LATAMUD Gen3 budget build

[LATAMUD]

A few months ago I lost compression on my Stock internals Paxton setup. Thats what i get for pushing the cast Pistons. Did make 585 whp on a Mustang Dyno with 7 cylinders. I've been keeping track of my build but didn't know how long and drawn out this was going to get. I originally estimated 2 months and I'm still not done. I do have it a comfortable point I do see the light at the end of the tunnel soon approaching. I had been stockpiling parts for years based on research and good deals I couldn't pass up. Took notes and got help from a bunch of members: Nine Ball Tony, 345sBSpinnin, EllowViper, Greg Good, 99RT10&GTS Mike, Matt Terrico, Alex Macevicius, MDENIZ Mario, ACtechOPS Rick, 98Intrigue Ryan, roller Frank the machinist, JonB at PartsRack, Doug Levin DLM, kainedog Pete, Dan Lesser ViperSpecialtyPerformance. If I copied something you did before me and you want credit for the idea chime in. I admit I took a little bit away from a lot of other threads, thank you for sharing. With all due respect, I'm not profiting off your ideas, I probably just can't afford your quality products or can't stand your additude. I said with all due respect so everything is cool now. If you find I have wasted my time or you have a better one+ way of doing things please feel free to respond. I'm trying to share as much info as I can.

BLUF: 2003 Viper, forged internals, AEM Infinity (Flex fuel, traction/launch control, knock sensors), Paxton NOVI 2000 (2.75"+7% OD crank), Greg Good heads, custom grind solid roller cam, home ported intake, ARROW Racing single blade TB, M&M headers, Magnaflow exhaust, 2010 TR6060, McLeod twin disc and modded McLeod C6 hydraulic TOB, DIY diff cooler, DIY trans cooler, trunk mounted icebox. I'm calling this a budget build because I'm doing the work myself and most of the parts are used or great deals I found through forum classifieds and other sources.

Long story...

Spare short block, 2004 is slightly different to the 2003 block. The difference is ports for the oil cooler lines and oil sensors. The 2003 has an adapter that bolts to the side of the block, the 2004 is cast ready to go. Tore the used 04 down to the block. Cylinders were good, supposedly 12k miles on it, it was clean inside but several spun bearings, and a slug in one of the crank oil galleys.
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Overkill for a FI setup but I just wanted to try it for myself. Home ported intake. Two guys over on the truck forums got into a heated argument over this method. Yes, I took the idea from them. This mod sucked, took forever and really not worth the hassle for the amount of time I spend with my less than adequate tools. I'm not sure how much it flows but I like to think it's still an improvement over stock.
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I was going to try polishing the outside but stopped at a brushed look. It started oxidizing so I eventually coated it black.
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Test fit a Gen4 intake on Gen3 heads. The mounting angle is a little off. If you line up the ports on one bank the other bank will never line up.
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Stock head, intake port
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My favorite part, Greg Good heads
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I spent a long time using all those MATHs I learned in school. But without a cam I wasn't sure if I would have piston to valve interference. ISKY sells a fly cut tool to add or increase valve reliefs.
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Checking piston/valve clearance.
I bought a $4 pack of springs at the hardware store, cut a large one in half and used them in place of one each of the valve springs. The Pistons are forged production for a Ford stroker that had a near perfect compression height mated with the K1 rods. I also bought SRT8 Clevite Rod bearings.
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It was late, wanted to make progress, found this at the grocery store.
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Custom solid roller supercharger grind from Comp Cams. 116 LSA, .637 lift in/ex. Note, Comp Cams will spec out your cam to a 1.6 rocker arm by default. You have to tell them you have 1.7 rocker arms. At .637 I was especially worried about interference but I had about 1/2" of clearance with the ch of the Pistons I spec-ed out.

Crower shaft mounted rocker arms, billet valve cover spacers. 3/8 hardened pushrods; even with the heads shaved, solid lifter mod, and the shaft rockers, I was still able to use stock length pushrods.
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2005-2006 crank has timing notches mid crank, this one has two key ways machined into the snout and has the oil pin mod. 2003-2004 runs the crank position off the back of the flywheel. The 05/06 crank uses a larger diameter balancer bolt too. Running main studs the crank scraper needs the mounting holes enlarged to slip over the studs. Also, the stud nuts are taller than the stock bolt heads. When using a swingarm pickup the base will need to be milled down the same amount to account for the added height of the stud nuts. One side of the swingarm base is already thinner than the other to account for the thickness of the crank scraper.
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Paxton offers supercharger pulleys as small as 2.75". I'm also running a 7% OD crank pulley.
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From the old engine I already had the Gen4 swingarm pickup and Gen4 oil pan.
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There are several ways to do this mod, it's not a direct bolt in. The base of the pickup bolts into the extended threads of the main bolts. I used 3 of 4. The tube from the swingarm to the timing cover is a larger diameter than the Gen3 tube. Also the Gen4 tube bolts into a Gen4 timing cover at a 45 degree angle, Gen3 at a 90 degree. I had to cut both tubes and welded the Gen4 swingarm side and the Gen3 timing cover side together. The Gen4 pan is necessary to complete this mod. Before I found these parts I was going to figure a way to get this to work: http://store.440source.com/External-Swinging-Oil-Pickup/productinfo/200-1075/
At $80 it's a very reasonable alternative.



I was surprised at how easy the old engine came out.
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I got a good deal on an AEM Infinity and have added knock sensors, traction control, flex fuel. This flex fuel sensor was around $60, allows any mix between pump gas and E-85.
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The traction control uses 4 crank position sensors pointed at the ABS reluctor rings. I used the factory 05/06 knock sensors. The 05/06 block had bosses in the valley to mount them. I just drilled two holes in the webbing and run through bolts.
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[LATAMUD]

The TR6060 has a revised 5th gear, 0.80. This makes it more a performance gear rather than an overdrive. I ordered the revise 6th gear, 0.63, to install but it is on back order for both 6th main shaft and 6th countershaft gears to make 0.63 was around $220 total. Will revisit that when it gets in, confident I'm going to do it myself. I wanted to install a trans cooler more for peace of mind but cheap insurance. The cooler will also pump fluid onto 1/2 and 3/4 gear sets.
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Fun fact about the Gen3 and Gen4, they have the same size driveshaft. It's the yoke that is different. You can save about $200 just getting the new yoke and reusing the old driveshaft. The new yoke is larger dia and thicker walled.
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I wanted to try the velocity stack for the Paxton but I also wanted to draw cool air from the scoop.
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I keep running into down time waiting for parts to come in so I've been gap filling with side projects to stay busy. Gen5 X brace just set in the engine compartment, it won't be a direct bolt in without some mods. The frame braces of the Gen5 won't bolt, or they will but would require cutting the fender aprons. Also the shock towers on the Gen5 have extra nut-certs welded in the allow the X to bolt in. The Gen5 has a taller hood or thinner under bracing that doesn't interfere with the X. I thing the Gen5 engine sits higher or the intake is just taller. The X on the Gen3 has about 3" gap above the intake.
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It had crossed my mind to cut the X up and weld it back up but then it becomes a one off. I'd like to eventually run a carbon fiber X and don't want to force myself to make it. So, stock X, I've been planning a hood mod anyways so here goes. First one will be fiberglass and then I'll do a final in carbon. I'm guessing but I think there's a lot of weight in the Gen3 hood vents.
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[plumcrazy]

awesome thread

[XSnake]

loving the ambition

[J TNT]

Thanks for sharing ! Looking forward to your final results . :)

[PaulP]

Nice start latamud! Too bad someone doesn't make a cnc spacer for bolting on gen 4/5 intakes too gen 3 heads,
I almost cut up my intake in my paxton build if you remember but glad i didn't, the gain for the work and mess didn't make sense and now you have confirmed that for me. What infinity harness are you running?

[99RT10]

Absolutely fantastic. Well done. Think it will be ready to run the Ocala 1/2 mile Wannagofast race?

[LATAMUD]

Thanks all for the kindness. Hoping to be driveable in the next few days. Will need a tune, have two folks in mind, Alpha at Induction Performance is experienced AEM tuner 15 min from my house. Real St in Orlando tuned Mario's similar setup to around 1200 WHP.


Absolutely fantastic. Well done. Think it will be ready to run the Ocala 1/2 mile Wannagofast race?

Mike, you know it, I'll see you there!


Nice start latamud! Too bad someone doesn't make a cnc spacer for bolting on gen 4/5 intakes too gen 3 heads,
I almost cut up my intake in my paxton build if you remember but glad i didn't, the gain for the work and mess didn't make sense and now you have confirmed that for me. What infinity harness are you running?

Paul, the Gen4 intake could be mated to the G3 heads but then injector bungs get into the mix, I don't yhink the juice is worth the squeeze.
The harness is an idea I came up with. I bought a scrap Dakota or regular V8 Ram harness for the plug conectors, as well as a used Dakota ECM and gutted it for the pin connector block.

[Vprbite]

I like the gen v x brace, I had wondered about that a while ago and quickly saw it wasn't a little Saturday afternoon project. I'll be excited to see exactly how that comes out.

Otherwise the rest of this project is way out of my reach. I respect your abilities. Can't wait to see everything all done.

[ViperRT98]

I can not wait to see it.... I'm sure I'll hear more about it tomorrow.. I'm happy that it's finally getting to the end for you to have it back and racing It..

[98intrigue]

Awesome thread, Bart! This thing deserves a nickname of Frankenstein.

[AbsolutHank]

Awesome thread, Bart! This thing deserves a nickname of Frankenstein.

Yeah I sent this link to a buddy of mine and called it his Frankenbuild. Looking good Bart...it's come a long way!

[03Topless]

Awesome build Bart! Can you post the part numbers for the Pistons and rods. What fuel system are you running ?

[LATAMUD]

Backtracking a little bit. As I'm going over the build more items pop up and I owe thanks a quite a few people for contributing whether they knew it or not. So THANK YOU everyone.

98Intrigue donated a much needed timing cover for the engine build. Came off his first Viper which I actually miss, was one tastefully built Black coupe with subtle SSG accents.
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Coincidentally, Ryan, I sacrificed the hood off that car, sorry :). I promise it's for a worthy cause.
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Crank oil pinning mod, this is old school but for Vipers is attributed to Greg Good. Not my mod, plenty of write up on this so I'm not going into depth, please, for a different thread.
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This one is an old school mod, in Viper community attributed to Greg Good too but was documented by EllowViper. Although when stateside we work within probably 500ft of each other and probably live less than 5 miles away we have never met. I think he has me blocked because he doesn't respond to any of my comments/questions anymore, but in any case thank you.
Solid roller lifter mod.
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JonB, all the free shwag over the years, morale packages to Afghanistan. We're no longer in the service but a Veteran to a Veteran, thank you Jon.
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Last time I checked he only had rear sidewinders, gave me an amazing deal on two black rears.
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Breaking in the Corsas on the daily while waiting for the 03 to get done.
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Just had them all powder coated Viper red to match. John Libro's CCWs too.
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Goes by roller on the Alley, Frank stepped up and took my design to reality. I wanted to run a McLeod Hydraulic throw out bearing to match the McLeod twin disc clutch. They don't offer a Viper part so I made a C6 one work with Frank's generous help.
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MDeniz, Mario, met him a few weeks ago with his 1200WHP 06 coupe. Inspiring and motivating seeing a lot of what I've already done actually working. NineBall did it too, and I wasn't planning on doing it myself but Mario talked me into it. The 4 gal ice box is a Chinese piece with a vented cap. Get what you pay for, prefer AN fittings but settled for hose clamps. Considering the vented cap I'm not worried of hoses slipping off. Whole system holds about 6 gal water.
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Another nice tip from Mario, the huge water air heat exchanger. Heavy, about 25lbs dry but a dual pass and a lot of surface area for cooling. At 1/3 the price compared to the Viper Specialty single pass, I'm happy with the extra weight up front. I'm not racing for money, car is going to be faster than the weight difference will even matter to me.
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Plumbed ice box to heat exchanger with copper pipe and a little bit of heater hose to give it some play. Upgrade SS oil filter, DIY brake ducting.
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DIY diff cooler. DIY Trans cooler in works.
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This is a bit of a trick setup for a relay junction for all the add-ons, diff cooler pump/fan, heat exchanger water pump. My tuner came up with this. Hate to give them any credit for doushing out on me when they blew up the engine but the did get the car running with the AEM infinity.
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Durango, Dakota and Rams of various years used the same harness plugs. The wiring was different and pin outs different. Used ECM and pigtails. I think I have about $100 between the ECM and the pigtails before modding them. And NO, the AEM extension harness is no longer available for Gen3.
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Stock, stock home port/polish, Arrow Racing billet single blade.
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Going hardcore, radio delete, couldn't hear anything anyways. One wide band per bank, 0, 25, 50, 75, 100% traction control on the fly.
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[LATAMUD]

Awesome thread, Bart! This thing deserves a nickname of Frankenstein.

Ryan, I'm not going to call it that but if it sticks it sticks. I'm a old school builder, I'm taking my 60's hotrodding mentality and forcing onto the Viper.


Yeah I sent this link to a buddy of mine and called it his Frankenbuild. Looking good Bart...it's come a long way!
Thanks Ryan. I've gone too far with the car I'm certain I will never get rid of it. Trust me, I have some plans beyond plans with this bad boy. This is just the beginning.


Awesome build Bart! Can you post the part numbers for the Pistons and rods. What fuel system are you running ?
Probe SRS pistons for a 351w stroker. 1.235 compression height. There were 2 options one with more dish. I went with flat tops to get more compression. Counterintuitive to go more compression with higher boost, expecting over 10psi, but running E85 I was not worried. Plus the E85 cancels the need for meth injection in my opinion.
I snagged the Pistons in a set of 8 from a clearance sale some shop had advertised online. Mi found it through extensive google searches hunting for specific part number. Was looking for 2 more singles, ended up buying another set of 8 because the set of 2 was the same price as half the set of 8, so I have 6 spares. I figured about the same price as buying a custom set but got them faster.

Wiseco K1 rods for Gen3 Viper. Also a close out item. There's another rod manufacturer out there, sort of a child company that sprung about from the Wiseco K1 branch that also makes th same spec rods.

Fuel system, I think I might upgrade again later. I got a great deal on the rails, originally just wanted an upgrade to stock and Paxton so it was more than enough, look like a DIY job I might make some more myself. Two in tank AEM E85 pumps, AN-6x2 Y to single AN8 Y to AN8x2, one per fuel rail. Front of both rails AN6 merge into an Aeromotive regulator, single bypass return through the flex fuel sensor which pushes through the factory stainless feed line and dumps back into the tank hat. Siemens 60lb injectors but I want to upgrade to the ID1000s. Siemens does offer an 80lb injector though which might be a decent alternative at $50 each. I think I'm good for 800-900 WHP but im not a drag racer so really the higher I go the more difficult it'll be to drive/enjoy. I'm already to the point I no longer feel comfortable driving this car just to cruise(when it was running) for fear of some jelly hater stepping on the splitter or ripping the wing off. I'm going to mostly HPDE this car. 1/2 mile and mile events are appealing though. I would like to break 200mph in a 1/2 mile.

[ellowviper]

Hey I'm always around!! You'll see my Whipple 4.0 build thread sometime in April!!

[LATAMUD]

Hey I'm always around!! You'll see my Whipple 4.0 build thread sometime in April!!

Haha, it'll be July, when I get back from Afghanistan.

[Kainedogg]

Outstanding progress Bart. Looking forward to tracking some events with you. Beerz N Gearz.

[Ripper]

Awesome thread. I can appreciate the hard work here. Thanks for sharing!

There's some good info in here guys

[LATAMUD]

Update.

Used diff cooler I picked up fairly complete. I already have a diff cooler so I'm going to use this as a trans cooler.
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Realestate is tight under my car, not east to find a good spot, settled on the ds frame rail under the Halfshafts.
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Earlier I posted photos of two ports I tapped for 1/2 & 3/4 oiling. I didn't know where everything was going to get positioned therefore didn't know how my hoses would be routed nor length. I decided to reuse the existing hoses with the kit and purchase couplings to mate everything together. Couldn't source a Y AN8 to AN6 splitter for the squirters so I'm waiting for that to come in.

While I'm waiting I cut my exhaust to fit to the M&M turn outs, rebuilt my front rotors and messed with the Gen5 X brace more.

Gyrodisc supplied pads and discs for the Eurotech rotors. I had been running drilled and slotted but the holes developed heat cracks at the last track event with this car.
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Mocking up my brackets for the X.
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I got an amazing deal on a set of 80lb injectors I was looking for, thanks Dave. I think that'll be the final factor in possibly getting me into the 1000 WHP club, although not my true goal it's just one of those things.

[LATAMUD]

Happy new year everyone.

Swapped to stock sway bar for a solid ACR bar.

Fit the fresh coated sidewinders up front. The front wheels were original Laguna Seca ACR, I color matched them in powder, they don't match the calipers but the 03 Calipers were not originally red. I think the calipers were painted red using red caliper paint considering the Vinyl Viper decals.
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Rebuilt the rear rotors and added new pads.
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I noticed the ebrake pads are wearing unevenly and remembered an old post JonB mentioning this. In any case, my new discs are thicker than the old ones and I need to get a brake caliper tool to twist the ebrake piston back in. While I'm there I'll swap the pads inner to outer etc.

No photos of the X,any changes are so subtle you probably wouldn't notice it from my other X shots. mocking up the X some more and got it to clear my modded hood frame so it latches now without X interference. I have some exciting ideas for this hood, something old school. Thats months away though.

[LATAMUD]

https://youtu.be/4TM9CzGAgVc

[Roller]

Hey Bart,


Quite a project, I am impressed! I had no idea what you were doing with all the parts! Glad to have helped you with the throwout bearing adapter.

Frank

[Kainedogg]

You are the man

[Dan Cragin]

Wow what a neat project.

Who is going to tune your car with the Infinity? I suggest a Dynapack Dyno for best results.

AEM developed the Infinity on my ACR, its a great system with datalogging. Are you going to use a motorsports dash?

[LATAMUD]

Wow what a neat project.

Who is going to tune your car with the Infinity? I suggest a Dynapack Dyno for best results.

AEM developed the Infinity on my ACR, its a great system with datalogging. Are you going to use a motorsports dash?

Dan, I'm frantically scrambling for a tuner that'll get me ready for the 1/2 mile shootout in a couple weeks. In the meantime ive also been crash course learning the AEM INFINITY software and was able to adjust from 60 to 80lb injectors and swapped them in. Worst case I'll take the 97 and just have stock fun and hang out with everyone and just have the 03 tuned as soon as conveniently possible.

Not sure what im going to do with the dash yet.

This is the 04 block I picked up from you not too long ago. That was a great deal. I was on the fence about buying it but Mike Sherzberg (sorry if i butchered) put a fire under my ass to get it.


Hey Bart,


Quite a project, I am impressed! I had no idea what you were doing with all the parts! Glad to have helped you with the throwout bearing adapter.

Frank

Frank!

I do pay it forward. You stepped when no one else would. You ever make out to Tampa come take the 03 for a drive. One of many very generous folks in the car community. Thank you.

[LATAMUD]

Well, that last video i posted was short lived. I did nothing but swap in 80lb injectors and car would not start. I spent a few days getting spun up on AEM Infinity tuning, got 200 pages deep into a 380 page manual. I kinda know stuff now, but not really. I didn't want to mess anything up.

I had to call my old tuner. Time is critical, Drew knows the car. I came up with the idea to recycle bits of other Dodge harnesses to make it but Drew Caldwell made it happen. He's well known in the DSM tuner scene here in Tampa. He and I are going to do something new with this AEM Infinity, something a little different.

Drew spent 2 days on the car, came to my house. 8 hours total today and we found the issue.

At cranking the Infinty tuner was seeing engine speed for crank at 30k rpm, erratic. Long story short, we found a loose ground and tightened it up, car started. I was at the point that if we didn't get the car running today i was going to overnight the Infinity ECU to AEM for repair at their recommmendation. I drove the car for the first time since Feb 2014. Be it without bumper cover and side sills but i drove my car. Definitley not the same animal from a few years ago, not going to be able to daily this one. I'm racing Sunday, its happening. Final touches and I'm racing.


https://youtu.be/eFnc6sF6XEw

[98intrigue]

Great news, Bart! Which day will you be racing?

[Kainedogg]

You are putting in work my man. Glad you got the ground issue resolved.

[LATAMUD]

Great news, Bart! Which day will you be racing?

Racing Sunday.