xlwhellraiser
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Hi, I am buying my first corvette and I am looking at C4's. Mainly 84's and one 85.
There are three good ones around here in denver.
First there is one with 170K miles on it, but has a re-built engine and tranny which happened around 150K. It has all the bushing and suspesion stuff replaced. It leaks oil from valve cover gaskets, and it might leak oil from another place too. The owner tells me its just the valve covers, but I find it hard to belive. Also, its missing the middle air dam and the car was at 235 temp after I got done test driving it. I know I can save it, but is it worth 6grand??
Second one has 106K on it, and it drives great, it stays around 195. However, it does have a shake to it when its sitting in park. Feels like motor mounts are weak. It does run well, it stays at 195, 700RPM idling steady. There are no oscilations or hick ups. The exhaust is loud, and it sounds pretty mean, but that shake at idle got me stumped. This one is 5500 bucks, and its been maintained with documentation. Oh, it also has a problem with the GM alarm system. I was thinking of just removing the fuse and being done with it.
Third one is 84 (the two above are 84's too). This one has 81K original miles. It has oil pan gasket leak (very minor, just by looking at it). The tires in the back are slicks (they were normal street tires worn to death). This is not a good sign for the transmission. She idles rough. When I turned it on in park the car was idling at 600RPM. She died, but started right up again. After that the car ran OK. It was not as fast as the other two, but I think a tune up and throttle bodies adjustment will do the trick on it. It drove fine, but I felt like the TV cable needed to be adjusted. Second owner, owned it since 93 and he did regular maintenance on it. Thats what he says, anyway.
Fourth, and last was 1985 TPI corvette with a dougnash tranny. One thing that got me fromt the start was that I had to push the clutch all the way in to engage it. I am not sure if this is right or not. I pushed the pedal in quite a bit, and the car did not start, than I pushed it all the way in and it started. It idled fine at 700-800 in park. I did not have a chance to drive it yet, but the owner is an older colector guy who has way too many cars. He said that it ran great, but it needed few things. The door panel needed to be fixed. The hood has paint cracks on it, etc. Nothing mechanical though... 110K miles on it.
First one was 6grand, second one 5500, third one 4500, and fourth one was 4500.
Which one sounds good to you, and which one would you recomend I buy???
Thank you soo much for reading this and helping me out.
Sasa T.
There are three good ones around here in denver.
First there is one with 170K miles on it, but has a re-built engine and tranny which happened around 150K. It has all the bushing and suspesion stuff replaced. It leaks oil from valve cover gaskets, and it might leak oil from another place too. The owner tells me its just the valve covers, but I find it hard to belive. Also, its missing the middle air dam and the car was at 235 temp after I got done test driving it. I know I can save it, but is it worth 6grand??
Second one has 106K on it, and it drives great, it stays around 195. However, it does have a shake to it when its sitting in park. Feels like motor mounts are weak. It does run well, it stays at 195, 700RPM idling steady. There are no oscilations or hick ups. The exhaust is loud, and it sounds pretty mean, but that shake at idle got me stumped. This one is 5500 bucks, and its been maintained with documentation. Oh, it also has a problem with the GM alarm system. I was thinking of just removing the fuse and being done with it.
Third one is 84 (the two above are 84's too). This one has 81K original miles. It has oil pan gasket leak (very minor, just by looking at it). The tires in the back are slicks (they were normal street tires worn to death). This is not a good sign for the transmission. She idles rough. When I turned it on in park the car was idling at 600RPM. She died, but started right up again. After that the car ran OK. It was not as fast as the other two, but I think a tune up and throttle bodies adjustment will do the trick on it. It drove fine, but I felt like the TV cable needed to be adjusted. Second owner, owned it since 93 and he did regular maintenance on it. Thats what he says, anyway.
Fourth, and last was 1985 TPI corvette with a dougnash tranny. One thing that got me fromt the start was that I had to push the clutch all the way in to engage it. I am not sure if this is right or not. I pushed the pedal in quite a bit, and the car did not start, than I pushed it all the way in and it started. It idled fine at 700-800 in park. I did not have a chance to drive it yet, but the owner is an older colector guy who has way too many cars. He said that it ran great, but it needed few things. The door panel needed to be fixed. The hood has paint cracks on it, etc. Nothing mechanical though... 110K miles on it.
First one was 6grand, second one 5500, third one 4500, and fourth one was 4500.
Which one sounds good to you, and which one would you recomend I buy???
Thank you soo much for reading this and helping me out.
Sasa T.
Jane Ann
