saying hello

[weldbead]

Hello..been hanging out here for a month or so, havent said hello because i couldnt get camera to work..its not workin great but heres my zr1..1994 # 213..had him 2 months..my 4 year old grandson and i call him mcqueen..im pretty sure he needs a little work under the plenum..his secondaries open but seems like they close, its hard for him to get past 5k..pump runs all the time with the key on..i got fsm's, just got mark haibecks under the plenum video..

[Dynomite]

Welcome......Yep....you got a vacuum leak and most likely under Plenum...Marc's video should get you fixed in good shape......
We shall stand by for any questions :cheers:

Nice ZR-1 :thumbsup:

[KILLSHOTS]

Great looking car. You're in for a real treat when you get that vacuum leak fixed, and there's a great group of guys here ready to help you.

Welcome to the club! :handshak:

[tf95ZR1]

She
She
Cars are female, like girlfriends.
Can you imagine why?
;)


BTW, welcome.
Great place to be!

[JimZRyd]

I agree, all my rides have been "she's":-D. Nice ride you have there! All the guys here will be of great help to you! Also check out the Registry's home page where you'll find lots more helpful info. My Z is also a 94, SHE's #245:-D

[We Gone]

Welcome & Congrats I'm sure everyone here will help point ya in the right direction to get the ZR-1 back in good order. I have never figured out if old blue is him or her lol

[weldbead]

my first vette was a '91 c4..she was a she.. went through three engines, two computers, a different distributor , a bunch of tuners, too many cooks ,caught fire and died..
mcqueen is just a great guy..solid and gonna pull like a horse when i fix his leaks..hi and thanks to y'all..

[Kevin]

She
She
Cars are female, like girlfriends.
Can you imagine why?
;)


BTW, welcome.
Great place to be!

if it has tyers or .... it's gona cost you money

[USAZR1]

Nice looking 94 you have there. Welcome Aboard!

[cvette98pacecar]

Welcome to the registry.

[Bearly Flying]

"if it has tyers or .... it's gonna cost you money"


Kevin, I think my browser misplaced a few letters, "If it has tyres or....... WHAT....... ?

[WB9MCW]

Hi WB and welcome to the ZOO.
Congrats on the 94 and good luck on getting your Z back on track performance wise.

[Paul Workman]

Welcome to the Brotherhood of the Beast!

Some plastic tubing and some check valves and a couple actuators. Not much to it, really. If you need anything, I have most ALL of my secondary stuff that you're welcome to if you need a part or two.

Paul

[weldbead]

thanks for the kind offer of parts..
im at an impasse now..gotta watch the haibeck video a time or two more to get comfortable with the idea of removing the
plenum and fixing the problem..other part of the impasse is once im in there do i fix it or tear it out?
i am no purist..just want a good pull when i step down..which is makin me tend toward the tear it out solution..

[KILLSHOTS]

thanks for the kind offer of parts..
im at an impasse now..gotta watch the haibeck video a time or two more to get comfortable with the idea of removing the
plenum and fixing the problem..other part of the impasse is once im in there do i fix it or tear it out?
i am no purist..just want a good pull when i step down..which is makin me tend toward the tear it out solution..
Check out the thread I recently started on secondaries. Paul and a bunch of other guys give some compelling reasons for just removing the system altogether. Good luck!

[GOLDCYLON]

Welcome aboard

[Schrade]

thanks for the kind offer of parts..
im at an impasse now..gotta watch the haibeck video a time or two more to get comfortable with the idea of removing the
plenum and fixing the problem..other part of the impasse is once im in there do i fix it or tear it out?
i am no purist..just want a good pull when i step down..which is makin me tend toward the tear it out solution..

Over 50 pages of snappics of plenum pull in sig-link below... ;)

[Jagdpanzer]

Welcome to our illustrious group.
Nice to see another torch red/grey 94 amongst us.
Suggest you hold off on pulling the secondaries. Very easy to fix the issues you have now. Then drive it for awhile and see what you think.

[ZZZZZR1]

Hello..been hanging out here for a month or so, havent said hello because i couldnt get camera to work..its not workin great but heres my zr1..1994 # 213..had him 2 months..my 4 year old grandson and i call him mcqueen..im pretty sure he needs a little work under the plenum..his secondaries open but seems like they close, its hard for him to get past 5k..pump runs all the time with the key on..i got fsm's, just got mark haibecks under the plenum video..

Welcome!!!

Thanks for posting pictures

I have 1994 #150 made a few weeks from yours!

Hope to see you @ Corvettes of Carlisle in August :saluting:

:cheers:

David

[ghlkal]

Welcome aboard.

gotta watch the haibeck video a time or two more to get comfortable with the idea of removing the
plenum and fixing the problem

It seems a little daunting before you do it the first time, but you'll be able to do it!

Let us know how it goes.

[Dynomite]

Make sure you drain just a bit of coolant to get the coolant level below the top of the Injector Housings. I also Plug TB coolant at the top of the Injector Housings making it easy to pull the plenum without messing with coolant the next time you pull the plenum. You also have to block the coolant flow from the TB to the top metal tank in front of the passenger side (I placed a plug in the rubber hose).

Good Luck :thumbsup:

Waiting for SD Plates ULNOTWN ;)

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[efnfast]

Carter makes a nice plug for that rubber hose.
Was that a plug for Carter, or a plug from Carter? Huh.

[weldbead]

back in the days when i had patience and my 91 L98( RIP) i did some tinkering around the map sensor....i remember adding a tee there for a test port..for probably ten years that puppy ran with a white golf tee plugging that test port..

[Bob Eyres]

Welcome. Be sure to post after you get those secondaries fixed, because I think "pleasantly surprised" doesn't even come close to what you're going to feel. More like "HOLY SH*T! :eek:..... Now,THAT'S what ZR-1's are all about.

I wouldn't start ripping out the secondary system before you actually get it functioning right. Because unless you're doing some serious porting and intake work, I'm not sure there is an actual performance advantage.
Mine's been functioning fine with no maintenance for 23 years. Just sayin':rolleyes:

Best of luck.

[weldbead]

i am considering the disabling of the system not for a performance advantage, just the reliability associated with it..i hear of no real down side from the system disablement ,other than perhps some low rpm torque loss ..which seems negligible..i dont race, minute numerical advantages dont matter to me.. push me back hard in the seat and im happy..so either way the plenum has to come off..