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Well its kinda of a stupid question since I am almost 100% sure I did. Basicly I ended up getting rushed in to buying a corvette because I was buying it behind my moms back, im still in highschool 
. My friend found this 81 corvette with a new 350 edelbrock highperformce engine, with alot of chrome parts. So I went out there and looked at it. Then bought it the next day. The engine seemed in perfect condtion, the only thing that seemed like it needed to be replaced was the dash and carrpet, also the steering seemed like it needed to be aligned cause it curved to the right really bad. So I get it home and a week later I the power seat broke, I was stuck driving all the way up to the wheel, so I take it to a local shop to have all the power stuff fixed and everything checked out and the transmission and oil was leaking. So I take it in and get a call back saying its going to be 3k for repairs. I say fine its ok just 3k and everything will be fine. They say its going to take 2 weeks, well it ends up taking 6 weeks cause they could not find a seat track or something, so I finnaly get it back. Right after I get it back I still notice the steering is messed and ask them about it and they say something like they did not notice anything wrong with it. Well I lost a speaker wire in the dash so I take off the bezel in the middle and find out there is nothing hold it toghter so I cant get it back in right. So I just give up and say well im still having problems with the steering and I would like to get a new dash bored and carrpet so I take it to Chevy. The next day I get a call saying the powersteering needs to be replaced the rear axel needs a ton of repairs..which was suppose to be done at the other place but all they did is replace u-joints, and the doors are broke thats why the windows dont roll up all the way. So for all that to be fixed its about 6k more on top of the already 3k I spent. I said I cant afford that and told them to just fix the steering, doors and axle and to put the dash back in as good as you can get it. So im left with it still needing a new dash, carrpet and paint job. Now the paint was fine but after I starting driving it the hod paint started to crack and I have spider vanes on the front, I SWEAR I HIT NOTHING! So this brings the grand total of the car to 15k with repairs still needed. I think I am going to cry. Could someone tell me about my engine? I really dont know anything about it, I asked the guy and he said he did not know the horse power because he did not dyno it. I bought it from a race track and the GM guy told me it was a highperformce engine but also did not know the horse power but said it could be between 125hp-225hp but that does not seem right since it is a brand new all edelbrock high performce engine and the lowest hp they have on there website is 310. Any one have anything like this happen to them when they bought a car? O well sorry for the long ranty type post.
. My friend found this 81 corvette with a new 350 edelbrock highperformce engine, with alot of chrome parts. So I went out there and looked at it. Then bought it the next day. The engine seemed in perfect condtion, the only thing that seemed like it needed to be replaced was the dash and carrpet, also the steering seemed like it needed to be aligned cause it curved to the right really bad. So I get it home and a week later I the power seat broke, I was stuck driving all the way up to the wheel, so I take it to a local shop to have all the power stuff fixed and everything checked out and the transmission and oil was leaking. So I take it in and get a call back saying its going to be 3k for repairs. I say fine its ok just 3k and everything will be fine. They say its going to take 2 weeks, well it ends up taking 6 weeks cause they could not find a seat track or something, so I finnaly get it back. Right after I get it back I still notice the steering is messed and ask them about it and they say something like they did not notice anything wrong with it. Well I lost a speaker wire in the dash so I take off the bezel in the middle and find out there is nothing hold it toghter so I cant get it back in right. So I just give up and say well im still having problems with the steering and I would like to get a new dash bored and carrpet so I take it to Chevy. The next day I get a call saying the powersteering needs to be replaced the rear axel needs a ton of repairs..which was suppose to be done at the other place but all they did is replace u-joints, and the doors are broke thats why the windows dont roll up all the way. So for all that to be fixed its about 6k more on top of the already 3k I spent. I said I cant afford that and told them to just fix the steering, doors and axle and to put the dash back in as good as you can get it. So im left with it still needing a new dash, carrpet and paint job. Now the paint was fine but after I starting driving it the hod paint started to crack and I have spider vanes on the front, I SWEAR I HIT NOTHING! So this brings the grand total of the car to 15k with repairs still needed. I think I am going to cry. Could someone tell me about my engine? I really dont know anything about it, I asked the guy and he said he did not know the horse power because he did not dyno it. I bought it from a race track and the GM guy told me it was a highperformce engine but also did not know the horse power but said it could be between 125hp-225hp but that does not seem right since it is a brand new all edelbrock high performce engine and the lowest hp they have on there website is 310. Any one have anything like this happen to them when they bought a car? O well sorry for the long ranty type post.
That was about ten years ago...I was over 21, but still living at home under my parents rules...my dad was ****ed for weeks! Lucky for me though my 'vette was perfect.
