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That is, away from the curb facing uphill, and towards the curb facing downhill. Although that will likely screw up the bumper on a '80-'82! Glad to know the shifter is supposed to be thar way, I thought mine was broke.

Ditto with what zgator said. As the expression goes - 'real sharks have gills' Although in my humble opinion, a C3 looks like a sting ray than a shark. Don't want to get into that whole 'sting ray vs. shark' debate, but man, those gills look cool!!! Craig

Not even the Red Wings winning the President's Trophy AND the Griffins winning the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy??? Life is good in Hockeytown, eh? As much as I love the winter, I couldn't wait for spring to take the Vette out. . . Craig

Gambit, Welcome to the CAC and the Corvette world in general! If Bud didn't already tell you, check out the L81 Corvette registry. The alarm system is activated by hitting the power lock, maybe just the driver's side. To deactivate it, you need to use the key in the driver's door. Apparently...

You got a wife that came with a Corvette?? JACKPOT!!!

Maybe. . .Go Packers!!?

Hey Ken, You apparently asked the 'magical question'! I looked in the manual and it appears to be a typo. . .it says U.S. measure, 3L - 3 pts. impereal measure 2 1/2 pts. 3L is more like 3 QUARTS not pints! Not sure about the viscosity question, as all my cars are 'slush boxes' I think climate...

Don't forget that the '78 Pace Cars and Silver Anniversary Specials were all two-toned paint. They would also have been St. Louis laquer. They made other two-tones before '81 too, so they would have been the same. Craig

My trim tag also reads - B 10 A 108124. The L81 registry lists the newest as 108806 - a little more than 99 if all numbers were consecutive. I thought I read somewhere that they made the 81's and 82's at the same time until all the orders for the 81's were filled. BTW, when I got new seats for...

Hammer, The '81's don't have a special horn for the alarm, the regular horn works with the alarm. If your horn works from the button, that isn't it. The alarm has it's own fuse too. You did activate it by hitting the power lock button, right?

168,000 here. I had it 1-1/2 years and haven't put 1000 on it yet.

Lanny, Both are correct. On my 81, they point inside, on other years they point outside. I bought two on ebay, and they turned out to be the same, so one points to the middle, and one points to the outside! They both work, I'm happy. Craig

Ditto. The sticker on the base of the air cleaner looks much clearer, I'd say it's a reflection of the guy's shirt who took the picture. Just my opinion. Craig

the date on my build sheet says '10-07'

Tepot, if you look on the 1974 info page, you'll see that the L-48 and L-82 used the same block and heads. The '010' block is a 4 bolt main, although Mortec lists it as 2 or 4. Both use '882' heads as well. Distributors are different numbers, but the cams will be the biggest difference. Sounds...

Hey, glad to hear I'm not alone here! (sorry) I get the same, more to the left than right - it appears that the outside edge of the tire rubs the back of the wheel well. My car had some 'conspicuous areas' when we stripped it last year to paint it, I was wondering if the wheel was too close to...

how about. . .UPGRADE

The easy way to find the rear axle ratio is to take off the cover and count the teeth on the ring and pinion and divide it out. Lift and duration of cam might be tough without taking it out and measuring it with a micrometer. Not sure if you could accurately measure from the rocker arms as hydro...

OK, that sounds right, a truck would have lower differential gears, while a passenger car would have the higher (2.87, 3.08) gears. Apparently you are reffering to a lower gear ratio set as 'taller' gears, and not higher meaning taller. And if guys are putting lower rear gears in their Vettes...

ok, I'm a little confused on 'taller' gears. Taller meaning higher ratio? 2.87 is about as high as they go, right? 4.10 and 4.56 are lower, correct? Hence 1st gear in a standard gearbox being like 4:1, while 4th gear is 1:1. From what I've seen elsewhere, 700 autos were designed for trucks...