Newbie here...Name is Bob...I own a 1985 Z51 4+3 tranny'd coupe. Medium Gray Metallic in color. Car has old school AR 17x9.5's and 17x11's on it with 275/40 & 315/35 BFG Comp TA's. High flow cat, muffler eliminators, tb bypass, descreened maf, underdrive crank pulley, airfoil, and bumped iignition timing...I have a ported plenum and mildly ported Edelbrock base for it as well...as soon as the AS&M Big Tube runners show up.
Figured I might as well post a few pics...





and here's one from when I first bought it...6/23/06

Welcome to C4guru!! Beautiful Vette I love the effect of the new rims and tires. Nothing like a set of 315's on the rear :D

Thanks. I agree 100%. I added the rims/tires and the window tint two weeks after I bought the car and it immediately changed the whole car's "attitude"...

Welcome Bob. Great looking car. I migrated down to Florida 6 years ago from Howard County, Md. Was a long standing member of the FreeState Corvette Club. Having a blast now with plenty of time to spend on the cars, traveling and doing whatever comes to mind.

1st off....welcome!!! We hope you enjoy your stay!

2nd..great looking C4!!! I love the rims and the color!

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Moved to Florida...



Lucky you

Gday Bob. Welcome to the forum, im Casey from Australia. Love the car mate, it looks great!!

Terrific looking vette I like the color of it. Looks like a factory new vette practically

welcome dude, and nice vette, i like it :thumbright:

Thanks for the welcomes and compliments guys!

That car would make a great poster for my garage wall. Love the color and the wheels.

Welcome, Nice Clean ride

Thanks guys! I got a new one last weekend that is my new favorite.

Cool ride-Welcome!

That last pic is AWSOME

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Thanks! You can tell "I" didn't take it, LOL :shaking:

Pics aren't working for me, is it just my computer?

He must have taken them off his account

I hope the pics come back so I can see it but it sounds like a great car. I can see the Camaro though. It looks bad-assed! Welcome aboard!

Ok, who's the tread gravedigger this time?

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That would have been, uhhhh, YOU...about 3 posts up...today, lol.

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Anyway...
The 85 Vette's been gone since June 2007...Sold it and bought something a little more high tech, a lot faster, and that doesn't require the Vette Tax. Bought it bone stock, swapped in a cam, a high stall torque converter, and some longtubes and run an 11 first time to track, with a best of 11.67@115.




my 85 Vette is still around, but now sports stripes down the hood and decklid, and a woodgrain interior kit...


Here is when I still owned it...



Bye guys...

What sort of short times are you pulling on those Mickey Thompsons?

1.64 was the normal and very repeatable, but I raised launch rpm just another 200 rpm's and got a 1.61, followed by a 1.58. That was also through stock catback, which has since been replaced by a much higher flowing setup.

That is on 275/50/15's, on a 10" wide rim. Zero weight reduction, and 100% stock factory suspension, nothing removed or modified suspension wise.

Here's a couple vids:

New exhaust (with "baby" 226 cam):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTk-3nvQUcw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh6eEhyWRWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67bF7AubHnU

11.80 track video of me whooping a modded 03 Cobra...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSN3ZDCLmx0

Very cool, what tire pressures do you run? I couldn't get consistent launches until I dropped down to 13 psi. It did better at 16psi, but was hit and miss. That was on a poorly prepped track though.

Mine seems to love 20psi.

Any less and it wants to spin. 20 is fine with me though. If I forget to pump them up for the drive back home, they are still plenty driveable at 20psi.

I pump the front skinnies up to 44psi and leave them there all the time.

FWIW, I run at Cecil County Dragway...one of the best hooking sea level tracks on the East Coast. That surely helps.