98intrigue's long overdue journal

98intrigue

The motor was completed Tuesday, May 7th. The motor was picked up by the installer Wednesday, May 8th. I asked for an update last Wednesday, May 15th, and I was told "if all goes well, Monday or Tuesday". Well, I hadn't heard from him, so I asked when I should pick up the car. He said "not sure quite yet", which means he hasn't started it. I asked if it will at least be finished by the end of this week and he said he doesn't know (sounds too familiar since the machine shop wouldn't give me a deadline). So the waiting game continues...


Here is the list of all the mods I can think of that I've bought during the 6+ month downtime (motor failed November 30th):

• Port and polished heads
• Comp cam
• All necessary supporting mods: Manley oversized valves, springs, retainers, etc.
• BBK throttle body
  
  
• Belanger headers
  
  
• Custom exhaust (will be built when I get the car back)
• Custom crankcase tank (will be built when I get the car back)
• SCT Tuner (will be tuned by Todd at A&C Performance once the exhaust is fabbed)
  
  
• Eurotech CF front lip
  
  
• 19"/20" HRE 542R (matte black center/gloss black lip)
  
  
• Snakeskin Green calipers with black lettering
  
  
• Snakeskin Green fender emblems
  
  
• Snakeskin Green rear bumper emblems
  
  
• Snakeskin Green radio/shifter surround
  
  
• Lloyd's Ultimats with SSG Viper logo/lettering and piping
  
  
• Bluebatmobile overlays for taillight/reverse/side marker/3rd brake light
• White LEDs for all gauges/dome/trunk/license plate
• 6k headlights with matching fogs
• MGW short throw shifter with MGW knob
  
  
• K&N intake and KW V2 were installed just before the first motor failure, as well as diff/transmission fluids changed
• Woodhouse motor/transmission mounts and new clutch were installed during the last rebuild

Since it's been so long, this is what my car looked like before:


I can't wait to see how the car will look/feel/sound with all the mods installed...it's almost time to enjoy being a Viper owner!

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