My ACR Build

[Boosted Motorsports]

Figured I would start documenting and updating the journey and the stuff I've been doing to my 00 ACR as it has come quite a long way in the last few months since I purchased it.

I'll also post all of my mod and install videos in here also!

[Boosted Motorsports]

Some pictures on the drive from Kentucky where I purchased the car all the way to California. Car was bone stock no mods other than resonator delete.

[Boosted Motorsports]

Driving through Texas


Driving through New Mexico


Coming into California

[ACRucrazy]

Love it!!! I wish to have one someday!

[viperr]

Great story! What better way to get to know your car than a nice long road trip. Last January I bought my used Gen V at Roanoke Motors in Illinois and drove it back to the Seattle area. What a nice way to bond with a car. I hope you had as much fun as I did.

[Boosted Motorsports]

Love it!!! I wish to have one someday!

Thanks! I'm going the opposite direction and plan on getting a newer ACR in a few years! Picked up the one that I have wanted since a kid first

Great story! What better way to get to know your car than a nice long road trip. Last January I bought my used Gen V at Roanoke Motors in Illinois and drove it back to the Seattle area. What a nice way to bond with a car. I hope you had as much fun as I did.

I agree! It was a bit of a gamble with my car being a bit older and such a long drive (2000+ miles in 2 days) but it made it without a hitch! Congrats on the Gen V purchase! That is my next addition is to snap up a GEN V. Love the similarities between the two!

[BrianACR]

That must have been an awesome drive!! I had hoped to drive mine home from where I purchased it. Would have been about 600km(375mi). But it was March. In Alberta. That means cold and icy and snowy. i ended up hauling home instead.
I've been enjoying your how to posts. Keep it up!! you're sharing some great info!

[ACR08]

Sweet ride and great pics of the drive home.

[GTSgreg]

Beauty car. Would be a fun drive in a viper. Much more fun than getting it delivered!

[capevettes]

Great looking Viper. What a drive. Reminds me of my Route 66 drive across country back in 2000. Road trips in a great car are hard to beat. Enjoy the Viper.

[RedTanRT/10]

Great looking ACR, wish I still had my solid red '99

Hope to catch up with you at one of the local SoCal events. best wishes! Mike

[Lemay88]

I've own my Viper since 2014, me too, like most of us on here, a dream that became reality.
There are 2 things that make me feel like a kid again, a good hockey game with friends and driving my Viper with a loved one beside me.
Thanks O'Malley and everyone else that posts on this and other Viper site, it shows how owning a Viper is more than just realizing a dream but an experience by itself.

Long live the Viper

Ben

[Boosted Motorsports]

That must have been an awesome drive!! I had hoped to drive mine home from where I purchased it. Would have been about 600km(375mi). But it was March. In Alberta. That means cold and icy and snowy. i ended up hauling home instead.
I've been enjoying your how to posts. Keep it up!! you're sharing some great info!

Thanks!! I know all about Canadian winters, I'm from Toronto originally lol.

Sweet ride and great pics of the drive home.

Thanks!

Beauty car. Would be a fun drive in a viper. Much more fun than getting it delivered!

Yeah believe it or not the previous owner actually got pissed off and hung up on me when I said I wanted to drive it. He said I must be a scam artist if I am crazy enough to drive such a car across the country. Had to call him back and calm him down and here we are today lol.

Great looking Viper. What a drive. Reminds me of my Route 66 drive across country back in 2000. Road trips in a great car are hard to beat. Enjoy the Viper.

Thank you! Yeah I've driven the drive a few times and it is definitely something everyone should experience. Such an amazing drive through the south.

Great looking ACR, wish I still had my solid red '99

Hope to catch up with you at one of the local SoCal events. best wishes! Mike

For sure! Shoot me a PM I'm not too far from you in HB. Looks like you might be into track days and thats my intention with this thing just been doing a thorough health check on it the last few months

I've own my Viper since 2014, me too, like most of us on here, a dream that became reality.
There are 2 things that make me feel like a kid again, a good hockey game with friends and driving my Viper with a loved one beside me.
Thanks O'Malley and everyone else that posts on this and other Viper site, it shows how owning a Viper is more than just realizing a dream but an experience by itself.

Long live the Viper

Ben

Thanks Ben! I'll keep the posts coming for sure! Hopefully I don't run out of things to do with the car soon lol.

[GTSgreg]

Haha seems some owners are touchy, I almost bought a car in Texas and the guy told me if I was going to drive it home, he wouldn't sell it to me! Where in Toronto are you from and how long you been living in cali?

[goodee]

...Last January I bought my used Gen V at Roanoke Motors in Illinois and drove it back to the Seattle area. What a nice way to bond with a car. I hope you had as much fun as I did.

I bought mine used at Roanoke as well but I only live 15 miles down the road. My wife and I have taken ours up to the Chicago area - it was a nicer drive than usual since merging in that traffic was much easier. Anyway - keep up the howto's omalley, you've got a beautiful car.

[Black Adder]

Hi Omalley
Last year I bought the identical car to yours, Gen 2 Red ACR/silver stipes etc etc. only 2001. I bought it in Pheonix at 10:00am Saturday morning and drove it back to San Jose, Cali the same day, arriving at 10:45PM, 745 miles. What a great day :-))

[RedTanRT/10]

Omalley, I'll send a PM later.

You need to meet up with Lance, he's in HB, great guy and previous club president

also, take a look at the SoCal site, all local events, social and track are listed

www.socalviper.com

[PrincetonTT]

Following all your stuff - started looking for lifts the other day and this one fell in my lap - you have the room I would look into it

[Boosted Motorsports]

Hi Omalley
Last year I bought the identical car to yours, Gen 2 Red ACR/silver stipes etc etc. only 2001. I bought it in Pheonix at 10:00am Saturday morning and drove it back to San Jose, Cali the same day, arriving at 10:45PM, 745 miles. What a great day :-))

Thats awesome! Let me know if you ever come across a number for how many of our red/silver ACRs there are. I was having a tough time trying to find a count but would be cool to know.

Haha seems some owners are touchy, I almost bought a car in Texas and the guy told me if I was going to drive it home, he wouldn't sell it to me! Where in Toronto are you from and how long you been living in cali?

I lived in Durham region most of my life, been down here for a couple years!

I bought mine used at Roanoke as well but I only live 15 miles down the road. My wife and I have taken ours up to the Chicago area - it was a nicer drive than usual since merging in that traffic was much easier. Anyway - keep up the howto's omalley, you've got a beautiful car.

Thank you! Definitely more to come!

Following all your stuff - started looking for lifts the other day and this one fell in my lap - you have the room I would look into it

That thing is awesome!!! I'm trying to live a bit light at the moment but once I get settled into my next place I am getting a 2 post for sure!

[Black Adder]

Best I can Find out for 1999-2002 Red ACR with ** stripes. All had black interior. Silver stripe was an option for all 4 years

1999 - 36
2000 - 60
2001 - 60
2002 - 79 (of which 34 were red/white FE's)

[Boosted Motorsports]

Last picture of the drive home before I move on to some of the mods/upgrades I began doing. I grabbed blue painters tape and masked over the entire front end and around the wheel wells. Over 2000 miles and not a single stone chip on the car. Looked ugly as hell and got weird looks but I didn't care

[Boosted Motorsports]

Next I removed the drivers sill cause the clear coat had some serious hazing. Looks like the car obviously had some heat from cats in the past but previous owner had installed some "high flow" in there so no more heat related issues. Anyways was able to polish the side sill using a soft polish pad and some very light scratch removal compound and came back to a mirror shine. I plan on upgrading to some "sticky shield" type products in the future.

[Boosted Motorsports]

Next out came the leaking oem Koni ACR shocks and in went BC racing coilovers. MUCH better ride and more adjust-ability. Plus was able to chop a bunch of fender gap out without sacrificing spring preload or ride quality which is a nice feature of the BC racing coilovers.



ACR Koni shocks have a smaller diameter upper bolt and associated collars. Here you can see the difference and will need to order OEM GTS/RT-10 bolts to have a correct fitment.




First look with the car sitting on BC Racing coilovers but suspension wasn't settled yet (Drooping bumper to hood issue on this side has since been fixed )

[ACR_Matt]

Nice to see another '00 Red/Silver ACR! For the 2000 year model it's 1 of 25 overall, 1 of 22 US Market and the other 3 went to Canada. I also work on mine myself and am about to tackle the rear bushings while upgrading suspension and brakes! IMG_6331.jpg

[ACRSNK]

Damn that thing is pretty! I bought a 2014 Shelby GT500 in Kentucky and drove it home to Massachusetts. Fun thousand mile ride. Car was broken in by the time I got home.

Congrats on the ACR. That is a very special ride you have there.