Good to see you B1ack86v3tt3 :thumbright:

You're right I think this place is about to really take off!

It would have to be a real vivid yellow... one that would show off on the banners.

Then again, with black boarders and font, it might work....

I was feeling rather cheery!

I would mostly have to agree with you on your choices. When I think of a C4, I think of a white car with a red interior. This despite my love of Comp. Yellow C4s, and my new bias toward Ruby, AND my old fling with a silver/gray '84. Not sure how well white will translate into a web page...

Although Admiral blue with all the stripeys makes for some neat visuals...


Turquoise and white is classic C1 Vette as far as i'm concerned. It might have to be more like a vanilla than pure white.


The yellow C5/C6 are what stand out in my mind though.

Three cheers for the little forum!

I know that book was called "All Corvettes Are Red." Whatever...

When you think C4, what colour do you envision?

We are trying to come up with unique colour themes for each gen... as it stands, we are going to ulitmately have 3 main boards.

One board will cover C1, 2 and 3, and other for C4 and one more for C5 and C6. We are doing it this way due to traffic issues/load balancing and, in many ways, common underpinnings.

So far, we have come up with Red/Black/White for the C4 section. Bastet44 likes that combo (and I agree), because those are the colours of the C4 emblem.

For the C1, 2, 3 forum, we are thinking Torquise/Black/White and for the C5/C6 forum a Sunset or Daytona Orange/Black and white combo.

The first colour in the list is the detail colour, banners, boarders title bars. The 2nd is for font, and the third, the text back ground.

So basically, we are looking for a primary colour to be the theme for each site.

I am not doing this as a poll... just too many options over the years.

Thoughts?

Since the 27th (this past Monday), we have picked up 12 new members!

As I post this, there are 4 users on.

This is just massive traffic and growth for C4 Guru!!

We are LOVING THIS!!!!

oh, man, you are so right that the migration is on!

We have picked up nearly a dozen new members in the last 3 days. It's been CWAZY!!!

they can get slow... they can get wacky... they can act weird... all of witch may or may not throw a code. failure would result in a code.

however, check the relays and the wiring to and from the relays, first.

on the pre 1991 C4s, that's a real problem - overall harness durability.

Cool! Post lots of stuff! I can't wait until there is stuff to read every time I login!

The migration is on!

Yeah! Another new member!

Let's light this sucka! WOOT!

Given up? I just got here ...

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I agree - me like!

Can the L98 MAF go bad/less functional without throwing a code? Discuss ...

Not new but this is my first post in quite along time. I feel new again. Hope this place grows to be bigger than the overruled, unfair corvetteforum. Lots of new members. I think Bogus will really brighten this place up. He deserves alot of praise for his generosity for taking over and then upgrading this place.

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Potential!?



I'll get through it, with help, of course ...

John!

Welcome! Great to see you here!

I moved for love... it was just a co-inky-dink that you had a car that is a potential electrical nightmare.

Good to see you here j3studio. I'd love to see some pic's of your '85. If you have some Post 'em up!

Just joined ...

... I'm one of those crazy guys doing a C4 restoration, though it isn't a full one like some here are doing. We drive our 1985 about 4k miles a year and it's almost at 60k: high mileage for an NCRS-judged C4, much less one that's received a National Top Flight.

The car is not perfect mechanically - it's got some fuel delivery/mixture issues I'm still trying to track down.

By the way, I'm convinced that Andy Bogus moved to California just so he wouldn't have to personally troubleshoot my electrical problems, but the power of the Internet does keep him reasonably close ...

Gday Brian ;)

I've also had luck having someone pull and hold the hood release lever while you pull up on the opposite side of the hood (left side in your case). This works more often than not. Hopefully is works for you.

welcome aboard!

hm... me thinks you need to shrink the avatar a touch.

Chris and superior have a world class reputation. It's great to hear they are on board here!

Hi Matrix good to see you here :thumbright:

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Are the windows not closing far enough, or are they pushing out from the weatherstrip? If you can describe your problem or better yet provide a picture I should be able to help you adjust your windows.

Hey Rob I just got here myself.

Glad to see you made it here yourself. Lots of familiar faces here :thumbleft: :thumbleft:

daddue11 I just got here myself. Good to see you here :thumbleft:

Your 'vette looks great - love the early C4's :thumbleft:

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Wow I had no idea that this site has been up for 3 years! As mentioned in my previous post you did a fantastic job with the design and layout. The reasons you gave for stepping down your level of involvement here are completely understandable. I have a feeling this site is going to really take off and as the father of the site you should be a part of it. Don't be a stranger!

Brian, you're hired!!!

Anyone silly (or twisted?) enough to work with Jags, Vettes and Audis is definately off their rocker.

I will be sending you a note shortly.

Thanks, everyone, this is gonna be fun!

Brut - THANKS for starting this. Without the inital surge, we wouldn't be here now... and you are ALWAYS welcome.

Hi everyone,

VTvette (Brian) here from the Corvette Forum. Nice to see so many familiar faces here. This site has a great "feel" to it and I'm sure it will only grow bigger in coming months. I love the layout and design here, very cool looking. Looking forward to many good times here! :thumbleft:


VTvette
Brian

Andy - your approach with this site sounds very well thought out. This site could become a fantastic wealth of information.

As you may know from my various posts on Corvette Forum I've been "rebuilding" my '85 over the past two years. The details of the car are far too many to go into here but I've documented many of the modifications I've made to the car with photos along the way intending to put together a "how to" for enthusiasts who work on their own C4s. At my day job for the past 17 months I've been performing a no expense spared, 100 point restoration on a 1973 Jaguar XKE (E-type) which is in it's very final stages. I've taken a lot of the knowledge and techniques I use at work and implemented them into my own C4 restoration. Many of these techniques can be used by the average weekend enthusiast. As my C4 (and my wife's project, an 1990 Audi Quattro Coupe converted to full European S2 spec including 20V Turbo engine) come to a close this fall I would like to offer my assistance to you as a technical writer in the Tech Library and contribute all the information and techniques I've gathered and used on my own C4. I believe this site could really become a great wealth of information for all C4 enthusiasts. I'd love to help you make that happen. You can E-mail me at vtvette @ hotmail.com if you are interested and I can give you more information on my background and the articles I can contribute.

Best of Luck Andy,

Brian
VTvette

Well, this is the end of the road for me. ITs been fun. I will still be around from time to time, but in order to make the forum grow, it needs fresh minds and motivation. I brought it this far and, believe it or not, it has been 3 years going.

A lot of changes through those years!

Anyway, I have stepped down as owner and admin and Mr. Bogus and Mrs. Bogus have their hands full!

Good luck to ya!

Thank's for all the support, guys!!! It will make this a real easy transition.

Next up, a mass email to alert the world we still exist... that will come next week.

yes, $900... but think of all the $350+ bills you would be able to absorb because of those pieces...

exhaust upgrades... clutches... oil pan... all the fluid changes...

Great job Andy & T, if you need anything let me know. :thumbright:

I'm looking forward to helping out, and hopefully helping the site grow!

I'm also a video producer, so the next time I tackle a project on the Vette, I will see about creating a video for it. Plus I'd be more than happy to shoot video of other Colorado folks improving their rides.

I'm sooo glad to see some of The good guys from the other site are here. thanks for the welcome.

Any time mate, youve always been very good to me, and for that im very apreciative

you da man, Casey! Thanks!

Good choice Rob, welcome to the forum mate ;)

as always Andy, you will have any support from me i can offer mate, anything you think i can help you with just ask ;)

welcome aboard!

It's great to have all these new faces around!

Gotta thank CF for screwing with a good thing. :thumbleft:

Well bogus, I have a feeling you don't need to spend any money on attracting members.

We'll see what happens over at ad-central, but for now I'm signing up here.

For those of you that recognize me, I look forward to continuing good c4 discussion over here.

For those who don't- my name is Rob. I have a 95 6-spd that I bought in 2004. It's red on red, and a base susp. car with most options except LTPWS and FX3. It was my daily driver for about a year and a half, and now gets sunny day and weekend duty- it has about 84k on the clock. My goal is to turn it into a 400rwhp street toy. So far, I've done brakes, wheels, lowering, hurst shifter, and corsa. I'd like to get into the motor soon, but it seems $$ always gets in the way. Hopefully I'll be able to do the major HCI and supporting mods next year.

:wave:

This has been said, and will now be said officially.

My wife, Bastet44 and I have taken over C4 Guru, plus all the other Guru domains (C3 and C5 - more on them later).

Initially, there won't be any changes. Mostly, because we need to research new hosting sites and software.

But those changes will come.

A few things that will and won't happen:

1. You will never see an ad embedded within a post.

2. You will see sponsorship. It will help the forum grow.

3. This is not a dictatorship. It's that simple. However, as admin, we will NOT tolerate stupidity. Ignorance is one thing, but we will not put up with stupidity.

4. Coarse language... a real touchy subject. However, we want this to be a family friendly resource, so it has to stay at PG. We don't want this site put on office ban lists. Besides, many of the new C4 owners are teens.

5. New sections. We really want to start an eBay forum. Where funny, absurd and just plain silly eBay ads can be posted.

6. For Sale. You can post items (or cars) for sale there, or, post your eBay ad. We know eBay has a greater reach. All we ask is you place a reference to C4 Guru in your eBay ad. Maybe link them to a picture in your Guru ad.

7. CSS996 has kindly offered to provide some of his Photoshop skills! Thanks! Also, a close friend of mine back east is a graphics artists. So expect some look changes.

8. Most importantly, expect performance changes.

9. The biggest change will come in time... how we handle archives. Stay tuned.

Thanks for your patience as we go through this process. It will take time, and we are sure that mistakes will be made. Just bear with us! We look forward to hearing your comments and thoughts!


Thanks and enjoy!

Andy & Tamiza

:sad5: NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!

I think I'll pay for the install.

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Protective wrap is the best solution. If you need help securing it to the starter stainless safety wire won't rust. I *believe* some heat protective fabric comes up on the summit page when searching for "starter heat shield".

ramps won't do it... you really need to get all 4 corners off the ground.

may I suggest:

http://www.drivewerks.com/catalog/sho ... L/POR_TOOL_ACHyd1_pg1.htm

That is by far the BEST floor jack, on earth, period. No questions asked. I have one and LOVE IT.

It ain't cheap... but it rocks... and lifts 29".

And a pair of these:

http://www.drivewerks.com/catalog/sho ... L/POR_TOOL_ACHyd1_pg5.htm

Well, all 4 actually.

It is the best $900.00 you will EVER spend. It's a one time investment in your health and wellbeing.