1997 GTS project "War Venom"

[SuperB70]

Originally Posted by MaxHarvard

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

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.

[LS7 Z/28]

Eric, the small photos in this thread are not up to your standards, what's up with that? JK.
If I need to sell a car I'm contacting you, you are great at it. This project will be sweet. Good luck.

[MaxHarvard]

Originally Posted by LS7 Z/28

Eric, the small photos in this thread are not up to your standards, what's up with that? JK.
If I need to sell a car I'm contacting you, you are great at it. This project will be sweet. Good luck.

LOL, fair enough. I'm not taking this project to the same level as before, quick interior install and wrap job and then drive the hell out of it!

Expect top notch photos when it's done. I've got some sweeeeeet Forgelines coming that will really make this wrap job pop.

Just you wait!!

As far as selling things, I like to think I'm realistic about my prices and know my audience. I don't go after every last penny and in the end, would rather have a good reputation as being a honest seller than many other alternatives.

[MaxHarvard]

Got those stupid little rivets out. Needed to be drilled, then either chiseled or grinded out.



Worked some more on the vents for the wrap. SUcks that it took me 5 vents to get the technique down so that no red is showing. Oh well, a little red showing through won't kill anyone. It's my first wrap job!

[MaxHarvard]

More progress. tinkered with the interior some, took some extra bits out.

Picked up a set of original seats with good leather. Can't complain, the seem nice. and the price was right.


Finished the hood vents and moved it out of the way so I can do the rest of the car.


Did some more wrapping.... This piece was a PITA.


Found some receipts that came with the car from Archer Racing... Almost seems a crime to take them off...


But, alas, the sticker came off...


I'm finally getting the hang of this!





Bummed I couldn't do the roof/spoiler in one piece, but there just isn't vinyl big enough to spread across the entire span to the natural body seams.
Going to have to make a seam but there's worse things in life I suppose.

Either way, this car is going to be nasty mean when it's done.

[MaxHarvard]

New rims are here!! BOOYAH!!
Forgeline rims GA3R-6
Matte black centers with Black Pearl outers.

Wrapped in 315/30/18 Falken 615's. This should help the old girl stick to the road!

[MaxHarvard]

The wrap has come to a screeching halt as the temp has dropped below 60 so I can't wrap anything else on the car.

Bummer, just when i was starting to get good at this!



Gonna look pretty dope when it's all black



In the mean time the interior can start going in.

Got the headliner in and wired up. Hells ya! Dome lights!



New/used carpets and side sills/interior pieces going in.



No more race doors for this guy! Windows and all.

[MaxHarvard]

Finished the wrap on Friday and went to the AutoX on Sunday. Ran CAM-S class which requires 200TW tires.

Did ZERO to the car, just drove it to get a feel for it. Felt very positive, flat and the grip was decent, not great but decent. Didn't mess with tire pressure or shock settings, decided I needed to learn the car first.

Won my class and fastest of the all the CAM (C, S & T) competitors. But still need a LOT of working learning to drive fast. Ended up 97th out of 151 cars... not bad considering there were a lot of go-karts, purpose built AutoX cars, fully prepped CRX's and a **** load of Miatas. I'll see if I can get in the top 1/2 next go round now that i know the car a little better.



Seemed to have sprung a little leak which looks to be coming from the oil filter. I tightened it up as it was a little loose and got home and it was still leaking. I have a pretty good view of it from the top and can't see where else the oil is coming from so I'll check that out and probably just change the filter and see if there's crap on the gasket surface. Maybe its shaking itself loose?

The new K&N filter kit really helps with throttle response at low RPM's, which if you've been to an AutoX, you know you need that.

The new Baer brakes worked well, but I could tell I could brake later than I was so I need to work on that. I noticed I was getting less rear brake than I liked and was glad to see the previous owner had installed a brake bias valve and opened the rears up, that seems to help my front locking up too quick. I have a few turns left in the rear, so I'll play with that a bit.

The car got quite a bit of attention as I heard the phrase, "I'm surprised to see a Viper here! No one ever brings one!" ... probably like 15 times throughout the day.

I had fun, learned about the car and learned; Yes, in fact you can get a sunburn when it's cold and mostly cloudy... my forehead hurts!

[SBDave]

lol, I thought you meant figuratively go karts (as in a race car) but then saw the actual kart on the trailer behind the mini.

[MaxHarvard]

Originally Posted by SBDave

lol, I thought you meant figuratively go karts (as in a race car) but then saw the actual kart on the trailer behind the mini.

LOL

There were several go-karts and a few FMOD (think little F1 gokart looking things).

That was EASILY the entire top 10+ times of the event.