New Owner - 1990 #1165

[Azrael]

Assuming the last 4 of the VIN is the production number for these lol. I've wanted one of these for about 10 years and I finally pulled the trigger on a good looking red/red. I'm having the dealer ship the car to me, I should have it in hand hopefully by wednesday next week.



I'll be taking a look around the registry and the forum, there's a lot of knowledge here to take in. Thanks y'all!

[daniels]

Congratulations! Beautiful ZR-1, you will love it!

[Azrael]

Congratulations! Beautiful ZR-1, you will love it!


Thank you! I have a base '88 that I loved when it worked, so I was really hoping to replace that with something that actually worked and was fast to begin with. I think the Z will be a great purchase

[Erik]

Welcome! Mine is its twin, about 200 earlier in the production line then yours. Took me a while, but I've really started to like the look of A Molds on the 1990.

Any more information on it? Mileage? Condition? Mods?

[Azrael]

Welcome! Mine is its twin, about 200 earlier in the production line then yours. Took me a while, but I've really started to like the look of A Molds on the 1990.

Any more information on it? Mileage? Condition? Mods?


I took a solid risk buying a car I've never seen, so all I have to go by are the pictures and video the dealer had posted. As far as I can tell, it's in excellent shape. Just over 54k miles, so not parked in a garage its entire life.


Minor mods, I'm told it has "a ported intake plenum, ported injector housing, and a nice set of headers." They have documentation of all the mods as well as a dyno sheet showing 375rwhp.



It should be delivered to me some time next week, probably Wednesday.



https://www.streetsideclassics.com/vehicles/4802-dfw/1990-chevrolet-corvette-zr1


Here is a link to the listing, it should pull up all the pictures still

[HAWAIIZR-1]

Congratulations and welcome to the family and obsession. It looks like you found a beauty! Enjoy! 🤙🏼


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[ghlkal]

Congratulations. It looks great and it has some good mods already.


Enjoy it :thumbsup:

[Azrael]

Congratulations. It looks great and it has some good mods already.


Enjoy it :thumbsup:




Normally I'd be skeptical about buying a car someone else has modded, but these are things I'd have wanted to do anyways and they have receipts, so what could go wrong

[tccrab]

Congratulations.
Mine is slightly younger, #792.
Those wheels might indicate upgraded front and rear disc brakes.
A-Molds have enough room behind them for C5 Z06 brakes, its a common upgrade.

Any clue who did the engine upgrade?

Crabs

[G-Sting]

Congrats and welcome to the Land of Z!

[Paul Workman]

Welcome to THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BEAST!

1201 here.

Just for a point of reference, mine too is ported including plenum, IH, & heads. And, SW headers w/ 3" exhaust & SW "X" pipe. With stock cams and TB it is at 432 rwhp (before last tweak to the porting - /85% = 508+ HP @ the crank. Pete Palatsidis phased the cams and Mark Haibeck "dyno'ed" it (last).

My point is, letting that LT5 BREATHE (porting) really wakes up the BEAST within with NO ILL effects to street manners - a real sleeper at idle that screams (and pulls!) to 7000+! You're find the difference VERY welcome (over the former 'TPI' motor)!

[evolutionross]

Welcome to the party! Looks like a great car and will serve you well.

[conesare2seconds]

Welcome

[tiegsd]

Congrats!