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    Red ACR on Speed's Car Show

    Wednesday evening on the Speed Channel one of the segments features a red Viper ACR. Unfortunately, it is a humor bit involving teaching a young lady to drive with a manual trans. Adam Carolla is at it again bringing "girls on trampolines" type of entertainment to all of us car guys. I'll...
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    corsa vs stock exhaust heat question

    I have the Corsa Track on mine and it is a good step toward reducing interior temps, but the cats are a major source of heat as Jon pointed out. I find that directing the A/C controls to the lower outlet (leg/foot) is a good idea on this car since the floor area is the prime source of the heat...
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    What type of coolant in 2006 SRT10?

    From the service manual: The use of aluminum cylinder blocks, cylinder heads, and water pumps requires special corrosion protection. Mopar Antifreeze/Coolant, 5 Year/100,000 Mile Formula (MS-9769), or the equivalent ethylene glycol base coolant with hybrid organic corrosion inhibitors...
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    Viper, one of the most dangerous cars to drive?

    The town where they take their "friends" and bury them in the woods...
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    Viper, one of the most dangerous cars to drive?

    One of the things I've been noticing on these more pricey sports cars is the "Mid-Life Crisis" factor. While I'd like to think that most guys spend decades driving various hot rods and sports cars before coming to an age where they can afford an exotic or semi-exotic machine, for some guys who...
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    Viper, one of the most dangerous cars to drive?

    Yikes, that's a nasty trend. So we know the production numbers on these cars, I wonder what the remaining numbers are like? It seems like a pile of Vipers are on Ebay at any time and about 10% of those are salvaged title. SO at least some come back from the dead.
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    Argh, what is this frickety noise in my rear, eh, of the car

    With some dealers/repair shops you can insist on "NO test drive/owner will verify fix" and note the exact mileage on the car when dropped off. If necessary, the service adviser can ride with you on the test drive to verify a fix. Yes, they will still have to drive it from the parking area to...
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    Argh, what is this frickety noise in my rear, eh, of the car

    Seems like your Visco-Lok rear end could use another dose of Friction Modifier (sold in 4 ounce bottles) or possibly a full lube change.
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    Gen IV Engine ticking noise

    I switched from the Mobil 0W-40 to their 15W-50 about 6 weeks ago and it definitely quieted down the ticking at idle. Although, when you've been driving hard in hot weather you can still hear it. Since it never gets very cold here and I don't drive the Viper in bad/rainy weather anyway, I'm...
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    Viper, one of the most dangerous cars to drive?

    One of the problems with buying a car like the Viper is that everyone you know will want to go for a spin in it... right after you purchased it and are still getting acquainted with the performance and limits of the car. So even if the new owner is maintaining some common sense while driving by...
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    Gen IV Engine ticking noise

    A light ticking could be normal valve train noise, especially after warm-up when the oil has become less viscous. So it never does it when cold? I have also seen very small exhaust leaks come and go depending on temperature, so that is another possibility. But more likely it is in the valve...
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    Suggestions on selling my 06

    Well, if you put it that way.... hey, wait a minute, are you saying my girlfriend is a cow??? --Confused in CA : )
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    Suggestions on selling my 06

    They should make this a sticky: The Viper Owner's Guide to Not Driving Your Car Humorous, but some truth to that as well. BTW, the undriven ones depreciate too, so might as well drive 'em and enjoy 'em while you can. Around here, the lowest price examples sell quickly anyway, so why go...
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    Red or Blue Coupe? (And Why Aren't There Any Official Color Threads ;-)

    I prefer coupes to have stripes, so that will confuse things even more (hmmm-- black, white, silver stripes??). If you're leaning toward classy as opposed to racy I would get black or the deep, metallic red. Be careful, there are speed differences between the colors ;-) .
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    ECU Tuning Problem

    The ECU part number changed frequently on the Gen III-- every time there was a software revision. I've seen several different part numbers in '05 alone. While the ECU hardware stayed the same, Chrysler considered different programming suitable reason to change the part number, which makes...
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    Possibly trading Viper. need porsche opinions

    I believe that... in last month's Car & Driver they ranked the top ten hardest launching cars, and the latest Porsche all-wheel drive Turbo S was tied for 4th behind the likes of the Bugatti Veyron. Impressive. Measured 0.96g of lateral acceleration from a dead stop and a 0-60 time of 3 flat...
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    Jealous

    This is why you do enough mods that the engine sounds like it will leap out from under the hood in an uncontrollable rage... most women don't want to drive anything that snarky. A lady I know had thoughts of wanting to drive a Viper, then I took her for a bit of a thrill ride. She's back...
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    Finally Done!!! PICS of my 08

    Love it too, glad the "restoration" worked out! These cars really do look great (and bad-a$$) lowered-- wish I could do mine, but with the crumbling local streets here, I'm not sure if I could pull it off and still have fun driving the beast. Broke a wheel and bubbled a tire in a pot hole on...
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    Very Viper Orange (VVO) paint surcharge

    OOOoooh, that's a cold shot!! It is interesting that Copperhead Orange is so far up the speed chart that no one dares mention it... I have to say, the Snakeskin Green does grow on you, though, at first I was put off, now I love it! Way better than the old pastel DayGlo green (AKA Kawasaki...
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    Started or drove

    I think it's crazy how low the average mileage is on Vipers. It's like if you have over 35k on a Gen III it is a "high mileage" car. Yeah, it's not the most practical car and you don't want to park it just anywhere, but my '05 is fairly comfortable and a heckuva lot of fun to drive. I find...
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    Snapped Lower Shock Bolt....

    Nice typo... I did the same thing about one month ago, major PITA. Bolt is a grade 8.8 or 9.8 steel, too (with a zinc coating). Grrrr. Car was stuck on the jack for several days while I got a replacement bolt. Beware!
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    ACR on jack stands

    There are a couple of good frame rails in back just forward of the rear end that can be used for jack stands after jacking the car, however, with the belly pan on you're stuck with the large perimeter rails that surround the passenger tub. If you're doing serious work with high torque...
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    Transmission and/or Rear Differential Problem

    Congrats on the cheap fix! Now you have more money for the fun Viper mods. ;- ) Mine behaved similarly with a freshly rebuilt rear-end and new gears... when I first backed her out of the driveway, you should have heard the clunking! The sounds from the clutch discs gradually went away and...
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    2010 ACR 5th gear!

    I'd agree, the 6th gear was all but useless even at 73-74 mph on the highway (about as fast as I can drive here without getting ticketed), and it felt like the Gen III V10 was laboring a bit on even small uphills in 6th, so I didn't use it much at all. I changed the rear end to a Visco-Lok with...
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    Viper-Spec PS2s???

    This reminds me of the old line: "stock tires, shaved to half tread depth for racing". Hopefully there are more differences in the construction than just tread depth for the Viper-spec PS2. Otherwise, I'd gladly take the standard non-Viper rears and "run 'em down" a little with some...

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