Rebuild cost on Gen-3 motor

[v10viperbox]

Guys does anybody have a handle on what a rebuild cost would be for a gen 3 motor with 90K miles and a bad piston, heads are clean. Looking at another Viper with a blown motor to build for DE/Track use.

I can pull the motor, and pallet it up for shipment and reinstall.

Thinking liners, upgraded bearings, new rings pistons is the way to go, I have never seen rods go on a Gen III motor but if not to spec those would have to go as well.

Looking for stock performance nothing out of the ordinary.

 

[Will at RSI]

$6500 will do it.

 

[v10viperbox]

$6500 for do it.

That't about what I was thinking. Just needed to have a reasonable idea of it before I made a offer.

 

[gb66gth]

$6,500 seems reasonable.
I'm laughing because the rebuild on a Porsche or Ferrari is many times that. Hell, the rebuild on a GT3 gearbox is $25K.
I love this car!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[v10viperbox]

$6,500 seems reasonable.
I'm laughing because the rebuild on a Porsche or Ferrari is many times that. Hell, the rebuild on a GT3 gearbox is $25K.
I love this car!!!!!!!!!!!

And I can rebuilt a Chevy 350 for 1K in parts if I had to which would make more sence to build a track car around anyway. Its all relative in the long run.

 

[XLR8]

I have a spare Gen 3 engine with 20k miles on it. I can sell it to you and rebuild yours for a good deal. I am in Phoenix.

 

[TowDawg]

God bless you V10. You're a lot more discplined than I am.
I get the "while you're in there" syndrome REALLY bad!

 

[CA97GTS]

Try Exotic in Reno Nevada...stellar rep, they will even clean up the oiling galleys,
etc. They build for NASCAR, race trucks, etc. and yes they know Vipers...

They are actually very reasonable and this is slow season now, so you should get
her back soon.

 

[TowDawg]

I just posted this link in another thread about shocks, so I don't want to seem like I'm spamming, but here's some options.
I have no idea who this person is, or the condition of the parts, but it may be worth a look. Hell, it says he's parting the car out. Maybe you can buy the complete race car?
http://www.viperracer.com

 

[Nixon's SRT]

liners will cost at least 3500 plus machining cost

 

[Viper Specialty]

If we can be of any assistance, let me know.

 

[viper04]

I have a Arrow Racing rebuild motor with only 3500 miles on it. Pulling it soon to put in my supercharger motor. $6200 and it's your.

 

[Raven2k8]

Talk to Todd at A&C performance. Their shop has nothing but good reviews and they have done everything on my car including the supercharger. I've seen basic engine builds to monster engine builds come from his shop and the prices are very reasonable and the customer service is great!

Edit: I just saw you're in San Diego as well then realized who you are. Met you at the toy drive last year and race legal. I have the silver 2004. I would definitely go with them since you are only an hour away from them.

 

[v10viperbox]

Talk to Todd at A&C performance. Their shop has nothing but good reviews and they have done everything on my car including the supercharger. I've seen basic engine builds to monster engine builds come from his shop and the prices are very reasonable and the customer service is great!

Edit: I just saw you're in San Diego as well then realized who you are. Met you at the toy drive last year and race legal. I have the silver 2004. I would definitely go with them since you are only an hour away from them.

If I need help having the motor pulled and reinstalled I might have them do it. Dan did the motor swap in my last viper . Its a timing thing for me, work has been abjectly crazy lately. My wife is pulling for another Viper truck though something that she can drive during the week and can pull a cheaper track toy.

At this point it almost looks like it would be cheaper to find a 10-20K motor out of a salvage car and just do the swap. I have seen a few motors with lower miles in the 4500 range. Then I can send off the heads that are on the car for porting to keep the downtime to a minimum. And then sell off the stock stuff that I have to recoup some of the cost.

I should be able to get at least 1.5K or so out of parts from the blown stock motor if I part it out.

There is also a SRT-RC ram locally for sale with a blown motor that I keep thinking about building up for her. It will be way cheaper then the car she has been looking at lately.

 

[Cobraken]

Speaking from experience the Rc SRT 10 Ram makes a very poor tow vehicle with the stock suspension and can be downright dangerous. The QC SRT 10 Ram is a much better tow vehicle. The weak spot being the tranny. I would advise against trying to use the RC SRT 10 Ram as a tow vehicle.

 

[steve911]

Call SnakeOyl. They are selling new Mopar Factory short blocks very reasonably. Under 10K

 

[Canyon707]

When I get mine rebuilt it will be Todd at BBG doing it. No compromise.

 

[Getnlwr]

Speaking from experience the Rc SRT 10 Ram makes a very poor tow vehicle with the stock suspension and can be downright dangerous. The QC SRT 10 Ram is a much better tow vehicle. The weak spot being the tranny. I would advise against trying to use the RC SRT 10 Ram as a tow vehicle.

I used my 06 SRT10 RAM RC as a tow pig a few times. It wasn't bad. I was just advised not to floor it, and be gentle when driving it with a trailer. The brakes are more than up to the task, and the tranny / clutch was the weak point. Granted, if you found someone to do aparts swap with, you could have the ONLY auto RC and be bettere set up for towing. There are plenty of QC guys who want a manual 6 speed.

 

[ulllose]

I have a Arrow Racing rebuild motor with only 3500 miles on it. Pulling it soon to put in my supercharger motor. $6200 and it's your.

This sounds very reasonable for a rebuild from arrow. What did the motor dyno from arrow when it was rebuilt?

 

[TowDawg]

This sounds very reasonable for a rebuild from arrow. What did the motor dyno from arrow when it was rebuilt?

I tried a quick search for my dyno info from Arrow on my engine, but I can't find it. I want to say mine was something around 540 (engine dyno) after the rebuild.
My last chassis dyno was 512/510 at the wheels. The only engine mods are the Arrow rebuild, M&M headers, Mopar Race Exhaust, K&N, and some back and forth tweaking of the tune from Dan at VS (email him my dyno file and he emails me a tune based on the info).
I can't help on the specifics of the dyno pull, but was in Atlanta on a Dynojet in June (not exactly "cool" weather to produce the best numbers).

 

[plumcrazy]

rods do go on gen3's. if youre gonna rebuild it, do it right