bobmo
Active member
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2003
- Messages
- 37
- Location
- Lancaster, VA
- Corvette
- 1987 Bright red, 1974 coupe--Basket case
All,
Happy New year.
I have been struggling with my 87 coupe for years, and thinking it was just me not knowing how to drive a performance vehicle. It was hell for me to pull away from a light. Either I'd have to rev her up and slip the clutch to take off, or it would stall out. The rev up option also led to a lot of clutch chattering. I had a bucking proble at the low end of the shift range too.
But over the holiday weekend I changed out the front Y pipe (with CATS) for a no CAT version. Snapped 5 of the 6 studs, but thats a different story.
Anyway I drove her this morning and its like I have a new car, and learned how to drive it by sleep learning.
WHAT a difference!. She purrs, she breathes, she pulls away cleanly from stop signs. No BUCKING either. Life is just wonderful!
So thanks to all of you guys that had sugested this tip to others, it made a world of difference to this Vette, and her owner!
Happy New year.
I have been struggling with my 87 coupe for years, and thinking it was just me not knowing how to drive a performance vehicle. It was hell for me to pull away from a light. Either I'd have to rev her up and slip the clutch to take off, or it would stall out. The rev up option also led to a lot of clutch chattering. I had a bucking proble at the low end of the shift range too.
But over the holiday weekend I changed out the front Y pipe (with CATS) for a no CAT version. Snapped 5 of the 6 studs, but thats a different story.
Anyway I drove her this morning and its like I have a new car, and learned how to drive it by sleep learning.
WHAT a difference!. She purrs, she breathes, she pulls away cleanly from stop signs. No BUCKING either. Life is just wonderful!
So thanks to all of you guys that had sugested this tip to others, it made a world of difference to this Vette, and her owner!