Speed Racer
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Hello guys,
I noticed a little chatter in my engine about a week ago with some tapping like a valve or something being burnt. The OBD said cyl 7 not firing (uh oh)! I took my beloved into my mechanic. He pulled the plug and it had no gap on it. He scoped the cylinder and there is about a 1 inch piece of my piston missing like it's been chipped off and the top of the piston is pitted. The wall is also scored.
After talking and spending an hour on the phone with several people I find my options limited. No one here wants to touch a viper motor. Even my guy.
So, he stated he could put a plug in it and told me to sell the truck (half jokingly), he then said he could put a new piston in it and that is not much better a prognoses, and then he said he would pull the motor and replace it but I needed to find a place to overhaul it that actually knew Viper motors (I respect this as he was telling me he couldnt do the job I needed). We have several calls out. I told him I had access to several experts and I would seek your advice on who to get to overhaul itmand parts.
Now, I posted awhile back and told Stinker I'd be reworking my motor in March after I got my tax refund back. This problem (just like my tranny) occured 3 months too soon.
So, right now I am kind of on a budget, need to overhaul my baby, and want to replace the OEM parts with some that would bulletproof it to say 800hp. I am making about 600rwt with the Roe. If I could bullet proof the motor (and of course later the rearend) I could squeeze more hp from the Roe.
My question is what can I do for say around 3-6k and what parts would be recommended and is there someone you all trust to do the job. (I am thinking of letting my guy pull and replace the motor and mailing it to the rebuilder like I did my tranny)
Thanks in advance guys,
You always come through for me.
Hiya FatJack, Eddie, Stink, Kenny, Prof, Dave, Justin, Jim, and everyone! Have a cool Yule guys! :santaclaus:
I noticed a little chatter in my engine about a week ago with some tapping like a valve or something being burnt. The OBD said cyl 7 not firing (uh oh)! I took my beloved into my mechanic. He pulled the plug and it had no gap on it. He scoped the cylinder and there is about a 1 inch piece of my piston missing like it's been chipped off and the top of the piston is pitted. The wall is also scored.
After talking and spending an hour on the phone with several people I find my options limited. No one here wants to touch a viper motor. Even my guy.
So, he stated he could put a plug in it and told me to sell the truck (half jokingly), he then said he could put a new piston in it and that is not much better a prognoses, and then he said he would pull the motor and replace it but I needed to find a place to overhaul it that actually knew Viper motors (I respect this as he was telling me he couldnt do the job I needed). We have several calls out. I told him I had access to several experts and I would seek your advice on who to get to overhaul itmand parts.
Now, I posted awhile back and told Stinker I'd be reworking my motor in March after I got my tax refund back. This problem (just like my tranny) occured 3 months too soon.
So, right now I am kind of on a budget, need to overhaul my baby, and want to replace the OEM parts with some that would bulletproof it to say 800hp. I am making about 600rwt with the Roe. If I could bullet proof the motor (and of course later the rearend) I could squeeze more hp from the Roe.
My question is what can I do for say around 3-6k and what parts would be recommended and is there someone you all trust to do the job. (I am thinking of letting my guy pull and replace the motor and mailing it to the rebuilder like I did my tranny)
Thanks in advance guys,
You always come through for me.
Hiya FatJack, Eddie, Stink, Kenny, Prof, Dave, Justin, Jim, and everyone! Have a cool Yule guys! :santaclaus: