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Okay so once I pull the motor out of my car, I figure it will be a great time to really clean up and organize my engine bay. I figure it would be a good idea to also clean and paint the section of the frame exposed in the engine bay. Im just looking for advice on good ways to go about doing...

Okay, so as I continue to make plans for my motor swap, Ive been making a list of everything I ANTICIPATE I will need for the project, along with prices. Ive come to the point of my stock cooling system. I know this wont handle the job required to keep the new 383 cool, so I intend to start...

Anybody on here have any experience with any of Blueprint engines motors? If youve seen my other threads Ive been planning a motor swap, and one that Ive been seriously considering is a 383 from blueprint. They seem to have a great reputation, and have some good looking motors. Also they offer a...

Hows it going guys? As the thread title says Im going to be doing an engine build for my 1980 vette. Im planning on pulling the motor mid-late fall once the good driving weather is gone, and I wanted to get a thread going to try to pick all of your brains! haha. I just wanted to get as much...

Okay, so Ive owned my 1980 L82 for about 5years now... since I was 16. Over the years I have done a lot of restoration, but never got into the motor...mainly because of the price. The restoration I did was directed towards making it fun AND safe to drive, including major front and rear...

Okay, I finally attended my first autoshow today and it was amazing. Of course when I first got there I made a bee-line to the huge Chevrolet section, and to my amazement.......................a 2009 ZR1 sat there waiting for me. Along side it was a base coupe, a Z06, and a base convertible...

I think I may have a problem. Ive recently noticed coolant in small puddles under my car. After some investigation Ive narrowed it down to what appears to be 2 freeze plugs leaking, 1 at the front left of the block and the other in the middle of the right side just above the starter. Leaking...

Ok, as you can tell by my name, I own a 1980 L82 Corvette. I have a small coolant leak which may be the intake manifold, so I removed the AIR pump today to get a better look. In the process, I stumbled across a stamped code on a pad in front of the Passenger side head. The code reads: K04 02...

Alright Im down to choosing between two motors. I can get one wholesale, but Im leaning towards the one that I cant get wholesale. Its made by Blueprint engines. Heres the stats on it: <P> Block: * 4-bolt main block * Passenger side dipstick * Square and parallel decked * Align-honed main...

Hey guys, Im trying to find blueprints for a rear speaker box. I had seen the blueprints for a specific box that fit in perfectly right behind the wheel well humps, but i cant find it now. Has anybody seen this? Im going to be building a box to put my speakers in, and wanted to use this as a...

Hey guys, I put up a video of my exhaust. Check it out and tell me what you think. The link is in a posting I made below. 80vetteL82:W

Hows it going guys? I was wondering if anybody had any tips in lowering the rearend on my 1980 L82. Ive done all my suspension over, and in the rear I did a new composite monospring with all new mounts and KYB shocks, and the front has new coil springs rated at 460lbs i believe. I tried...

Okay, I made a post a while back trying to get input on what kind of motor I should drop in after taking out the original. Im just 100% sure Im going to go with a 383 stroker. I wanted to see what everyone thought about this, and if anybody had any experience with one. One of my main concerns...

Okay, I put my new 3.70 rearend in back in June, along with 4 new Ujoints. Since then I have replaced the Left Outter Joint 4 more times! I do not know why this particular joint keeps giving out. My only guess is I need to put in Severe Duty U-Joints. Any Input? Thanks, 80VetteL82

Okay so I know motors older than 78? were orange, and 78 and newer were blue....my question is, while I was under my car the other day I noticed a spot on the block where the blue paint was peeling. Underneath the blue paint was orange!? Is this typical? :confused Thanks for your input...

Okay I just bought and installed a new rearend and side yokes. I have the core differential with the old side yokes still in it. The problem is I need to send the yokes to one company and the diff. to another, but I cant get the yokes out of the old differential. I got the E-clips off, but the...

I got my car back from the paint shop late March. It has all the original body parts, and the nose was pretty cracked up. We filled the nose properly and did the rest of the body work. We painted it with 2 base coats (OEM Midnight black) and 3 Clear Coats. Everything was fine, then about a...

Where on my 1980 L82 would I find the numbers to tell if its #'s matching? Also, I was planning on buying a rebuilt rearend from ecklers, so I would have to send my OE differential in as a core. Do people look for an OE differential when looking for a #'s matching car? Thanks, 80VetteL82...

Im planning on dropping in a new motor into my 1980 L82 at the end of the summer, and Im trying to finalize my plans. I cant decide what kind of motor to go with. I was looking at either the ZZ4 or ZZ383. I also know a very very good custom engine builder who said he could build me a custom...

I have a 1980 L82 Vette and Im about to do a new rear end. I have the stock, freshly rebuilt, TH350 tranny and I was planning on doing a new Dana 44 with 3.73s. Do you guys think 3.73s is too much for a 3 spd auto with no overdrive? Anybody have a similar setup? If so what do you think? As for...