coolant connection on the back of the head?

 

[pepper78]

every think i know about this motor is on the ebay page...and yes there were numbers stamped on the block...check the ebay

 

[pepper78]

also another weird things is that..from what i can see of the oil pan and the internals is that its spotless and bone dry???

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

also another weird things is that..from what i can see of the oil pan and the internals is that its spotless and bone dry???

The last thing a shipping company wants to haul is an engine block leaking oil and anti freeze, all fluids are usually drained.

 

[pepper78]

yea but i mean like really clean ..as far as i understnad this motor was in a prototype not sure for what..(there was also some drilled holes in the valves)

 

[dave6666]

I certainly won't argue with Tom as he's more the expert than me, but what is this? My '01 has a plug in the head there as the heater core connections go to the front.

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[Tom Sessions]

that would be a early Gen 2 motor 96/97.

 

[Tom Sessions]

The timing cover is broken where the AC compressor would mount.Maybe from the damper coming off?It has the plastic pan gasket that also puts it as a earlier 2.

Dave are you trying to start something with me?I got my viper tech badge from a box of ******* jacks. How about you

 

[pepper78]

hey tom where the coil packs mounted different that year compared to the 99-02 motors

 

[pepper78]

i have come to the conclusion that this motor was boosted(turbo

1 drilled holes in the valve covers

2. removed a/c to fit down pipe?? not sure never owned a viper

whats this?

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[pepper78]

i also need help identifying what this is for

Imageshack - pic0268m

Imageshack - pic0269

looks like one side has a vaccum plug in and the other some type of computer input

thanks for all the help

 

[dave6666]

Dave are you trying to start something with me?I got my viper tech badge from a box of ******* jacks. How about you

I got mine from following people like you around with a clipboard!

 

[dave6666]

that would be a early Gen 2 motor 96/97.

Gen 1.5.2? (Chad has the Gen 1.5.1 - the ******'s conversion).

 

[Tom Sessions]

The coil packs bolt to the block at the back of the intake on a bracket.On the GEN1 motors they bolt on the back of each cylinder head The boss you have circled looks like one for the coils but not 100% The other items you linked to are not factory.Someone else might be able to tell you exactly what they are.Piggy back computer system not sure whos.

 

[Tom Sessions]

I got mine from following people like you around with a clipboard!

Dave I lied. I stayed at a holiday inn express last night and read books with pictures in it to learn all i know about cars.One day I hope to be like Mr. Tator.

 

[dave6666]

This auction has some decent pics of a unmolested Gen 1 engine.

Dodge Viper Gen 1 NEW Assembly Line Crate Engine Trans:eBay Motors (item 230354283973 end time Jul-14-09 19:44:02 PDT)

 

[dave6666]

(there was also some drilled holes in the valves)

Musta been pulled from a yellow '01. They'll do anything to pass a red Viper