1997 GTS project "War Venom"
 

Like the name? Meh, it's ok, willing to take suggestions but that's the best I could come up with. Mongoose was taken, "Snake bitten" is lame. you get the idea, names are hard.

So, here's the background of the car:
Requiem for an SLC – “Grifter” gets a new home | Gearhead Daily

I got the car with a full cage and that's just not me speed anymore. I want a street car that I can drive fast and occassionally go to the track. I'm kinda done right now in my life with track cars.

Seriously though, the cage was obtrusive to the point where I couldn't see out of the windshield.

Here's the 'before' picture:
http://i.imgur.com/UkzPaJk.jpg

After I got a hold of a sawzall and some Diablo blades:
http://i.imgur.com/xHdZQIc.jpg

THERE's SO MUCH ROOM FOR ACTIVITIES NOW!
http://i.imgur.com/h9hnfin.jpg

Pile 'o parts that will be removed, sold or scrapped.
http://i.imgur.com/VzT8sIH.jpg


Sanding the one piece lift off hood to remove the flash lines, this car used to be mustard yellow and red... Hells to the no bruh!
http://i.imgur.com/n21q9E1.jpg



Plan is to wrap the body in some war paint and make a dirty nasty stupid fast street car. :)

:lol:

Can't wait to see the change to the car.

Nice GTS in so many ways ... nice writeup on the Porsche too!

I did a floor pan, rear quarter mods, and some misc work for a guy that owned a '69 912 and when all was said and done he put it for sale, wished I could have afforded that car! I know that smell too!

Michael

Just thought of a project name .... "Hemotoxic". Cuz it'll get your heart pumping when you hit the go-pedal!!!

Hemotoxic venoms act on the heart and cardiovascular system.


Just a thought!

Ohhhhhh I like it!! Medical reference!

I'll be watching this one with interest! I had a burning passion for these cars growing up. The gen 1-2 GTS' are hands down my favorite Viper body style and remain on my personal list of most attractive cars. :D

Cool looking cars.

If you want that Viper to live long, make sure that crankshaft needs to be modified. Viper is notorius about spunning rod bearings.

Viper has that thing, because its more or less a rich guys toy, those who knows what to do they cash with that knowledge.

Oh you have NO idea how much I've wanted a Viper, especially the Gen II version. sooooo awesome.

Hmm. Hadn't heard that. Thankfully this motor potentially has 10k miles on it, and from the story, probably even less. Hopefully I wont' have to rebuild it for a while LOL

Got a chance to get some time in the garage over the weekend and started the wrap on the car.

let me say... this is WAY harder than it looks. Took me close to 6-7 hours just to wrap this stupid hood. It's literally 1/4 of the car the size of Montana.

It's not perfect I'll be the first to admit, there's a couple creases that snuck past me but nothing major. From 5ft away you can't see it, but still...

http://i.imgur.com/H69DCKEl.jpg

Cool project! Like others have said, by far the sexiest Viper body style.

We call all the snakes we see around the house "boots".:lol:

Do a google search, Im not kidding. Its not about how many miles driven its oiling problem.

I've rebuild couple Viper engines and can tell that they are not cheap to do. Cant even get all gen 1 parts anymore.
New crank is over 5k$
He who knows what to do, can do the mods engine in the car.

Same problem in gen 1,2 and 3. I have gen3 engine myself.