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    Question for all viper owners...

    Everyone has made great points, but I'll throw in my $.02. Don't decide what to do with your life so that you can "get stuff". Decide what to do with your life so that you'll enjoy what you do and love going to "work" every day. If you have that, the rest will either fall into place, or you...
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    1st viper coming! Excited is not the word.

    CONGRATS! I remember when I first got mine, now over 1 year ago. You should come meet the NorCal club. We meet the first tuesday of every month for a club dinner and several of us meet up every wednesday night at Happy Days Diner just to shoot the breeze. I'll be there tonight with my new 3"...
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    So You Want To Learn To Drive Your Viper???

    I second that!! Nearly every Viper owner owes it to him/herself to do at least one ViperDays event. Its not expensive (you did buy an $80K car right?), its very safe, and its just about the most fun you can have (clothes on or off). Its easy to be intimidated with all the color coordinated tow...
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    Accel pedal bounces up?

    I'm sure I'm not the only one who has experienced this so I'm posting to see if anyone has a solution. It doesn't happen often, and more-so in autox-ing than track due to the quicker gas-brake exchanges, but occasionally leaving the gas pedal for the brake will cause it to "bounce" up a little...
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    Advice on SF Bay area window tinting?

    Can anyone recommend a bay area tint shop? I want to have a brow done across the top of my windshield and say goodbye forever to the visors. I also want to have my Durango done. When you see so many cars driving around with the lovely bubbled tint in the rear window, I don't just want to pick...
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    Smartire Wireless Pressure Monitor System

    Again, feedback only at startup wouldn't be useful. The system is used supposedly by a lot of race teams, so its got to be constant feedback. They also mention that the unit only turns off when the car is stopped - some sort of inertial switch. With the extended unit, you can set the cold...
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    Smartire Wireless Pressure Monitor System

    Since the system is designed to report low pressure warnings, I'd bet that it reports actual pressure vs. a calculated "cold pressure". If it didn't report actual pressure, I'm not sure I'd want it. In fact, the more I think about it, it would have to report actual pressure in order to be...
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    Smartire Wireless Pressure Monitor System

    I'm thinking of putting this on myself as I'm about to put all new rubber on anyway. There was some post a while ago about the old system - the new system looks even better. I would think it would be especially good for things like the SilverState races. Its available through the TireRack, and...
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    Too good to be true (3" Corsa perf. gain)?

    Re: Too good to be true (3\" Corsa perf. gain)? I'm doing mine in stages, and will be sharing the dyno results here as I do them. The Corsa 3" is going on on the 18th and I'll post the before/after dyno results. Note that Apex has already posted the results for a gen1 RT. This time we'll see...
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    FINALLY! A use for the ashtray, pics...

    Thanks to Tony for re-hosting the images, they should work for everyone now. Here's how I did it: I bought a sheet of aluminum at my local hw store. I can check on the thickness when I go home tonight but I think its about 1/24 of an inch. When I say 'sheet', it was about 8"x12". Its not shiny...
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    FINALLY! A use for the ashtray, pics...

    Ok, so if you're like me you've been stairing at the ashtray wandering what good its doing you. George (mgw) has the nice coin-holder conversion, but here's my take: and ...and with the cover up: I removed the ashtray and made the spot into a switch panel with some aluminum to match...
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    In addition to "lurkers", how about a "whatever became of " thread??

    Re: In addition to \"lurkers\", how about a \"whatever became of \" thread?? Yeah, "whatever became of the acr belt recall?" and "whatever became of the 'tator-ized' acr rattle shocks?"
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    Fiancee wants a Vette over Viper :(

    This one is easy! Get her a ride in a Viper. I say that because she obviously hasn't ridden in one or she wouldn't be suggesting the C5. I use a ride in the snake as the litmus test for any new girlfriend. There are the ones who grab the door handle, clench their body and scream (no jokes...
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    A little help please!! (Viperdays Parump)

    I know Courtney and crew were taking a little sojourn to Virginia Beach after VIR, so it may be a few days before you get any email from them. Also, there are still 3 ViperDays events before Pahrump so sit tight, it may be a little early for details. That said, there has been a 1-day rate for...
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    A little help please!! (Viperdays Parump)

    I'll be going. My tentative plan is to rent a trailer for the weekend and take my Durango too for this event. I have a couple friends who may tag along as pit crew for the weekend. For the first timer, don't worry, you'll soon discover that this car was made for the track. There are a couple...
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    Racing Seats, opinions please

    Dear Bill, My friends call me n'asitol, why? ...cause I got "no a$$ at all"! I was merely looking out for those less "gluteally-challenged" than myself I'll bring the cabs though, no problem, but don't ask me to install a wine-glass holder for your seat - the so-cal guys give us nor-cal guys...
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    Racing Seats, opinions please

    I knew you guys would have some good input! I know Keith & Bobby, I'll give them a call as soon as I get a hold of the SCCA article. As far as the mirage explicitly, its in the $400-500 range. As far as my size, I'm about 6-1 and pretty skinny so the narrower seats are fine with me, though I...
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    Racing Seats, opinions please

    Ok, so I'm planning on ejecting the stock seats and putting in some race seats. The stock seats seemed ok until I actually sat in a race seat. After using a finely tuned scientific instrument (my butt) to test various seats, I think I like the momo mirage the best. Before I jump in, does anyone...
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    what do the snakes pull on teh skid pad

    I can't remember the magazine, I think it was Road & Track, but they did one of their 'shooutouts' and an ACR Viper was top of the slalomn test. It even beat the brand new 911 TT, which is all I cared about I forget what the skidpad test was but JonB is right, ACRs can do >= 1g.
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    pictures of a decked out 95' VIPER

    Re: pictures of a decked out 95\' VIPER It doesn't work with Netscape. It appears the webserver is doing some sort of automatic client detection, redirecting a Netscape client to http://www.pcglobal.net/viper/index_nn4.html which does not exist. Use IE and it works.
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    fuel

    I think it has more to do with front-rear weight balance rather than just "more weight on the rear wheels". In the small bit of autox'ing I've done I found it amazing how the balance of the car differs between a full tank and a near-empty tank.
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    New Z06's smoke Vipers?

    Re: New Z06\'s smoke Vipers? Since the topic is "new z06's smoke Vipers?", everyone's reply here is correct. There's no way it will *smoke* a Viper. I will say however that Viper owners out there should pay attention. We are talking about the 2002 Z06 here, 3118 pounds and 405 HP. It will have...
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    Street Racing

    Hmm, here's a thread I feel compelled to weigh in on. Regardless of how you feel about street racing, the fact is that it exists and will continue to do so just as it always has. Here in nor-cal there's plenty of souped up imports buzzing around with teenage kids at the wheel looking to show...
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    I Finally Thought of Spelling No One Else Had on Their Plate in CA....

    Hey Brad, thats pretty good. Jack Cohen has V10 on his and I have V10 PWRD. I know how hard it is to come up with an available plate, I think it took me 3 tries. I actually had someone look at my plate and ask me if it really had a V10!
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    Portable Air?

    Thanks everyone for your responses. I think I'll go with one of the 12v portable units. I only need it to adjust a couple psi so that should do the trick, I was just skeptical of buying one. To 'mjr', you're right, there isn't any problem getting help from others at the track. The issue is...

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