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  1. 81 Corvette

    Starter

    **** me off. about two years ago my started pooped, so i replaced it. then about 4 months later it wouldn't mesh with the flex plate, so i replaced it again. later i had issues again and ended up having a shop replace the flex plate and starter. this was in feb. now after 8 months of...
  2. 81 Corvette

    Car Craft Real Street Eliminator

    http://carcraft.com/upcomingevents/116_0508_rse/ make sure you vote for the '80 Vette I'd love to see a late shark can do
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    Ceramic finish

    daily driving with dynomax ceramic coated headers. why do does the driver side header look so crappy? They have been on for a year now, and I thought the cermamic was suppose to hold up will? is the coating crap, or did i run the enigne to hot, or is there something else that you can tell by...
  4. 81 Corvette

    I'm an Idiot

    After 2.5 years of Vette ownership and 1 flat tire, I finally found the jack and lug wrench hidden UNDER the plastic tray behind the passneger seat. I never could figure out how you were suppose to store the jack in the tray:L
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    Tommorrow's projects

    find that damn ticking sound. Not sure if its a rocker or maybe an exaust leak. I just hoping its not a piston slapping a valve. and even worse, figure out why my passenger door all of a sudden decided that it doesn't want to open from either inside or out. :ugh I've got an extra set of...
  6. 81 Corvette

    Rear shade/cover, was someone looking for one

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7942596460&category=63690 i'm not the seller nor know the person. i just remember somebody looking for one.
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    Anyone ever shave there locks/handles

    :confused I'm thinking that would be a sweet mod to do after all the others are done.:L
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    After market shifter?

    Long painful couple of months. My stock shifter cable on my 81 auto snapped. Replaced with a napa unit, 2 weeks later, the shaft at the top crumples, replace with anouther napa unit, and 4 weeks later (today) it crumples as well. I'm gonna call zip tommorrow and ask about the cable they sell...
  9. 81 Corvette

    Sharks and Radar - my take

    You probally have seen the arguement a number of times. Are sharks invisible to radar. My conclusion is that they are less likely to be picked up on radar then most cars. This pic was taken this AM. Notice, that there is no speed read out. I did see several other cars set it off, including...
  10. 81 Corvette

    Front Suspension bushings & ball joints

    How difficult, and how long would it take to put these goodies on?
  11. 81 Corvette

    First review of the 3.54

    :D What a difference. The engine revs up so much faster (23%) and smoother. Unfortually, its break in time, so I have to take it easy, but I like it so far. I did stomp it once from a stop in my parking lot at home, and it easily left some rubber on a slight incline, where as before, it...
  12. 81 Corvette

    Whats it worth - 81 used ring and pinion gears

    Anyone have an idea? Is there any demand for them? I've never seen one on ebay. Anyone know the supplier? Would it be a dana set since its a dana diff? :confused
  13. 81 Corvette

    Rear Gears are expensive

    My advice is to take care of yours. :cry My rear gear swap/ujoint replacement turned into gear, ujoint, side yoke, carrier, spindle support (shop busted trying to remove shock mount), strut rod replacement. Today is day 15 and tommorrow there is a 50/50 chance it will be done. With...
  14. 81 Corvette

    Crappy way to start a day......

    Went to leave for work this AM and the transmission shift cable snapped. There isn't a single replacement in town for it, but NAPA should have a new one for me tommrrow, so instead of dropping it off first thing in the AM for new rear gearing, I'll be installing a new cable. I sure hope the...
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    Would this work

    OK everyone. This may sound a little crazy, but my friend and i have thought up this idea that we could use an electric leaf blower as a turbo. We have it worked out pretty well but there are a lot of potential problems. Would the leaf blower blow too much air into the engine, or not enough...
  16. 81 Corvette

    Pick the gear

    So what gear would you choose and why. I mostly use the car to drive back and forth to work (about 2 miles) and the rest is spent dinking around town with a few trips home. I'd say the non work driving is about half highway and half city. The choices are 3.31, 3.54 and 3.73 Right now I think...
  17. 81 Corvette

    What kind of rear end do I have?

    Its a stock 81 rear end. I know the gears are a 2.87, and I believe it to be a dana 44 that can hold up to a 3.54 gear. Correct me if i'm wrong. The shop i'm talking to is ****ing me off, acting if i don't know anything about cars. I don't believe it will be going there.
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    Pumpkins and Gears

    I'm gonna be getting new spicer u-joint in the next week or so. Teh shop is gonna take a look at tommorrow to see anything else should be done. I think that the seals on the pumpkin should probally get changed, as driver side leaks pretty good. So my question is, what is the tallest gear i...
  19. 81 Corvette

    Percy Header Gasket

    I ordered a set of header gaskets for round ports, but summit sent me one's for square ports. Can i use them or should i send em back???? Also, there are 6 thin gaskets, do i use 3 on each side, or 2 or 1, or does it depend?
  20. 81 Corvette

    Header Bolts

    Which are better, teh stage 8 locking bolts or the bolts with the allen head in the middle.
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