1996 Viper GTS Venom 550 Hennessey - modifications - Page 14 - Lateral-g Forums

spddmnjay · #**131** 01-05-2008, 05:09 PM

Transmission removed and ready for inspection. I am having the tranny inspected even though it only has 1800 miles because I would kick myself if I re-installed and found out it needed maintenance.

spddmnjay · #**132** 01-05-2008, 05:20 PM

Pics of seat, center console and door panel before being upholstered. I have selected a wicked awesome material to cover the seats, center console and door panels with. Door panels will have two different materials. I will not be putting carpet back on the door panels.

spddmnjay · #**133** 01-05-2008, 05:31 PM

Sure lookin' bare with wheels and brakes removed. I decided to upgrade my brakes. So I ordered a set 14" SRT10 Calipers from Dave's Big Brakes. Plus I ordered an emergency brake kit for the rear.

spddmnjay · #**134** 01-05-2008, 05:39 PM

Now that the engine is out I took the opportunity to remove all the welding spatter inside the engine bay area, along the transmission tunnel and around the shock mounts. These are the before pictures.

spddmnjay · #**135** 01-05-2008, 05:54 PM

Pics after removing all the weld spatter. Next step is to prime the bare metal areas. Then some black paint. I will also be installing heat barrier to the transmission tunnel.

spddmnjay · #**136** 01-05-2008, 05:55 PM

Pics continued

spddmnjay · #**137** 01-05-2008, 06:12 PM

I have been struggling to find a company that wants to create custom gauge faces for my Viper. It seems that most of the companies only want to work on older muscle car gauges. They don't want to touch new stuff like the Viper. But I think I may have found someone with the expertise to work on these gauges.

Before I send the gauges away I made sure to remove the gauge face from the gauge. The gauge face was crimped onto the gauge housing. I was pretty sure that noone would want to attempt removing the gauge face, so I did. I used my trustworthy Dremmel with a cut of bit and proceeded to remove the crimped lip. Worked like a charm.

Below are pics of the two different size gauges in my Viper.

spddmnjay · #**138** 01-09-2008, 07:29 AM

Rendering images of the Ron Davis radiator that I will be installing.

spddmnjay · #**139** 01-10-2008, 10:15 AM

These pics will give you an idea how the engine renderings are initiated and then expanded to form the engine.

spddmnjay · #**140** 01-10-2008, 10:31 AM

Spindle and wheel bearing/hub.