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Finally with some good rain this week and a nice day today, the Viper got out in the world for my first real drive with it. I couldn't be happier! It runs great, does all it's supposed to do, rides well, and even my wife likes it. I'm definitely happy I put the longer shifter on it too. It's going ...

The assembly is now out and on the floor. Definitely going to need the shorter driveshaft and a yoke swap. We also got the exhaust bracket moved from the old torque arm to the new shorter one that never had one.
Next will be swapping the hub mounts from the old assembly to the new one, and likely ...

The assembly is now out and on the floor. Definitely going to need the shorter driveshaft and a yoke swap. We also got the exhaust bracket moved from the old torque arm to the new shorter one that never had one.
Next will be swapping the hub mounts from the old assembly to the new one, and likely ...

Last week Camaro Bob was enlisted to do the front strut replacement on the Shelby. After replacing the rear shocks myself earlier on, I knew the front were going to need replaced eventually. After he was done I left the cup up on stands and did the oil change. It was about two years and 3000 miles ...

At this point there is only the two batwing bolts holding the assembly in the car, and they are loose. Next weekend it will come out and we can swap anything we're going to swap before we put it back in. The Dana 44 assembly does not have ABS provisions, so whatever the piece is that holds the hubs ...

It's cool to have a fresh view via new tracks this year compared to the last couple years. And still within one days driving distance to get there.

-BP

Today got the car up on blocks and stands. We pulled the complete exhaust off, my favorite front two bolts from the torque arm, the rear shocks, brake calipers, and sway bar end links. I think next week will likely be able to get the rest of the assembly out of the car in one unit.

-BP

It was 3124lbs before with almost a full tank also...

-BP

I bought some Harbor Freight wheel dollies to help up spin this thing around in the garage. They worked pretty well with no issues.
Before we put the car on the dollies we put it on the scales for the first time since the engine swap. In this scenario it had a full tank of gas too. The pictures ...

Were you paid to do this ad for Swisstrax? You should be writing an infomercial for them.
Looks real nice in there. Big transformation for sure.

-BP

Today we finished with the bushing replacement on the rearend, and it got close to two quarts of fresh synthetic 75-90 rear diff oil and a tube of posi additive. Next week we'll make a plan and start getting after taking the old Dana 36 out.

-BP

There's several cures out there, but more gas is the simplistic solution.

-BP

The bog out of 13 is low fuel. It gets away from the pickup and dies. I never ran it under 1/2 tank at any track. A real common problem with these cars. I had some 1:23s there too. I thought the brakes were great, but more is better as they are on the small side.
I never did anything with the tune ...

Wow, glad to see it still in action and getting better in the process! That car was super fun for sure. With my Vette back in action, hopefully we'll see out in the world too.

-BP

The Viper got it's new license plate and frame. Turned out pretty well I think.

-BP