For many of us, its the Holidays. I really hope you all have a wonderful one surrounded with friends and family!

I was sweating bullets trying to figure out what engine would be best for a holiday teardown. I have lots of engines waiting for their 45 minutes of fame, but I wanted something special. In perfect timing I was able to pick up this blown up 8.3L V10 from a 2004 Dodge Viper. Huge thanks to my friend Hugh who sent me the link, to Jason & Kyle in Ellettsville Indiana for holding onto and selling the engine, and to my parents who amazingly were able AND willing to make the drive out to get this for me as I didn't have the time.

I knew this engine had problems, but like all blown up engines I purchase sight unseen, you don't really know how bad it is until its all in pieces. This is probably one of the most beautiful engines I've torn down on the channel. With how complete this engine was, the price was way too good to pass up even though it was hurt so much worse than I initially thought.

If you'd like to buy parts from this engine or anything else I've torn down, or you want to peruse our inventory you can visit
www.Importapart.com OR email us at [email protected]

Why did I do this? I own and run a full service auto salvage business in the Saint Louis area, and part of our model includes dismantling blown up engines to salvage the usable parts. We don't rebuild engines, merely supply parts to those that do.

I hope you enjoyed this video and as always, I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism.

Catch you all on the next one!!

Eric