You could already turn a profit. Looks great!
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- Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:05 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1971 El Camino
- Replies: 24
- Views: 19396
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:04 pm
- Forum: Races, Swap Meets & Car Shows
- Topic: Autocross Dragway 42 Sun, Nov 5, 2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4807
Re: Autocross Dragway 42 Sun, Nov 5, 2023
I'm going to look into it. It's a big tank, and half full is ten gallons. I would prefer to be at 4-5 gallons race weight. I still can't believe the factory let this high performance car slide by like this.
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- Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: online videos of whatever
- Replies: 301
- Views: 285994
Re: online videos of whatever
So, it seems we don't have a lot of new ideas today, compared to 50 years ago. Maybe better and more common execution, but not much else. Interesting watch, plus the old cars are always cool.
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- Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: Races, Swap Meets & Car Shows
- Topic: Autocross Dragway 42 Sun, Nov 5, 2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4807
Re: Autocross Dragway 42 Sun, Nov 5, 2023
I cleaned the Vette up Sat afternoon and installed the stickers before I left figuring it would just be easier on a clean car than a dusty one. Turned out it got real dirty as it decided to Lake Effect rain while I was in Lake Co and then once I got into Medina, the FOG rolled in. Apparently the Med...
- Sat Nov 04, 2023 5:37 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1996 Collector Edition Corvette
- Replies: 506
- Views: 243538
Re: 1996 Collector Edition Corvette
The nice thing for you is that winter there isn't like winter here so you will be able to keep driving it and enjoying it now that you've gotten ahead of it.
It's pretty much all functional at this point, right?
-BP
It's pretty much all functional at this point, right?
-BP
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:07 am
- Forum: Races, Swap Meets & Car Shows
- Topic: Autocross Dragway 42 Sun, Nov 5, 2023
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4807
Autocross Dragway 42 Sun, Nov 5, 2023
This will be my first autocross in awhile. I raced the firebird a couple time. The high temp is supposed to be only 54 degrees there, so I'm not sure how well my 100 treadwear tires will do with no real heat in them. Hopefully the sun is out at least. Because of ridiculous SCCA rules, I'm in some ra...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 500 Caddy in a Chevette??!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2061
Re: 500 Caddy in a Chevette??!!
I do remember reading this. I like Steve Magnante, he's my kind of screwball.
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- Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 163
- Views: 147370
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
As happens many times in life, expectations go unmet. Friday night 42 had a TNT that Dave and I went to. I had a chance to make three solid passes with the Vette and the new converter. The track is always good there, and I had three solid passes, a 13.71, a 13.70, and a 13.73 with my best MPH being ...
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:56 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 163
- Views: 147370
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
Today we finally got all of the pieces of the puzzle back together and we're able to get the Vette off the jackstands. With 10qts of tranny fluid the stick showed full before our test drive. The converter definitely feels peppier both off the line and through the gears. One quick test let me brake t...
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:23 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: cheap car racing
- Replies: 178
- Views: 158064
Re: cheap car racing
You're like a minor celebrity. Good work. I'm sure that wasn't easy, but they were interesting and seemed to keep everything moving along smoothly.
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- Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:22 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 163
- Views: 147370
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
Yeah, saw it, which is a bummer. But there are still other things to do if it ever stops raining. We're in a really dumb weather pattern and it doesn't seem to be going away any time soon.
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- Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:41 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 163
- Views: 147370
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
We've been working on the torque converter swap since last week sometime. So far we have three sessions maybe 3-4 hours each, but we're getting close to having it back together. No major surprises, just a lot of steps. The transmission jack from Harbor Freight though not perfect, made handling the t...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:08 pm
- Forum: Wanted / For Sale
- Topic: 1981 corvette project
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4493
Re: 1981 corvette project
I like the car, but you might be high on the price here IMO. Nice ones in this body style are under $10k and ready to drive.
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- Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:28 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1996 Collector Edition Corvette
- Replies: 506
- Views: 243538
Re: 1996 Collector Edition Corvette
My cruise doesn't work either, but the multifunction switch looks to have actual damage to it and I believe it's the culprit. I'm curious if this fixes yours. I'm actually planning to pull the cruise assembly off for weight savings this winter. I'm assuming our systems are significantly different at...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:10 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 1987 Corvette Z52
- Replies: 163
- Views: 147370
Re: 1987 Corvette Z52
After some discussion with my buddy Tony Reed (he's the guy I go dirt racing with...maniac with a 2 stroke 4 wheeler), I decided my rear dirt tires needed more block than they have. He has a tire grooving tool that he let me borrow, and I hacked up my tires for about 2.5 hours yesterday morning. Thi...