By Eve 
A pristine Dodge Viper SRT-10 crate motor, tucked away for years at a Wisconsin dealership, has fetched a cool $18K—a killer deal for gearheads hunting one of the final survivors.
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This beastly 8.4-liter V10, designed for the Gen 4 Viper, sat stockpiled at Gandrud CDJR in Green Bay until they unloaded one this season. Pumping out 600 ponies and 560 lb-ft in its prime, it finally got snatched up late September ’25. Not too shabby for a relic that’s basically automotive gold.
Dubbed the ZB II V10, this bad boy sprouted from Chrysler’s LA-engine lineage. Aluminum block, trick valve timing, dual throttles perched on a slick silver intake—yeah, it’s got swagger. And those bold crimson valve covers with the Viper crest? Pure drama under the hood.
Every unit shipped stock with the works: alternator, oil system, manifolds, ignition guts, even the flywheel. Tipping the scales around 650 pounds, it rolled out in OG wooden crates donning part 5038516AA and a 2010 birthdate.
Since Viper production flatlined in ’17, these mills have turned into unicorns. Snagging one isn’t just nostalgia—it’s clutching a trophy of old-school, no-apologies Yankee muscle.
These days, Dodge is all about turbos and volts, but the Viper’s hand-assembled, raw-natured V10? A screaming time capsule from when engines still had soul. Eighteen grand didn’t just buy metal—it bought immortality. Good luck finding another.
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Shawn Henry