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Good morning, all - still cold up here in Philadelphia!
Chris, good luck with the (potential) opportunity...
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Every year my wonderful wife decorates a small "car tree". This year I think she outdid herself - here's a shot taken last night:
Does anybody else on Corvette-Guru have a car tree? By the way, the crazies who want more detail can click here
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I absolutely agree - NCRS is working on a place for them, too.
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There's an early C4 in A View To A Kill - I know Roger Moore was fading, but I still think it was a major motion picture...
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Do we have guidelines for photo size in C4 Photos?
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Some of us were smart enough to stay out of it...
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to both!
(though I can't say I'm surprised)
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I agree... ...instructive story.
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Too !@#$% close...
...all that fear we have of the random killing and so often it is someone you know.
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Thanks for the post. This is going to come up over and over a otherwise clean C4s show up with ancient window tint...
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It is, however, a real indicator of quality - if a Corvette has a Duntov, McClellan, or Hill award a component of those awards is a PV and what you've got is a guarantee of a very nice car where everything actually works...
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Cool - and period appropriate!
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Thank you! We had family obligations - where did you end up going?
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Ah, there's the rub. The list is unbelievably picky (there are perhaps a hundred items) - you have a long list to go over while parked and then there's a ten mile test drive. Some examples: "...Corvettes had dual horns, one high note and one low note ... check operation of the horns in four places around the circumference of the button." "...the owner will sharply accelerate (full throttle) and demonstrate appropriate power and lack of stumble or misfire." All the lights have to work. The stereo must function perfectly. There must be no leakage in the HVAC system. There can, of course, be no trouble codes. With any single problem, you have 15 minutes to fix it. Fail to fix or have another problem and its game over. It's probably the toughest thing in the NCRS.
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That's horrible...
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Ah, an owner of a mid-1985 - when they actually figured out how to build them...
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107863 So, almost exactly 20% through production.
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Lauren is 24 years old today - my wife and I took her out for a short Sunday drive and met with some of the guys for breakfast at the West Chester Diner.
She's running well for a car that's now in it's mid-20s: this late fall weather makes the TPI really happy. She's also looking great... ...next on the agenda is preparing for an attempt at a NCRS Performance Verification (PV) next September. The tough thing about a PV is not only does everything have to work, but everything has to work as the engineers intended: something I'm willing to bet that no C4 attained 100% from the factory.
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I agree with these observations. I'm getting about 24 mpg in 80% highway driving with my 1985/A4/3.07 and I think that's about all she's got for me. The 1985 computer output is actually fairly close to reality, but I'm really close to stock...
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What a game! For once, actually worth the hype...
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Injectors, injectors, injectors!
Swapped new Ford pink tops in this summer and got about 20% better real (not computer) MPG.
Posted on: 2008/11/12 2:34
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I think that's the right thing to do...
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Thanks, Andy! :wave:
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As per the 1984-1986 Corvette Technical Information Manual & Judging Guide (First Edition), the
"radiator shroud is unpainted black fiberglass reinforced plastic"
Posted on: 2008/11/2 22:48
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Is there a normal period of time or miles between brake fluid changes?
Posted on: 2008/11/2 22:44
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I only hear good things...
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Tom,
What did you end up doing?
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CentralCoaster wrote: It won't last... Congrats, Chris!
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biggrizzly wrote: ...with some people who actually sell C4 stuff, too. We'll be there all day Saturday; walking the aisles, doing a shift at the NCRS Gallery, talking to folks, taking pictures.
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I'll get you one of the 2003 at the end of the week...
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God help you...
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It's the cliche, but we're partial to Prince's Little Red Corvette, even though it's not really about a Corvette...
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I noticed...
...and I like!
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To be serious, resonance (not loudness) is the eternal C4 exhaust issue.
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Oh dear lord...
...I'll get back to you on this
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[Cross-posted from C4 Factory Restoration, since I promised pictures in this thread]
One hundred pictures, mostly from the Eastern portion of the NCRS National Road Tour from Front Royal, VA to St. Charles, MO, but some from the convention itself: http://gallery.me.com/j3studio#100061 - probably best viewed as a slideshow.
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I might check out swap meets, etc., but I think you are on the right track with eBay.
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CentralCoaster wrote: We have a couple, but they were more personal in nature - not the best pictures. I will post the one of me and RollaMo-LT4, just to confirm we were in the same place at the same time...
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Folks,
One hundred pictures, mostly from the Eastern portion of the NCRS National Road Tour from Front Royal, VA to St. Charles, MO, but some from the convention itself: http://gallery.me.com/j3studio#100061 - probably best viewed as a slideshow.
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bogus wrote: Ah...all we had to do is get a 94% or better on the operations check to receive the Founders Award. With bonus points, we scored a 270 out of 260 - a perfect score (the cigarette lighter decided to work for the only time this year)! We received our Founders Award on Monday evening from Gary Mortimer, one of the original seven folks who started the NCRS.
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We're back home.
2723 miles (phew!) 24.4 mpg (those new fuel injectors are amazing!) 12 days away from home (oog...) 1 stall (!@#$%) Pictures to follow... ...thanks to RollaMo-LT4 for his cool shot!
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Can stock C4 engines vapor lock?
Discuss.
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RollaMo-LT4 wrote: You aren't kidding - about half of us came close to overheating on that last mile or so (uphill, of course) before we got to the Ramada. My coolant temperature spiked from 193 (all day) to 221...
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Aside from the issue with the fuel pump priming yesterday, we have been fine. It has been hot - our still strong GM air conditioning has been fighting hard to keep all that heat from coming through the Plexiglas top. I don't know how the folks with no air conditioning do it...
We now have over 30 Corvettes participating on the tour and at least three more C4s (including a 99% 1986 coupe) have joined the chase. We've got about an even split of old (C4 and below) and new (C5 and above) cars. We were in Paducah, KY last night. We're in Branson, MO tonight, doing touristy things. Tomorrow we head up to Rolla, MO in the afternoon. By the way, RollaMo-LT4, at this point our assembly point on Sunday morning will be the Baymont Inn & Suites and we'll be heading out around 8:00 AM.
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So I and a few other guys on the road tour went out and took a look - we jiggled the connector a bit. Turned the ignition to on and I can hear the fuel system charge...
...walk away quietly. Thanks to all for your help - I think I'll be getting a replacement relay anyway.
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