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Hey folks! It's been awhile! Unfortunately, I've come to the realization that my love affair with my L81 has dried up and it's time for me to sell her. It was hot and heavy but burned out too quickly... Haha. Anyway, Bud and I passed along the Registry a while back and now the car must go...

The last time I was out in my '81, I had the Battery and Choke lights illuminate. In addition, the Choke Relay started buzzing while at idle. The Battery and choke lights stay on all the time, w/ the battery light getting brighter w/ rpm. I've been troubleshooting this for awhile and can't...

A few weeks ago I got togther with Bill81Vette and we noticed that he has different console gages than me. Across the top (L to R), I have: Water Temp, Voltmeter; The bottom (L to R): Clock, Oil Pressure, Fuel Level If I remember correctly, Bill had an oil temp gage instead of the clock...

How long is the choke supposed to stay on? Say on a 65deg evening? Last week, the choke would stay on for the better part of 10 minutes, even while I was driving. While the choke was ON, my voltmeter was showing the voltage to be steadily decreasing. I think this is because the choke...

Well, I finally made it back to the drag strip tonight. This is the first time since I ran the vette at the strip since I put the hooker side pipes on (and only my second time ever)! The weather was near perfect, mid-low 70's and dry! My best run: R/T: .415 60: 2.268 330: 6.097 1/8: 9.196...

I thought I had solved this problem a couple months ago, but apparently not "Bubba Alternator Wiring". In any case, the vette died on the road two nights ago with a dead battery. I could jump start it, but it would always die out after the battery lost charge. So the Alternator is not...

I just caught some of horsepower TV (on SPIKETV) and they are doing a vette build up. I didn't catch the year, but I think it's a late C3. They put a nice stroker in. They make it look so easy! -gedmeyer

Looking at my alternator last night, I realized that bubba worked on it before I owned it. The brown wire to the 2-prong connector is fine, but the red wire to the connector is connected directly to the red post on the back of the alternator. A yellow battery wire is also connected to the post...

Well, I finally got my sidepipes on! They are hooker headers, coated by Jet Hot. They look great and sound AWESOME! People finally turn around to look and see! :D In the near future, I will write up the details of the project on my website! Here's Roxy with her new pipes and a solid wax job...

Just got my sidepipes in today from Jet Hot and installed the headers pretty easily. Then the catch, they welded the o2 sensor bung in the wrong spot and now there isn't enough room for the sensor. Does anybody know of a "low profile" or shorter o2 sensor that I could buy? I've got about 2"...

Does anybody have some nice pics of what they did for underhood cleanup? Specifically, I want to eliminate the rats nest of wire on my 81. I was thinking of using that plastic convoluted tubing. Any suggestions?

Does anybody have suggestions for a wire loom set? I want to route my spark plug wires along the valve covers and then down to the plug wires. Something simple and nice looking does the trick for me. Generally, I prefer to not to do product advertising for the parts in my car, so I'd prefer...

I was getting a little pinging on my '81, so I decreased the timing advance from the stock 6 degrees to somewhere around 4-5 degrees BTDC. I was curious as to how much advance is ideal for my vehicle. Also, would switching spark plugs enable me to run more advance? I have limited "feel" when...

I'm proud to announce that the L81VetteRegistry has reached 500 fully documented L81 Corvettes today! :_rock We've added 199 registrations since September 6th, 2004! Of the 500 registered L81's, 118 owners are active "members" of the website, allowing them to update their registration on...

What is the best method to adjust valve lash on my '81? I'm getting some clicking that I would like to fix. The motor and heads were rebuilt last year, but I must've been a little off on my valve adjustment during reassembly. Am I correct that I have hydrualic lifters? Can I adjust the lash...

How much effort should it take to compress a rear shock? I'm in the middle of changing the leaf cushion bolts and I noticed that the rear shocks seemed pretty easy to compress. Laying on my back, I can move the rear trailing arms up and down fairly quickly/easily. The shocks on there now are...

Hey L81'ers, the L81VetteRegistry would like your assistance! I would like to setup a section for Car Show/Cruisein photos of our members! You can email them to tim@l81vetteregistry.com. Bowling Green is coming up again soon, so I would like to have pictures from several people for this...

I would like to put an A/F ratio meter in my 81. Not a permanant mod to the dash or anything, something I just can use to help verify I'm running where I should to be. It is my understanding that the meter just monitors the voltage from the O2 sensor and uses pretty lights to display the...

I'm looking to put hooker side pipes on my '81 in about a month or so and I am still debating what finish to go with. I like the shine of chrome, but the hooker ceramic coating or the jet hot coating has a performance appeal as well. I was wondering if people could post pics of the ceramic and...

I've been doing some thinking this winter and I was curious as to whether my carb can keep up with my modified motor. I'm sure it can flow enough air, but I'm a little wary about the whole computer control/fuel metering aspect of things. I read through UKPauls E4ME post from a year ago, but my...