DREAM CAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY!! 1997 GTS BLACK ON BLACK. 11k MILAGE NEED SERVICE LOCAL.

[daytonprowler]

also i am full VOA member and membership has its advantages. my flag on my name has not changes but it should soon may have mixed up my email but don't think so..everything will sort its self out i am sure..

Fixed.

[LATAMUD]

Welcome! Your Viper sounds like mine, once red now black 97 GTS.

[viperboon]

thank for the fix daytonprowler

LATAMUD have you got any picks of your car in the gallery here i could look at. or link some here probably looks verry close it has jet black tinted windows matches the paint perfectly not sure if the tint is legal i will have to check seems show car dark,

[Vprbite]

I have inserted an avatar image, this is not my car it looks like my car the year is off and the rims and different. but i had trubble getting the pictures i took to be displayed i will change it later but this look just like my 1997 but this one is 2000. i have some great picks of my car will get them here soon.

also i am full VOA member and membership has its advantages. my flag on my name has not changes but it should soon may have mixed up my email but don't think so..everything will sort its self out i am sure..

thank you for your suggestions on detailing the car and have looked up "Junkman" and stumbled across neat stuff like the flat black mat stripes, Since my car is already painted black i cant see the harm in adding decal stripes...

also i wanted to order some oem pars for the car a back body panel as i have a small crack in the rear taillight housing. who is our suggested oem part suppler?

Call Jon B at partsrack. He is a sponsor here and has been in the Viper parts business since the birth of the car. He is always very good to me and likes to help new owners when possible. (Though as I said, we aren't really rough on people here for being new. We all had to start somewhere.)

Call him or email him.

http://www.viperpartsrack.com

Best of Luck

[viperboon]

0121151214-00.jpg this is one pic just trying to figure out how to attach the file, this is my car as my avatar is not, but you will see the similarity
and i will attach one more to the next message depending on if this loads both picks or not,, will see

[viperboon]

0117152352-00.jpgok i figured out how to add 1 pic at a time here is the back,

the car is getting fixed it had some problems the belt was dragging on a bound belt pulley causing it to where badly and a few leaks all sorted out and should be on the road in less than 2 weeks,

[LATAMUD]

thank for the fix daytonprowler

LATAMUD have you got any picks of your car in the gallery here i could look at. or link some here probably looks verry close it has jet black tinted windows matches the paint perfectly not sure if the tint is legal i will have to check seems show car dark,

GALLERY

[viperboon]

Can I post a video of the car? Here is the link this is my car i got it from this guy..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYLv...48mQdQ&index=8

[viperboon]

I miss the car been in the shop for as long as i can remember, I am trying to wait but it is driving me nuts, the next time you see me ill have a steering wheel sticking out of my pants, driving me nuts..

[viperboon]

driving the car a lot lots of alots, probably most fun i have ever had driving... it sure seams to be way faster than it should be. it pulls harder than any thing i have ever driven, it pulls in 6th as well as up hill, not sure it is stock as i was led to belive,it if faster than outer viper i test drove. i think the rear end has been changed it don't seam to be geared very tall, DID I SAY IT PULLS IN 6TH GEAR UP HILL IS THAT NORMAL? I am shocked it is mine. i am very happy with the car,

[daytonprowler]

Your life will never be the same.

[viperboon]

ok in first gear i should be able to hit 60 at red line i think, but it seams to be geared down for acceleration. i can only hit about 50 in first gear at just under red line 6k but it gets there rilly fast, I have refrained from smoking the tires or the clutch. i have had one chirp out of the tires leaving a stop a bit fast just to see if it would. it is insane on the freeway, wow it just wants to go faster almost draws you in with its hypnotic theme of growling power fluctuation the engine is but like a sirens song drawing you in deeper...............

I would like to thank every one for reading this stuff i bet every one who has been a new viper owner remember the way it made you feal..


big huge thanks to Dan Cragin ( https://www.specialtyperformanceteam...op/pc/home.asp) , now it is a true cold blooded reptile he did a great job on the car, I went over kill on the cooling system, trying to stay cool in Los Angles during summer beach traffic wile running the A/C...

[Rosie]

Welcome to the club best decision you made since buying your Viper you won`t regret it.Bought our`s two years ago and put 15,000 miles on it already`enjoy it.

[Dajerseyviper]

Congrats on the new car!!! Just curious what is a "Foraged" pulley and bracket?? BTW I put more miles on my Viper in the first 2 days than I did on my 67 Camaro in 2 years...Its a very drivable car, especially the later years..

[ACR_Matt]

Welcome to the club! Congrats on a beautiful car! That's a great year model. Enjoy the lumpy cam!

Congrats on the new car!!! Just curious what is a "Foraged" pulley and bracket?? BTW I put more miles on my Viper in the first 2 days than I did on my 67 Camaro in 2 years...Its a very drivable car, especially the later years..

I think he's talking about this: http://www.ipsco.org/Viper_files/Vip...20Brackets.htm

[viperboon]

Congrats on the new car!!! Just curious what is a "Foraged" pulley and bracket?? BTW I put more miles on my Viper in the first 2 days than I did on my 67 Camaro in 2 years...Its a very drivable car, especially the later years..

bracket yes, pulley yes, replaced plastic pulley and cast Al mounting plate with CNC Billet aluminum, ok back to the car i need to go to the car wash fricken dirt magnet. looks like it was used to film a chocolate milk commercial.

[Dajerseyviper]

Do you mean forged? I thought it was a new company...LOL And actually they are CNC Billet aluminum..Not forged

[Vombomb]

I feel like English isn't his first language... Congrats on the car! Mines still with Todd, and I do believe I'm quite insane now due to waiting...

[viperboon]

internet is my second language, as for English i am a product of the "loss anglous unifide scholl districk"

no one will race me, Every one keeps revving there engines AND SAY GO FOR IT. so i do and then i look back and there like still pulling across the inter section and i am like half way down the street?

[viperboon]

I feel like English isn't his first language... Congrats on the car! Mines still with Todd, and I do believe I'm quite insane now due to waiting...

congrats to you as well, i had a bit a waiting session as well jan-17 march-1st was so insane i feel your pain , and now is has been replaced with pure driving lust for the road. find my self going a few extra miles wherever i can.when i close my eyes I see my car just balls out, pulling off the line... although i am dam sure this thing is not stock, i have yet to discover the source of its power, give me Todd's number i'll call him, and see if i can get him to put a rush on it for you sir,

[viperboon]

Go to SPT. Dan Cragin's shop is approx 15 miles from where you are.

http://specialtyperformanceteam.com/shop/pc/home.asp

Dan is the best there is, hands down. We're pretty f_ck'in lucky to have him in SoCal.

Miichdob the best advice i have received so far.... Dan is the best... car runs cold as ice, side-panels just get warm.

thank you all.

put more miles on it than my old De Lorean already.. the viper is such an incredible car...

[viperboon]

ok in first gear i should be able to hit 60 at red line i think, but it seams to be geared down for acceleration. i can only hit about 50 in first gear at just under red line 6k but it gets there rilly fast, I have refrained from smoking the tires or the clutch. i have had one chirp out of the tires leaving a stop a bit fast just to see if it would. it is insane on the freeway, wow it just wants to go faster almost draws you in with its hypnotic theme of growling power fluctuation the engine is but like a sirens song drawing you in deeper...............

I would like to thank every one for reading this stuff i bet every one who has been a new viper owner remember the way it made you feal..


big huge thanks to Dan Cragin ( https://www.specialtyperformanceteam...op/pc/home.asp) , now it is a true cold blooded reptile he did a great job on the car, I went over kill on the cooling system, trying to stay cool in Los Angles during summer beach traffic wile running the A/C...

195 mph Viper is now reduced to a 165 mph top speed.....but you will get there 15% faster! In stock trim you can stretch 1st gear to 62 mph at redline.......with a 3:55, you shift at 52. - See more at: http://www.viperpartsrack.com/gears-....jnphncgQ.dpuf

i think this is why it only hits 52 in first....... it sure is quick i had no idea wonder what els is upgraded?

[smhog]

Nice choice. Those wheels appear to be the same Speedline wheels that were on the 96 Carroll Shelby Vipers from Fitzgerald Motorsports.

[viperboon]

I think so this car is turning out to be quite interesting apparently almost all vipers have there " tail " to tell. any one know where to start the research on past history of a viper

and they are Speedline wheels apparently they are not so common.

I love the car i feel like the guy in that Stefen king movie with red 57 chevy Christine. yep always in the garage just enjoying the car, this car is alive it call me to drive it nowhere, "just drive me" it matters not where,

you know just drive

[viperboon]

things that I already did to the car

updated oil winded tray "2006" improved oil draining
oil pan baffle kit. oil sump slosh restriction

Al power steering pump mount
Al power steering pulley
Al rack/pinion steering solid mounts
stainless steel break lines
front breaks new pads and resurface
clear front bra
K/N AIRFILTER


new sway bar links
side sill panel vents
new cat converter drivers front cat "plugged/overheating"
fire extinguisher installation
Hurst short shift. stick mod.
door buzzer removed
front license plate mount
torqued front wheel barrings,
4 wheel alignment still pulls to the right a bit aggressively
fog lenses installed
rear trany seal
fluid changes (oil, trany, differential, break fluid, clutch fluid, coolant flush/change)
belt tenshioner
serpentine belt
passenger interior door handle plastic door molding replaced.
Water/Coolant

Super Cool 546
Radiator- Aluminum Racing new
water pump
Module - Radiator Fan
Thermostat 170 Deg
Gasket - Intake Manifold
Gasket - Thermostat
Belt tensioner
Sway Bar Link package
Gasket- Oil Pan, oil pan gasket replaced
Link kit/ rear
Seal- Transmission tail shaft
Wiper Blade
Fluid - Brake
Fluid - Clutch

Service cooling system/ remove block plugs
(included in radiator replacement.)
Upgrade cooling fan to larger 2000 model
type



Replace leaky oil pan gasket

Replace front and rear sway bar links

Replace leaky transmission rear seal

Steam clean undercarriage and suspension
Replace wiper blades

Torque front wheel bearings

Lube hood hinges and latches

Bleed Brake System

Bleed Clutch


harmonic balancer


thats all so far.

some things got listed 2 times my bad edit it later i guess when i get it all sorted...