Drove my 1st ZR-1 - WOW

[sledutah]

Hello all,

Been looking to buy a ZR1 for the last month or two. Drove my first one a few days ago. WOW, it was just what I expected and more......... Drove to Boise (350 miles each way) on the Harley to have a look. It is a '91 w/85K miles. It ran GREAT and strong. They want $19,900 for it. I have been looking at some with less miles that I think I can get for not much more.

The one thing that has me wondering (maybe someone could help out!!) The plenum and valve colors have a light green tint. It looks like paint. I'm not sure why anybody would paint them light green, the car is Black/Black. If I was too purchase this one, I would want them to be stripped and back to silver. What is involved in this? Is it worth the cost/time to do it.

I haven't driven anything with that much power since I sold my '70 Torino Cobra w/429 SCJ w/ram air Could light the tires up going into 4th.

Thanks,
Craig

[We Gone]

Should be silver..some one may have cleaned with the wrong type cleaner

I have seen many that get this green tint, by the way it is only painted silver.

Good luck in your hunt and welcome.......

Steve

[tomtom72]

...can cure a bad day! Tell me you didn't have a grin big enough to swallow your ears? Welcome to the club!

I'm just a rookie owner, less than 9 mos, so I don't have much on the tech side. I'll offer up this thought for you to consider. I bought a low milage 90 over Christmass 04. 9200 miles from the original owner & paid 25K. Now I will have to address all the common repairs that would have been done if the car had had more normal milage on it. I got to use it a good bit before the problems cropped up. My point is if you get one with 35K miles down to about 20K miles on it you may be better off. Most of the common things will have been done and it will be used to being used. Just a thought.
Anyway good luck in your search & welcome to the neighborhood!
Tom

[sledutah]

Originally Posted by tomtom72

...can cure a bad day! Tell me you didn't have a grin big enough to swallow your ears? Welcome to the club!

I'm just a rookie owner, less than 9 mos, so I don't have much on the tech side. I'll offer up this thought for you to consider. I bought a low milage 90 over Christmass 04. 9200 miles from the original owner & paid 25K. Now I will have to address all the common repairs that would have been done if the car had had more normal milage on it. I got to use it a good bit before the problems cropped up. My point is if you get one with 35K miles down to about 20K miles on it you may be better off. Most of the common things will have been done and it will be used to being used. Just a thought.
Anyway good luck in your search & welcome to the neighborhood!
Tom

Yes I did From the ride up and back and especially the Z....

Thanks for the tips, I appreciate them. What type of work did you need to do with that low of mileage? I'm looking at cars in the 35K-70K (mileage) range. Any lower than that, it looks like the price jumps up. It sounds like you got a good deal with that low of mileage.

Thanks,
Craig

[sledutah]

Kevin and Z-Factor:
Thanks for the tip. I may contact him if I need to.

Craig

Craig, more than likely the surfaces have been cleansed with something in the past. The LT5 finish is durable, but yet it is very fragfile at the same time to chemicals. Water can even discolor the pieces if they are warm. I'm also abailable to travel and do the tear down and rebuild if you would like.

Thanks for the kudos guys.

Here are some other colors.

Black with Silver
http://www.pnwzr1.net/Jeff/Powdercoating/IMG_2117.JPG

Yellow with Black
http://www.pnwzr1.net/Jeff/Powdercoating/IMG_2119.JPG

Black Chrome no lettering
http://www.pnwzr1.net/Jeff/Powdercoating/IMG_2392.JPG

Admiral Blue no lettering (don't ask about the blanked
out letters)
http://www.pnwzr1.net/Jeff/Powdercoating/admiral.JPG

Silver Felck/Red Lettering
www.pnwzr1.net/Nick/Plenum/IMG_0223a.JPG

Red/Black lettering
http://www.pnwzr1.net/Jeff/Powdercoating/DSCN2726.JPG

Black Wrinkle/Red lettering
http://www.pnwzr1.net/Jeff/Powdercoa.../IMG_4259a.jpg

Black Chrome no lettering
http://www.pnwzr1.net/Jeff/Powdercoa...lackChrome.jpg

Red/Black lettering
http://www.pnwzr1.net/Jeff/Powdercoating/DSCN2726.JPG

[sledutah]

Originally Posted by We Gone

Should be silver..some one may have cleaned with the wrong type cleaner

I have seen many that get this green tint, by the way it is only painted silver.

Good luck in your hunt and welcome.......

Steve

It looks like it was painted or powder coated. It is a even color over the plenum and the valve cover. I forgot my camera and the pictures the dealer has posted on their webpage are not clear.

Thanks,
Craig

[Z Factor]

Originally Posted by sledutah

It looks like it was painted or powder coated. It is a even color over the plenum and the valve cover.

Did it look like this?

[sledutah]

Originally Posted by Z Factor

Did it look like this?

My momma always told me if you can't say anything nice

It wasn't quite that dark

[sledutah]

Thanks Jeff:

I like the Silver Fleck/Red letters and the Black wrinkle/Red letters, they both look awesome.