The Chronicles of SneakySnake Vol III

[commandomatt]

Lets not turn this into another pricing discussion thread (lord knows we've had enough already)

Yes....I agree. Seems like some people focus more on the cars value, what they paid and what what you can steal one for.

Always enjoyed your detailed threads with plenty of quality pictures. Keep it up and congrats on an absolutely stunning car

[slowhatch]

Back on topic, a few pulls with the full bolt-on setup. She is rowdy!!

[TheStig]

Wow! Sounds amazing! According to your butt dyno, does it feel faster than the legendary orange gen iv? What plans do you have for this car??

[slowhatch]

Wow! Sounds amazing! According to your butt dyno, does it feel faster than the legendary orange gen iv? What plans do you have for this car??

It's really difficult to tell. Butt dyno says the top end feels the same, but it feels weaker from the 2nd gear hit. The gearing on the gen 5's TR6060 changed even though the final drive is still 3.55 (like my old car). So 1st and 2nd are taller gears, it doesn't feel as violent as the old one down low. That being said the gf's butt dyno says this is one is just as fast if not faster than the old car. Who knows. We gonna find out soon enough at the track.

[viperBase1]

It's really difficult to tell. Butt dyno says the top end feels the same, but it feels weaker from the 2nd gear hit. The gearing on the gen 5's TR6060 changed even though the final drive is still 3.55 (like my old car). So 1st and 2nd are taller gears, it doesn't feel as violent as the old one down low..

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[serpent]

^ Viperbase1, how'd you pass smog with Alex's old Viper? isnt it running belanger headers and a different ecu?

[Vipes]

That color is sex! Nice find. Sounds nasty too, makes me want to not care about my warranty and get some mods. Congrats on the purchase!

[slowhatch]

The blue sneaky got her first bath this weekend, and what a pain it was. I can't stand having to hand dry vehicles as it is a recipe for scratches and swirl marks. It desperately needs a sealant so that I can air-dry the car the way I'm used to. That will be tackled along with a correction on the panels that have not been wrapped with a clear-bra asap. She still cleans up good though



Headed off to meet up with a few peeps from the Houston VOA for a mini road rally;






Didn't make it too far before the colored lights came on. Never saw the guy, and I'm trained to be very attentive, I was surprised. Alas, I pulled over and expected a speeding ticket (we were in BFE on an open road without a speed limit sign in sight, had no idea what the limit was). The guy comes up and verbatim; "Sir I pulled you over for 2 reasons, number one, this is my favorite car, and number two, lucky for me, you were speeding." Was a super nice guy, just gave us a warning and sent us on our way. He also literally thanked me for speeding so he had the opportunity to pull me over and take a pic of the car

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSY-zgZg...y=sneakysnakes




We found this motel to be cooler than a marble slab;

[CNU_Physics]

No joke, driving a Viper, you become an instant celebrity lmao. That's great.

[LABrit]

Looks great and a nice read.

[slowhatch]

New plates came in, crowning the undisputed sneakiest snake.

[viperBase1]

New plates came in, crowning the undisputed sneakiest snake.

That's awesome..

[slowhatch]

Got some more goodies for the blue snake. Going to take the day off tomorrow, do an oil change and slap on the final bolt-ons.

RSI Smooth tubes
Custom spacers [.450" front, .375" rear]
Viper Exchange Lowering Caps
DSE Catch can
DSE Heat shield





Started off with wrapping the DSE heat shield with Dynaliner. Since I'm not too good with this arts-and-crafts stuff I recruited someone with greater patience and aptitude. Look at that determination.









Got a great deal on some lowering caps off of a friend's TA, but they were looking quite tired. Half an hour's worth of wrist-destroying polishing with steel wool, and they got their groove back.

[txA&M08]

Half an hour's worth of wrist-destroying polishing with steel wool, and they got their groove back.

Lol you would.

[Jet Slicker]

Awesome. I love how we have almost identical tastes for mods. When I was going to buy a Gen 4 and had all the mods planned out, I stumbled upon your videos of your VVO Gen 4 and you had almost the EXACT same mods as I was planning to do hahaha. I plan on doing full bolt ons with the TA, along with lowering caps and the heat shields/catch can you have. Was thinking about doing wheel spacers too, but I'll see how yours look. REALLY looking forward to an update on these latest parts. I'll be doing the exact same thing.

[slowhatch]

Oh and one more little nugget, a Calvo Motorsports fuse-box heat shield. The factory manifolds have a heat shield on them but the Belanger longtubes don't. Given their proximity to one another, people have melted the fuse box panel, hence the need for shielding. Plus, being Russian, any excuse to add gold anywhere is a welcome one.

[cashcorn]

Great color! I think it also looks better with no stripes. Interested in the smooth tubes.. looks only, or some performance benefit? Have you thought about an HPTune over a canned tune? Enjoy

[SSGNRDZ_28]

Looking good! I'm not as lucky - my wife will not help with car stuff. My daugther is 5 and has helped build a few kits for people with my supervision so maybe that's good enough. Keep the updates coming!

[Junkie]

Great first round of mods!

[slowhatch]

Took the day off today to work on the car. Literally nothing better than a day of good weather and motoring in my book. Woke up 2hrs earlier than I usually get up, with no alarm, go figure. Most days you cant pry me out of bed with a crowbar.

The heavens smile upon thee. No its not my house, yes its beautiful. Lets move on.



Waiting for her to cool off, and unpacking the goodies;





Tried to avoid hitting this nice Volkswagen while getting on the lift;



Started with the DSE heat shield and the RSI smooth tubes. Airbox removed;



Removing the crinkly oem units. Some say the smooth tubes are worth a few hp and improved throttle response, I just think they look better



Heat shield in, fits like a glove. Also added one more layer of Dynaliner on the bottom for ****'s n gigs since we had material left over. PS. front end engine bay access with the clam-shell hood would makes my back hate life.



All buttoned up;





Did the Calvo Motorsport fusebox heat shield next. Fit well and looks great.




I like how the gold hue reflects off the longtube primaries



Tackled the oil change next. 11 qts worth of mother earth's finest.



World's longest oil pan;

[slowhatch]

While the oil drained we took a second to remove the oem air deflector spats in front of the front wheels. These are not equipped on cars with TA 1.0 aero splitters and since my car is a 2013 and TA aero didn't exist until the following year, my spats are still there. Whats interesting was apparently some cars with TA 1.0 aero spec'd from the factory had both the splitters and spats by accident. Slipped through the assembly line somehow. Long story short the only purpose they serve now is letting me know when I've reached my speed bump height limit, so off they go.






I tried to snap a pic of the carbon diffuser for you guys but it came out like crap. Super reflective.

[slowhatch]

DSE catch can was up next. Went with sealed unit this go around so I don't contaminate the oil with moisture over time. As straightforward as the install is, it was a pain in the ass. Started off by managing to wrestle the stock valve cover trim off without having to remove the X brace, score.




And this is why I said this was a pain in the ass. Removing the stock elbow off the oem pcv valve wasn't too bad (even though its teethed to inhibit hose removal). Carefully working around with a flat head while pulling did it. Getting the supplied inlet hose over the stock pcv valve nipple though, made me want to kill myself. Ended up trying to boil the end of the hose in an effort to get some expansion out of it.




Didn't work. Ended up dremeling the ID to open it up to a point that we could get the stubborn bastard over the valve. It sucks. Access in that area doesn't seem too bad but there is no way to get your hands in a position to get leverage on the hose. We wrestled forever with it.



Finally got it buttoned up. I will say all bs aside, I love Doug's products. Everything is just so well engineered and of oem appearance. Most people don't even notice anything is aftermarket when the hood is popped. OEM+



Because Racecar.



Next we drove down to the local discount to get all 4 wheels re-balanced. I had no vibrations that I could feel but I always check my cars to make sure everything is 0.00. I'm glad I did, every single wheel was out by 0.75 to 1.25 oz. Just because you can't feel it, doesn't mean the wheel bearings and bushings don't. Get it checked. While the assemblies were off I installed the custom Motorsport Technologies spacers I had machined. Everything is hub-centric as it should be.

Look at this tiny tire;




Mocking up the spacers. 0.450" up front, 0.375" rear. Everything was cleaned and hub surface and wheel pad were hit with a wire wheel to ensure proper seating.




Oem nuts vs ET nuts. Buying back some of that lost thread engagement.



Spacers installed.




She's dirty as hell but looks great on the new spacer setup. Its subtle but really makes the difference for me. Especially the fronts, the factory offsets are super mild up front on the gen 5s. I know its functional (for aero), but it just looks weak from the factory.




Also gave the beast a long overdue bath, but the sun came down so no clean pics till later

[OneofOneViper]

The spacers really do make a great difference. Looks like I'll be stealing another one of your ideas... This time I'll say thank you in advance! Thank you! May I ask where you ordered those sizes?

[serpent]

Are the lowering caps installed? Doesn't really look like it. Enjoy ur install/update threads. Keep up the good work.

[slowhatch]

The spacers really do make a great difference. Looks like I'll be stealing another one of your ideas... This time I'll say thank you in advance! Thank you! May I ask where you ordered those sizes?

They were custom sizes that I wanted done. I always use Motorsport technologies out of Nevada. Ask for Lenny, tell em Alex with the Viper sent you, he'll be very reasonable in price.

Are the lowering caps installed? Doesn't really look like it. Enjoy ur install/update threads. Keep up the good work.

No caps yet. Didn't have the tools to get that done (nor the energy). Will do those as soon as I have time.

Even without the lowering the spacers just make the car sit so much more aggressive. Caps will have it just perfect, cant wait.