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Hey guys...been a while since I was in this neighborhood. Thought I'd take a second to see what is going on and give you the 411 on my activity. If you get Corvette Enthusiast magazine, check out the December and January (current issue) for the full scoop on our LS2 powered 85 Vette. Here...

Hey Guys! To avoid a very long post, go to my website and click on the 85 Corvette Frankenvette link to the lower left: www.mcspeed.com As of two weeks ago, I now own this car again for the 3rd time. It came back to me sans the engine, and a whole lot of damage to the right front. The...

Long over due, and going very slow...but we are finally going back through Killer and performing some tweaks. The list includes: 1. Rack steering conversion 2. Hydraboost brakes 3. cruise control 4. Gen II electric wiper door conversion 5. Re-shaving the firewall 6. wipers/cruise/high...

My buddy Kurt and I are just finishing the freak mode work on this 81 Vette. http://mcspeed.homestead.com/Flare_Install.html He decided to take it to his dad's house for father's day just short of wrapping up the trim work and interior install. Can you blame him? The car looks HOT! Who...

I finally took Killer to the strip. Went down last night to the Gainesville Speedway. Perfect weather. I ran five passes, but could have run a dozen or more if I wanted. This is my first time back to a track in two years. I ran the car in full street gear, pump gas, 32 psi in the tires...

Hey guys, I just picked up an 81 Vette with 111K. It was whacked in the front (no good front end parts). Items of interest: 1. Mirrored T-tops 2. A/C (all complete less the condensor) 3. Complete stock computer controlled carb, wire harness, etc 4. All engine brackets (pwr steering...

I have a pair of 327 heads off our 23 T-bucket. I need to get them sold to help pay for other items on the project. They do not have hardened seats. I will post the casting numbers and pictures later. We can figure out a price after I figure out exactly what they are.

I am posting this here as the C1/2 guys are more likely to know the answer. I am starting to go through the 23 T-bucket. We are going to convert the points to an electronic ignition. I pulled the distributor and noted that this block is very strange. It has some sort of an extra bit of...

I saw a kit like this somewhere in a magazine once, and thought it was pretty cool. The idea of getting your radar detector off the dash, off the glass, and in a safe place is of interest to me. Here is what I did. I took the suction cup mount for the radar detector and cut the suction mount...

Kurt fired off his 406 monster mouse 81 Vette today for the first time. He still has some minor bugs to tweak, but it is sounding awesome. He and Gransport were talking at Eckler's about 1/4 mile e/t etc. I see the makings of a great heads up C3 drag race event between two might mouse motors...

Here I am...strapping young lad riding in Dad's 54 Vette. You gotta love the sun glasses my Mom was wearing!!!!!! I think this was taken in 84 or 85. Now...for those of you that are C1 experts...tell me what is wrong with this car based upon what you can see in the picture. It cost us the...

At last...I updated my website with my modified 85 Vette pics. Take a look here: Frankenvette

I just came across the original rearview mirror from my 69. I upgraded to a C4 mirror. It is about 75% as far as looks, and 100% functional. The first $20 plus shipping can have it. Thanks, Chris

I am convinced that my poor driveability issues with the 85 FrankenVette are all related to a couple of bad injectors. I had/have a set of Accel in there. I believe they were either 24 or 26. I have a terrible time getting too lean on acceleration or under a load, and it appears one or two...

Look close in the background of this photo from my youth. Seems my Dad and I came up with a very creative way to support the hood from the Camaro while we changed the engine. Everybody should have a hood prop like this in their garage.

My 85 is running pretty darn good. However, it will get into a strange idle speed loop that will cause it to surge hard, and stall if you don't raise the idle a bit with the throttle. This makes bumper to bumper traffic a bit tricky. Here is the strange thing. The majority of the time, it...

Hey guys, I am slowly putting the dash, etc. back together on the 85. I noticed that the plastic trim (shifter console, center console, and gauge bezel) looked terrible. They had a dull scratchy look. I tried armor all, etc, but it just compounded the issue. In other words, it made it...

Hey guys, some of you know I am little by little getting my 85 (looks like a 91-96 on the outside), back together. The dash looked like poopie ka-ka (as I will be teaching my newborn to say someday). Years ago it cracked. I had it covered in black by a local upholstry shop. It looked okay...

I am posting this for Lucky7's81. He is running angle plug heads on his small block and plans on running Hooker side pipes. The folks at Hooker told him they are not designed for angle plug heads. I am virtually certain this has been done before (ZZ crate motors have angle plug heads, and...

I am in a major delima. Now that I have the FrankenVette running and driving...do I keep it, or sell it? With a baby on the way, and two other Vettes to keep insured and running....I find myself again with a "spare" so to speak. Very much like my 90 was a few months ago. So, I have two...