Recent content by Vettehead Mikey

To be very honest, I've never heard of a later C3 with a bona fide vapour lock problem ,assuming that the fuel return line from the g fuel pump is in place and working properly. Many owners, not understanding how the vapour return line works, inadvertently downgrade their cars by substituting a...

The Corvette Registry has no idea which cars were built with with which options nor does. any other individual or organization. Anybody that states that your car is one of 20 or one of one or one of whatever is pulling the number out of the air vs. based on actual knowledge. GM kept records...

Have we lost our OP? He hasn't been back since 225 June or thereabouts.

The OP mentions having a protect o plate and a window sticker which indicates to me that he's looking for a real deal L 68 vs. a phony clone. I also can't imagine any reason for doing a full frame restoration on a car with only 43K miles on it. Something's not right

Have you had the engine stamp pad verified for correctness? If you don't know how to do this yourself, contact your local NCRS chapter to see if youcan get one of their guys to do it for you. Be aware that for every one genuine car. There's probably three phonies. If there is any doubt it's...

+1 this is my bet also.

The term numbers-matching is meaningless in my book, ncrs or not. The judging process does not determine if a given piece is the original or not .

Whoever told you that has never looked closely. Not impossible to do but would cost more than the car is worth .:eyerole

Obviously someone has painted the engine and pad. Be very careful when removing the paint to not scratch the surface underneath as the factory broach marks are just as important as the stampings and almost impossible to replicate.

Restamped 300 HP cars are not rare these days;squint: Can you post a pic?.

The 420 horsepower you mention is measured at the flywheel whereas the 330 horse power you mentioned was at the rear wheels as measured on a portable dyno. 330 horsepower at the rear wheels sounds about right.

The engines in these cars were built to run on 87 AKI fuel which is equivalent to about 84 RON which I've never seen in the UK .If you need 98Octane to avoid detonation either there's something wrong or someone has modified the engine.

Maybe ask the mods to move the thread to a more appropriate place? i can't help as i have no idea what tapatalk is nor do i view forums on a phone.

Why would your airport sell fuel that is not approved for use in aircraft?

Does this happen only on this site?