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    Gen-IV Heads Ported

    I'm not sure about the Torco stuff, but some of the 'better' octane boosters have MMT in them. That will leave a reddish deposit on your plugs. Supposedly it isn't harmful, but I still limit my use of that stuff anyhow. Overally, instead of using octane boosters, I like to mix race gas into...
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    I Like the Interior!

    I think the interior looks fine - but I'm also in the camp where I don't like any bling in the interior. The only gripes I have about the interior is that the gauges on the Gen III and Gen IV cars are totally obscured by my right arm when I'm driving, and the vents feel like they're going to...
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    94' head gasket project

    If it were me, I'd wait to do the job until after the driving season, and also have the heads sent off to Greg Good for porting/polishing. I'd also probably replace the rockers and springs while I was at it. If you've ever thought about headers, that would be a good time to do those, too :)...
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    Grrrrr Belt flew off again

    Agreed - probably didn't do any damage to the engine from the heat. I know of very few people that never lost a power steering pulley or otherwise threw a serpentine belt at one time or another and 'limped' the car home with the temp gauge pegged... To be sure, change your oil and check to see...
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    97 gts trans fluid

    You probably had the fluid changed out with the Syntorq stuff as per the TSB that went out to the dealers many years ago. The rattle doesn't hurt anything - these cars have big-ass gears and as the cars idle (especially with the 708 cam on earlier Gen II cars) there tends to be some rattle at...
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    97 gts trans fluid

    NGR is Neutral Gear Rattle - when the fluid warms up, you'll definitely know what it is when you're sitting at a stoplight.
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    Clay Bars -- should you re-use?

    I'll generally use a clay bar on a Viper once, maybe twice if I'm sure it was pretty clean. Then, I'll re-use them on my other daily drivers once or twice and toss them.
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    PS2's - Two Different Speed Ratings

    Did you get them from one of those vendors in New York City that have really good deals on name-brand merchandise? I just got a killer Rolax watch for myself and Luis Vutton handbag for my girlfriend. They only charged me $250 for both because they said the manufacturer made some printing...
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    ACR as a daily driver?

    Well, I guess I used the term dinged too loosely :) On most of the body panels, damage is limited to chips and circular cracks when some idiot bashes into it with a door or shopping cart. On other portions of the car (like the side sills) you can definitely get dings since they're aluminum...
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    ACR as a daily driver?

    I think the hardest part about driving these cars daily is the fact that they will get beat up and dinged pretty fast. Most of us cringe when we think of some dumb-ass in a Caddy Coupe de Ville opening one of those ten-foot long three-thousand-pound doors into the side of our cars. If you...
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    ACR as a daily driver?

    The Gen IV ACR is really docile and comfortable around town. There's no reason it couldn't be a daily driver except for the attention it gets - you end up talking to tons of people about it, and that's fine most of the time, but if you're on your daily-grind and don't have time to chat, it's...
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    thinking this lambo got taken down a notch

    I love the Lambos, but the thought of having to work on one scares the crap out of me. If I bought one, I don't think I could afford to keep it maintained. At least with my Vipers, I can tear into them myself. The ACR stops traffic wherever I go - and I actually don't like that too much...
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    Finally Brought home my dream car

    Best body style and color combo ever :) Congrats!
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    2012 Next Gen Viper, Why isn't there more rumors, spy shots, etc.

    You didn't see this recent exclusive here on the VCA site?
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    Gary Almond's web-site dead? How to find him?

    I think I just used his username on Skype to call him - I believe the username was gary.almond. If you do a search in Skype for him, you find a Shanghai location - so he's apparently there. Skype is easy to get and free for most uses - just go to Make the most of Skype - free internet calls...
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    Gary Almond's web-site dead? How to find him?

    I've gotten a hold of him via Skype before. I think he has business that takes him to China a lot - that's where he was when I wanted to get my car shipped a while back.
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    375/20R21 Pics ANYONE HAS ANY?

    Sorry - I didn't know it got started once. I was driving through Oakland with my girlfriend a while back, and cars like the one in the picture were cruising the streets and I had to keep myself from laughing. When I saw the title to this post, cars like that just popped into my mind and I...
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    375/20R21 Pics ANYONE HAS ANY?

    I love big wheels on cars, they make them look so kewl:
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    Another? GTS Crash

    Always awful to hear about crashes and I feel for the families involved. I was just talking with some friends about how often I hear about Viper wrecks on Mondays or Tuesdays during the summer. It seems that they get driven over the weekend for fun, and a high percentage of those drives end up...
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    Driving fast

    Personally, the days of crazy fast speeds on public roads is pretty much over - there have been just too many times where I've gotten the car back home and thought "holy crap, I'm lucky to have not got caught or blew a tire and crashed." It's enough of these "thank god I made it" sessions that...
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    How important is it to have both your rear tires have the same amount of thread?

    Possibly not, but it depends on how fast you're going to be driving and which rear end you're using. If you have one wheel turning faster than the other, your differential is going to 'see' that as one wheel slipping or 'see' it as you going around in a circle. Might not be a problem, but...
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    ACR going to be in a photo shoot - need to make it look nice :)

    I tried Turbo-Wax over the weekend, and it did a really good job. The GTS Blue paint looks fantastic, and the black hood, roof, and decklid look very good, too. The black paint on these cars really shows any and all imperfections, and if you get up close in bright sun, you can definitely see...
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    Thinking about going back to stock exhaust, am I nuts?

    I believe you could go with a Gen IV exhaust - it sounds a lot better than the Gen III exhaust but is quieter than the Corsa.
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    Darn it!!!!!!!!!!

    It all happened because you haven't joined the VCA yet - the Viper gods weren't smiling. Just kidding - I went from somewhere around 2001 till 2008 with 'nthusiast on my posts and didn't have anything too bad happen during that timeframe, other than a couple of injuries that kept me from...
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    Opinions/Experience needed

    I actually gave this some thought - which is unusual for me. To be honest, if I were to add another car to my garage, I'd probably add another Gen IV ACR. They're cheap (in relative terms), they can scare the hell out of you, they're fun, they're reliable (so far), and they look great. I like...

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