Viper ACR-X

We were recently visited by our friend Bruce Kalin with his brand new Viper ACR-X.  Bruce brought the car by for a chassis set-up.  Including;  setting corner weights, ride height, bumpsteer, and four wheel alignment.

The Viper ACR-X as delivered comes with just a street car alignment and street wheels and tires.  This requires about 10 hours of work to dial the chassis in for track use.  Dodge Motorsports offers competitors a shim kit for accurately setting camber and caster.

We start by lowering the car to competition ride height.  Then we set camber and caster.  After that we set bumpsteer.

We love the fact that the bumpsteer is fully adjustable on all current Vipers.  There are shims under each rack mount and at the rear toe link mounting plate.

Lotus Fuel Tank

 

It is a well known issue that the Lotus Exige and Elise suffer from a fuel starvation issue when using them on the track.  Here at ASM we have developed a cure.  We remove the end of the fuel tank and then remove the baffle plate that where the fuel pump module sits.  We then add ATL trap doors (see picture above.)  Then the large openings in the baffle are closed off and the tank is reassembled.  We leak check to verify the welds and away you go.

Chris Greenhouse G2 Rally Neon

We helped out Chris recently with some transmission upgrades/rebuilds.  Installing a 4.12 final drive, and quaife differential.  Chris is also trying out our first Neon Frankentrans, which uses the best of the early and late T-350’s.

Blown 4th Gear

 

Jeff DeGrieck lost 4th gear while testing for the SCCA Sebring National this last January.  We will replace these gears along with some other small parts and put the tranny back in service.

Viper Swinging Oil Pick-up

SCCA T1 approved Gen4 Viper Swinging Oil Pick.  Fabricated to fit Gen3 Viper engine by Angry Sheep Motorsports