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Old 04-11-2009, 03:34 PM
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assuming it'll fit in my truck...after all, they do in fact make a model of our trucks with the viper motor in it...

but of course, i'd need a trans, etc, someone to install it...nothing cheap basically...especially with a 2006 motor.

This guy, Tom, wants $5000 for it. It's a new 2006 viper crate motor. Alternator is on there, heads, valves, etc...everything except the waterpump. It's a new 2006 8.3 viper motor, that has NEVER been bolted into anything. 0 miles. He says he received it as a gift from a family member to put into his new charger, but it was a project he doesn't wanna get involved with (same reason i decided to back out of deal...cause i don't wanna drop 10,000 to 15,000 on throwing a viper motor in my truck). I think the factory probably got shut down and he just stole it...lol...that engine is worth a lot more than $5000.

but yea...anyone interested...PM me and i'll give u his cell phone number. He wants $5000 for it...and you'd need to pick it up in detroit, michigan...somehow.
 
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Old 04-11-2009, 03:41 PM
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what kind of family member buys you a viper engine as a gift??? lol
its a very good price but i really wish i had some of that cash lying around, oh well
 
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Old 04-13-2009, 05:07 AM
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^^ i dunno....that's just his story. i'm sure the plant has been shut down by now, and he prolly just stole that motor on the way out...haha

but yea...i have $5000...but, if i were to buy this thing, i'm not willing to come up with like another $10,000 to get this thing put in...lol
 
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Old 04-13-2009, 08:41 AM
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i know of a dealership who has been sitting on a viper engine for a while too..similar deal...someone ordered it and then didnt want to get into it. i believe that this one has everything attached to it that it would in the car, from the intake to the manifolds..
 
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Old 04-13-2009, 05:43 PM
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pm me with his number. Im going to call and see how i can have it crated up for, thanks derrick
 
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Old 04-13-2009, 06:39 PM
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Oh man, an SRT ram would be THE SICKEST. Although everytime i check out one of the srt ram forums, it's always. This broke today. oh i broke this. oh this is not working again. ha. So thats kinda sketch. But what do you expect.
 
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is there any way to check to make sure its the real deal and not a fake?
 
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^^ nope. just call him, talk to him...and that's all u can do. that's all i did. told him i was coming friday morning to get it, and then we tried to discuss how the hell to get it into the back of my truck. so, i felt he was serious.

see detroit craigslist.

and this engine, too, is everything....intake to manifolds. only thing missing is the computer and the waterpump...
 
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Depending upon the year of your truck, the engine and computer could snap right into the harness. I have always been an SRT10 RAM fan...
 
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dogamatic transmission...HAHAHA
 


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