MarbleGT

im trying to prove a point. My bud has a '05 V-6 Dodge ram 2 wheel drive, and he wants to put in a the GTS-R Race Viper motor in it, list all the things he would have to do to acheive his goal.

nahooneyya

putting a race GTR-R motor would be not street legal....


V6 dodge ram eh?



oh..and he would need the ENGINE first...which would probably cost more then his truck...

MarbleGT

yea the idoit drive like a jackass so after he totalled his z3 mommy and daddy wouldnt buy him a new cool car, so when he go that not only did he say it was fast he said he wanted to put a viper motor in it, i actually want to copy and paste yalls reaction and post to his email to show him what an idiot he is. bottom line, you cant do it. well, you can but, pointless.

DownUnder

It would be easier and probably cheaper just to get an SRT-10 Ram.

srika

well he can start off with these parts he'll need to use the engine:

he will need the gearbox and differential for starters. a steal at $14,000 for both - that's $20,500 off their price new. slap the engine on, and it's all good.

more race Vipers for sale here:

http://www.viperdays.com/ads.html

cheers,
srika

MADCAT

I know that Dodge sells racing motors. But that orginal designed motor belongs to Team Oreca in France. The new GTS-R motor may not even fit into the pickup. And yes, I don't think it'll be streel legal, and boy what a waste of good motor in a crappy shell.

jz-97-c7

CGTSX2004

iTrader: (1)

Let's break this down for your dumb spoiled friend...

1 × Viper GTS-R Race motor (est. cost $30,000)
1 × Custom high strength drive shaft (est. cost $2000)
1 × T56 gear box (est. cost $8000)
1 × Custom mandrel bent exhaust (est. cost $1000)
1 × Set of headers (est. cost $1000)
1 × Custom engine mounts (est. cost $1000)
1 × Custom rear differential (est. cost $6000)
1 × Set of custom rear axles (est. cost $5000)

Estimated number of hours needed to perform conversion: 300 man hours

Additional adjustment needed to be made to the truck:
Strengthen mounting points for suspension points
Cut away firewall
Strengthen chassis

All told, even if he does the labor himself, it'll cost close to the price of buying a Ram SRT-10. 300 hours of labor at $50/hour comes to another $15,000.

There is no way he could pull this off unless someone ridiculously wealthy is picking up the tab and it doesn't sound like his parents would be willing to do that.

MADCAT

What can u say? There are too many dumb folks with alot of cash.

ClutchPerformer

Why isn't a "normal" Viper motor enough?

That'd be a lot easier to do if he was really trying to do the swap. At least the parts exist.