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  1. GTS Dean

    Gen 2 Air Conditioning parts

    The hard lines are well supported and are rarely the source of failure unless there is crash damage. Assuming no damage of the condenser, the #1 cause is termination o-rings, #2 are the hoses themselves. You can source refrigerant hoses and new hardline adapters from Vintage Air in San Antonio...
  2. GTS Dean

    Reality check....

    My 96 GTS gets a little over 20mpg on long Interstate drives averaging around 75mph. I tend to run a bit more aggressive alignment than stock on the road so that creates a little more friction. In mixed/mostly town driving I'm between 9 and 12. At a big road course track with stock ECU and...
  3. GTS Dean

    DIY crash repair of my '10 Viper

    That is highly commendable work the two of you undertook. The results are amazing and speak volumes of your fortitude!
  4. GTS Dean

    94 gas smell

    I believe the wrench is a 16 or 17mm.
  5. GTS Dean

    Tire Sale 2000-2001 Production New Tires

    Do you mean 2020-2021 manufacture dates?
  6. GTS Dean

    2001-2002 ring gear bolt torque?

    I think the later Gen 2's went to 1 size larger diameter ring gear bolts - like from 3/8" to 7/16"; or 7/16" to 1/2" IIRC. Go to the differential torque and lash table at the back of the diff section. Note the bolt size and torque callouts, then go to the big table in the front and compare to...
  7. GTS Dean

    2001-2002 ring gear bolt torque?

    There are standard torque tables for all bolts by size, heat treat and thread pitch. The Service manual has this table near the front. Some applications recommend oiled threads and reduced torque values.
  8. GTS Dean

    viper headlights

    There are usually a minimum of 3-4 contact points for each lamp in the pod. Assuming 3, one will be fixed with some swivel freedom, then you will have one for L/R and another for U/D.
  9. GTS Dean

    Front Shock Options

    The OE dampers on the Gen 3s are NOT Koni shocks. They are Dynamics. Dynamic was the OE damper on the '00-'02 ACR model. Konis on all other G1-G2.
  10. GTS Dean

    Front Shock Options

    Multimatic *IS* your answer.
  11. GTS Dean

    viper headlights

    I hunted around for pics and they are kinda scarce. I did find this one that shows some of the works. Looks to me like you'll have to remove at least one closure panel on the backside to see if adjusters are behind. I don't know if the entire housing moves, or if the individual lamps are...
  12. GTS Dean

    ISO Roe Racing VEC1 Instructions 96' GTS

    Excellent sleuthing and thanks for posting!
  13. GTS Dean

    What Tire Size For 18x11 fronts and 18x13 rears on gen 2 GTS?

    I measured my 11.5 x 17 classics. 11.5" clear face of bead shoulders, just a hair under 13.0 lip to lip outside. There's the easy way to measure them, then there's the Accurate Way to measure them.
  14. GTS Dean

    Is there a fix for pushing oil with hard driving?

    The chain oiler is a .032" pinhole off the main oil feed galley to the camshaft. It shoots a 50+psi stream directly on the uphill chain side and the sprocket flings droplets off at the top. The lower sprocket is several inches above the windage tray (like the B-RB big blocks) which extends all...
  15. GTS Dean

    What Tire Size For 18x11 fronts and 18x13 rears on gen 2 GTS?

    I'd like to know for sure. I'm trying to decide what inner barrels I need to change to for 275-17s on my 17x 11.5 Classics. They work perfectly for 315s, but I'm not sure I can get the beads to set on the narrow ones. I'm thinking either 9.0 or 9.5 + my 1.5" fronts. And the outer lip...
  16. GTS Dean

    Desperate - What Kind of Bolt (Tool needed)

    That's an AN/NAS bolt. Smaller/lighter wrenching head with precision ground bearing surface underneath. With a handle of Machtwo, one might naturally expect that you've seen a lot of them.
  17. GTS Dean

    ISO Roe Racing VEC1 Instructions 96' GTS

    Congrats on the car! It belonged to Chris Barone out of Jersey - he used to run Viper Days with me WAY back there. He went wheel-to-wheel and I stayed in Time Trial.
  18. GTS Dean

    2001 GTS out of Sweden ... I need your guys' thoughts ...

    The adjuster cam orientation. Look for symmetry. If there is asymmetry, look for other clues about wrecks, or bent parts. The welds all look terrible because of flux-core MIG wire from the frame supplier.
  19. GTS Dean

    RT/10 front upper balljoint thread corked?

    The threads are very shallow to begin with. I believe the wishbones holes are punched and swaged slightly undersize in successive operations. Next, the ball joints are driven in square by machine in a fixture. Previous owner probably got it cross-threaded off-axis to the hole and wallowed the...
  20. GTS Dean

    2001 GTS out of Sweden ... I need your guys' thoughts ...

    If you can't spot the obvious, you get what you deserve.
  21. GTS Dean

    RT/10 front upper balljoint thread corked?

    You can try some Red liquid bearing mount. If it doesn't hold, or if you have to disassemble at anytime in the future it will require torch heat. That will probably ruin the wishbone and require another.
  22. GTS Dean

    94 gas smell

    Could be your vapor canister purge system. Up until around 2000, they were mounted under the drivers's side headlight. A small black plastic line runs along the frame horn and jumps across behind the steering pump. It connects to a tee behind the alternator - so check for loose connectors...
  23. GTS Dean

    Plugs

    I would NEVER remove the header tank unnecessarily. It's jut a little tight getting to #2 and #4. I also remove the plug wire looms from the studs.
  24. GTS Dean

    Plugs

    Remove the blower inlet housing on the passenger side. Should be 2 screws and 2 bolts. A long extension and a u-joint make it easier to access the rear 2 plugs on both banks. Keep track of the plugs by cylinder and look for anomalies to investigate further.
  25. GTS Dean

    2001 GTS out of Sweden ... I need your guys' thoughts ...

    Hood doesn't look very good - outer corners at the headlights, gaps at the door tops and rocker sills. Console top is badly cracked at the rear of the passenger side. Could be from piling p- tang in the car. LOL! Something looks odd to me about the airbag cover on the steering wheel. They may...

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