Progress on Stage 2 (V-10 performance rebuild)

Important update. Great deal on a Viper block everything is changing!!!!

Here is a picture of the engine before it was pulled.
Here is the engine arriving at home!

I have torn the engine down to the long block as of Sept. 30th.
Here are some pictures of the engine and notes of interest that I have found. I will take better pictures of everything after they get a bath.

Notice that there is nothing covering the lifter valley. The Viper block has it cast into it. This is a Gen 2 viper block below (cross-bolt mains haven't found Gen 1 pics). The Gen 1 Viper block weighs about 130lbs less than my Magnum block.

Also note that the thermostat housing is cast into the viper block, but the housing is cast into the lower intake manifold on the iron block.

Here are some pictures showing the differences between iron block's upper intake manifold and the Viper's only intake manifold.
Good news for my project the Viper Intake will fit! Just need to build a lifter valley/adapter tray. This will drastically reduce the number of turns the air must make to enter the heads.
Not to mention the weight reduction and removal of the EGR.

November 26, 2007
The Gen 3 Viper heads are in and they fit well. Some slight modifications for cooling and they will work perfectly. Here are some comparison pictures of them compared to factory iron.

The Gen 3 Viper head is on the left and the Iron head is on the right. See how "short" the iron heads are and they still weigh 40lbs more per side unassembled.
Notice how much higher up the intake port is on the Viper heads. That is part of the reason of the 65cfm difference. Not shown is the larger intake valves that help create the additional flow (page 2).
Here is a close up showing how the increased deck height (compared to Viper's) created a gap between the intake manifold and the heads. A spacer between the two will "fill the gap".

January 9th 2008
Gen 3 Viper intake is in.

Alot easier to have cruise when it is already on the SRT-10 Quadcab's. The Gen 3's intake has even straighter runners.

Individual Throttle Bodies
eXtrudeabody makes excellent TBs for custom applications. These would work perfectly within a custom plenum for the perfect "clean" look in the engine bay.

Oct 13th the engine is now completely disassembled.

Here is a picture of the bare block from the bottom.
Here is one from the top showing all of the cooling available to the heads.

Here are some pics of the crankshaft.

There is about a quarter of an inch difference between the iron cast crank and the Gen 3 Viper's. Hopefully I will be able to work around this and not have to go custom. However, a custom billet crank would make the sky the limit in what I can dream up in stroke and rod design. Too bad they are around $4500.

Here is one of the factory connecting rod and piston assembly.

Page 1: Procharger Supercharger
Page 2: V-10 engine swap
Page 3: Viper brake upgrade
Page 4: Misc. upgrades (viper seats, headlights, etc.)
Page 5: v-10 Progress