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  1. GTS Dean

    Weight of 1996 5-spoke wheels?

    I have a set of painted 5-spoke RT wheels, but they have track tires on them. I bet paint doesn't add but an ounce or two at most.
  2. GTS Dean

    Weight of 1996 5-spoke wheels?

    I checked some of my polished, cast&welded 5 spoke 17s today. Bare, with rubber valve stems only: 17x13=25#, 17x10=20#. I just assembled a set of 18x12.5 CCW Classics. One of them weighs 23# with 1.5# of fastener hardware - 30 pcs.
  3. GTS Dean

    Anyone have a Rad laying around?

    I'm going to have a new 3-row brass core installed between my stock tanks next week. I expect to be on track in Feb.
  4. GTS Dean

    What did you do to your Viper today?

    I am signed up for Chin in Feb. It will be the first time I've run with them, but many friends have and Chin does tracks all over the country. I've only run with Edge Addicts before - 4x at COTA. They run a pretty tight schedule with 5 runs per group per day. They try to get 25min sessions. They...
  5. GTS Dean

    Belanger header and motor mounts

    There's a difference between running a car at the track, and running it HARD. With headers, I automatically call that HARD use and you should equip it to protect everything near the pipes from extreme radiant heat. I've seen a lot of melted plastic & wires and overheated fluid issues in Vipers...
  6. GTS Dean

    Belanger header and motor mounts

    Was it the OE Shield or header wrap? the early Gen 2's when run hard at the track were radiating heat off cyl. #1. So much that it rapidly aged the PS hose and led to failures, sometimes combined with unabated flames. The '98+ cars had an extra extension fold on the shield to mitigate that problem.
  7. GTS Dean

    What did you do to your Viper today?

    What do you need - contact info for the various groups running there? Track prep suggestions? Gear?
  8. GTS Dean

    What did you do to your Viper today?

    Started getting ready for early Feb track weekend at COTA.
  9. GTS Dean

    1996 Indy 500 Pace Car info

    Mine as well. 9 cars were started on the line the day mine did.
  10. GTS Dean

    Viper Tech in Austin Texas

    The engine uses Chrysler family architecture on the ECM. The V-10 is a V-8 with 2 more cylinders hung on one end. It's a double-wishbone suspension at both ends, which is the same configuration as the Challenger and Charger. They are nothing to be afraid of, but you would do well to own a...
  11. GTS Dean

    Viper Tech in Austin Texas

    The Viper is just a Dodge, with all systems designed, engineered, manufactured, installed and serviced just like any other Dodge vehicle. The Gen 1 and Gen 2 cars were all, literally, as easy to figure out as a base model stripper RAM pickup.
  12. GTS Dean

    Viper Tech in Austin Texas

    Calvo Motorsports. They are more into Gen 4-5. Depends on what you're needing done.
  13. GTS Dean

    10 years ago this community changed my world...thank you and Happy New Year!

    Very cool. Thanks Bruce!
  14. GTS Dean

    96 GTS Handling Issues

    https://www.viperclub.org/vca/threads/gen-3-alignment-issues.678289/#post-3304500
  15. GTS Dean

    Transmission Mount - 2001 Viper

    It will depend a lot on the durometer of the bushing.
  16. GTS Dean

    96 GTS Handling Issues

    I would get the back wheels off the ground. Grab each at 3 & 9 and rock them back and forth. You should have zero to barely perceptible movement. If more, you need inner tie rods. If they are stable, look for obviously unbalanced wishbone adjuster cams at each corner. This causes unbalanced...
  17. GTS Dean

    New Seat.

    Did you have to trim the shoulder support just a little? What brand is it?
  18. GTS Dean

    Help With Fuel Leak

    Fortunately, this line can be replaced pretty easily - other than getting to it. I believe it is an 8mm hard line quick release adapter at the firewall. The manifold end is a 16mm o-ring tube seal. I would think that something similar was used on the V-10 RAM truck engine. Best to remove the...
  19. GTS Dean

    Thread size on shifter

    1/2"-20tpi.
  20. GTS Dean

    Big jugs of Mobil1 15W-50 at Wal-Mart

    Thanks, but I'm good for another year+ with my 2 jugs when I decide to change this pan full out. I pulled a hot sample last week and should get my results late this week.
  21. GTS Dean

    Gen 1 RT/10 ROE supercharger

    Alternator in the way of the blower drive?
  22. GTS Dean

    Big jugs of Mobil1 15W-50 at Wal-Mart

    When I finally found the M1, I couldn't find anyone in the store to sell me a hunting license in the sporting goods section three rows away. One person in the whole store to do that and he was "on his lunch break" at 6PM.
  23. GTS Dean

    Big jugs of Mobil1 15W-50 at Wal-Mart

  24. GTS Dean

    IPSCO short throw shifter issue

    My experience is that just a lateral shift was not enough. The fulcrum of the IPSCO shifter is higher and the offset lever is thicker than OE, hitting the ashtray blockout. Moving laterally helps slightly, but dropping the tail shaft housing took care of everything.
  25. GTS Dean

    IPSCO short throw shifter issue

    I think mostly 15 and 13 mm

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