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ODO: 105754 We had a 67° day today so I went out to the garage with the intent of finding an oil leak. I didn't find an oil leak, but I did find an antifreeze leak in the same area where I thought the oil leak was originating. One of the heater hoses needed the clamp tightened a bit more. Now, I won...

ODO: 105,742 On the first of January, I proudly proclaimed "No oil leaks on the garage floor. I love a car with no oil leaks." Once I got her up on the jack stands and looked underneath, I saw the opposite. Oil covered the oil pan from front to back, but none had reached the floor. So when...

Today, I stumbled upon this video of track mods for the C4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9PB3m6-Vd0
Maybe it will give you some ideas if you haven't seen it yet.

Hey BP, I have Hagerty's for my TBSS and the Corvette. Including the optional "Driver's Club" (for towing), my cost for the upcoming year was $600. But, don't be surprised when you lose your multicar discount from State Farm and your bill for your remaining cars goes up.

It's likely my age, but I like as much light on the road as I can get.

Speaking of headlights, I watched this YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLW8t4ilzgU
I now have the two components on order from Amazon. About $70.

I'm looking forward to some much improved nighttime driving.

The Blackstone oil analysis lab forced me to do it. They wanted to know how many miles were on the oil sample I submitted. My notes on TireSmoke were not complete enough for me to tell. The answer was somewhere between 750 and 2000. I will try to do better in the future. ODO: 105,673 oil change plus...

Up until now, I haven't been very fastidious about logging the work I've done on Silvia. Today I changed my evil ways. I downloaded a sample maintenance log from the web and modified it for my use. I read through the entire Tiresmoke thread of my Corvette and pulled all the major things I had done a...

For any of you interested, here's a video from C&S Corvettes talking about the '96 LT4 engine differences compared to the stock LT1 engine.
https://youtu.be/dEZ4PoE19cM

I started setting up the iAccel app with the following settings: Vehicle mass (kg) 1556kg (3430 lb. ) As delivered weight with me in it. Vehicle drag coefficient (CD) 0.35 (from C4 forums) Vehicle frontal area (m²) 1.8m² (19.2ft²) (from C4 forums) Air density (kg/m³) 1.244 (calculated from local wea...

I've been doing some exploring of it and with the free version, the speed is limited to 80mph (maybe for safety reasons). I have sent a question in to the author to find out if the pro version will allow higher speeds. Author Jon Neades says: There are no restrictions on the ¼ mile test. It will re...

Yep. Lateral and braking as well as acceleration.

I've been doing some exploring of it and with the free version, the speed is limited to 80mph (maybe for safety reasons). I have sent a question in to the author to find out if the pro version will allow higher speeds.

Sorry. I forgot to add that part. It's a vehicle performance app for iPhones and android phones. iAccel is a performance meter designed to test the acceleration and braking performance of your vehicle. In use it displays a series of gauges to monitor performance and a continual graph of selected par...

Does anyone have any experience with the iAccel phone app? I just discovered it and I'm trying to figure out how to use it.