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What is active mode? You mean normal operating mode? The 82 ECM does spit out serial data in that mode, you should observer the parameters there and not in any other mode like special/limp mode, field service mode, backup mode or any other since certain parameters will be fixed and this will...

If the bird cage is bad you need to take the whole thing apart. The front clip is chipped off easily, no cutting. Just carefully chisel the bonding cement away with a thin flexible putty knife. The firewall is pretty easy to remove also, drill out all rivets (after removing windscreen) and...

It can be only a couple of things, leaking caliper(s), air in the system or an internal leak in the MC. I guess you have checked the calipers for leaks so they should be okay, one of the MCs should have been okay so that would pretty much rule that one out. So the thing that would probably be...

POR15 is a good paint to use, but not on a spotlessly clean & rust free frame. Without rust it does not bond very well and will easily chip & peel off. Use etching acid to treat a clean frame. Sandblasting also helps because the por will attach better to the rough siurface, however without the...

Did you bench bleed the MC? What is the condition of the vac booster? How is the rotor runout? I assume you properly bled the system using a vac or pressure bleeder is a good idea.. ????

The most important is getting the quench hight right, as tight as you can get it. Also, with a high compression you can run a longer cam because some of the low rpm pumping loss is won back by the high compression. Selecting a short duration cam will give high cylinder pressures at low rpm...

Yes, unlike most other cars that have a 1 piece rotor/hub assembly the corvette has a seperate rotor that is riveted to the hub. Easiest way to remove the rivets is to start drilling with a small drill and then a larger one will take the head off. When done, either grind the remains of the...

Thanks for the compliment, I'm a long way from finished but you are right in that actually getting the parts can be quite an ordeal. I wouldn't have been able to pull it off without the help of a couple of guys in the US. Also, since the US parts available here are mostly stock parts DIY is...

More than a day if you have not done it before, most likely around 3 days. 1 to take apart, 2 to tackle the pressing in of the bushings and cleaning stuff + painting and a third day to put it back together. The bushings are by far the most difficult, the rest (provided you have ball joint...

Yes, Winters foundry cast many GM aluminium parts

The snowflake with the W in it is the Winters foundry logo, they did a lot of GM casting work

Sounds like you have an aluminium edelbrock crossram, most likely an STR-10, it should say that somewhere on the manifold, or it could be an SY-1, the Smokey Ram. Both are NOT bolt on items and they will only work properly on an engine with more cubes (383, 400+...), a good cam and some decent...

Same here, about the only stock (unmodified) items on my car are the windows, the brake rotors and the headlight setup. Twin turbo smallblock w/ 5 stage dry sump system ZF 6 speed transmission Custom flip front Custom flares Custom front & rear suspension w/ coil overs, custom control arms &...

What? 81 had optional oil temp gauge apart from oil pressure, 82 had the oil temp gauge as standard equipment because the clock was in the radio...where is the oil level gauge?

I feel that those MAM exhausts are junk, just look at it. The pipes are not even close to the same length, they are not mandrel bent, they're probably cheap aluminized steel pipe,... Why not get an older style crossmember, it's very easy to make it fit your car. All you have to do is tweek the...

thanks for your sympathy :)

Interesting hood ornament :D

I'm not seeing any pics..what gives? Can someone send me the pics? I'm interested in them

It's just a mockup for fabricating parts & stuff, the body engine and trans will have to come out again for more mods to the frame, birdcage is finished (was damaged) but the fiberglass still needs a lot of work, as does the suspension (coil overs), roll cage needs to be finished still and...

Here's my sad excuse for a Corvette still a looooong way to go.