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WB9MCW · 02-13-2011

Hey Craig

Great to see her all good to go now - so happy for you after this long LT-5 adventure.

So off for a 5y stint in Japan -- Now that will be an adventure for sure.

We will look forward to your posts and stories.

Maybe you will run into this guy. LOL
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SKwkJRB3U0

HAWAIIZR-1 · 02-13-2011

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Originally Posted by tf95ZR1

Congrats Craig!
This definiitely puts you on an elite list of LT-5 builders!

Thanks Ted for considering me a builder, but I would not consider myself in that category. If it holds together at 7K plus RPM then I will consider it a success. I appreciate your comment.

HAWAIIZR-1 · 02-13-2011

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Originally Posted by WB9MCW

Hey Craig

Great to see her all good to go now - so happy for you after this long LT-5 adventure.

So off for a 5y stint in Japan -- Now that will be an adventure for sure.

We will look forward to your posts and stories.

Maybe you will run into this guy. LOL
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SKwkJRB3U0

Thanks Big B, I'll look for that Z and easy to identify by the license plate and perfecture; my wife said the Z in the photo is from Tokyo area so very close to where I will be living. Yeah, that video is of a good friend of mine and he is the President of the largest Corvette club there. I just met with him in Yokohama in Jan and two other Zs drove there. These guys have fun with their Z for sure......

ZR1Vette · 02-13-2011

Bravo Craig!! Sounds sweet so next video is you doing nice burn outs?

Hammer · 02-13-2011

Craig,

So glad to hear you got the car running finally. What an experience. I know what this is like, desparity, loss of all hope, thinking of selling everything, and then the perserverence to get the car together. As is normal, all that is a thing of the past and now it has all been worth it. Right?

Be sure to post lots of pics of the completed car so we can really appreciate it with you. Everything must really pop now that it's together and operational.

Good luck, you deserve it.

John

HAWAIIZR-1 · 02-13-2011

Thanks John and Michael,

I am going to try to get past this safety check deal later this week and get the car up to Punchbowl cemetery with my wife's high quality camera and not my cheap pocket digital. I'll test video on her camera too.

http://acresofhonor.com/vtours.html

It took motivation of moving to get this thing running and should have gotten off my arse way earlier instead of this last minute push. John, as you stated it sure was worth the aggrevation and I'm glad I did not give up on this project. I cannot even express how the car feels now over the stock configuration and I have to say, no regrets on the Stage 1 camshafts on the 350 either. I think it would have best complimented a 368 for the perfect package, but it sounds sweet and I'm going to drive it again now.

My time is so limited and I wish I had more than 30 days to do this overseas move. I want to put the CCWs on for the photo ops, but I have household pick up in a few weeks and shipping the vehicle too so it might have to wait until I get to the "Land of the Rising Sun".

Aloha,

Craig

WB9MCW · 02-13-2011

Thanks Big B, I'll look for that Z and easy to identify by the license plate and perfecture

I was told the "HIRO" ZR-1 was wrecked by Hiro and you will not find it. Too Bad it was so nice.

Now the white one in the vid may still be around since that is a pretty new vid I do believe.

And on the tranny rattle I just hold the clutch in and no rattle at the light but it is nasty when in N and when lugging in low rpm's.

But well worth it all for the quick to high rev's IMO and the better hole shot. My ceramic clutch really grips well so overall very happy with the combo.

flyin ryan · 02-13-2011

Congrats my friend.

HAWAIIZR-1 · 02-13-2011

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Originally Posted by WB9MCW

Thanks Big B, I'll look for that Z and easy to identify by the license plate and perfecture

I was told the "HIRO" ZR-1 was wrecked by Hiro and you will not find it. Too Bad it was so nice.

Now the white one in the vid may still be around since that is a pretty new vid I do believe.

And on the tranny rattle I just hold the clutch in and no rattle at the light but it is nasty when in N and when lugging in low rpm's.

But well worth it all for the quick to high rev's IMO and the better hole shot. My ceramic clutch really grips well so overall very happy with the combo.

Yes, the white one is "MADVETTE" and he is currently doing a motor swap from the race car I posted last year that was stripped.

As for the rattle, it only increases with the camshafts and the lopey idle; I'm going to have Marc H raise it to 900 RPM as I did some testing that helps a lot.

HAWAIIZR-1 · 02-13-2011

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Originally Posted by flyin ryan

Congrats my friend.

Ryan,

By the way, I ran into someone that knows the "Hawaiian" and used to build motors for him; my supervisor's cousin is the guy that knows him well.

Thanks for the congrats.

Craig

02-13-2011	#31
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: The LT5 is alive!!! Hey Craig Great to see her all good to go now - so happy for you after this long LT-5 adventure. So off for a 5y stint in Japan -- Now that will be an adventure for sure. We will look forward to your posts and stories. Maybe you will run into this guy. LOL >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SKwkJRB3U0 __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln

02-13-2011	#34
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02-13-2011	#35
Hammer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ideho Posts: 2,653	Re: The LT5 is alive!!! Craig, So glad to hear you got the car running finally. What an experience. I know what this is like, desparity, loss of all hope, thinking of selling everything, and then the perserverence to get the car together. As is normal, all that is a thing of the past and now it has all been worth it. Right? Be sure to post lots of pics of the completed car so we can really appreciate it with you. Everything must really pop now that it's together and operational. Good luck, you deserve it. John __________________ [I][FONT=Comic Sans MS]John Boyd[/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=1]Ideho[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=1][I]2015 ZL1 [/I][I]Camaro #1121 BLACK/BLACK 6 SPD (540 RWHP)[/I][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=1]1991 ZR-1 #458 [COLOR=red]RED/[/COLOR][COLOR=black]BLACK 72[/COLOR]k miles ([B][COLOR=red]SOLD[/COLOR][/B]) 1991 ZR-1 #473 [COLOR=red]RED/[/COLOR][COLOR=black]BLACK [/COLOR]37k miles ([B][COLOR=red]SOLD[/COLOR][/B])[/SIZE][/FONT][/I]

02-13-2011	#36
HAWAIIZR-1 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Japan Posts: 3,581	Re: The LT5 is alive!!! Thanks John and Michael, I am going to try to get past this safety check deal later this week and get the car up to Punchbowl cemetery with my wife's high quality camera and not my cheap pocket digital. I'll test video on her camera too. http://acresofhonor.com/vtours.html It took motivation of moving to get this thing running and should have gotten off my arse way earlier instead of this last minute push. John, as you stated it sure was worth the aggrevation and I'm glad I did not give up on this project. I cannot even express how the car feels now over the stock configuration and I have to say, no regrets on the Stage 1 camshafts on the 350 either. I think it would have best complimented a 368 for the perfect package, but it sounds sweet and I'm going to drive it again now. My time is so limited and I wish I had more than 30 days to do this overseas move. I want to put the CCWs on for the photo ops, but I have household pick up in a few weeks and shipping the vehicle too so it might have to wait until I get to the "Land of the Rising Sun". Aloha, Craig __________________ Craig "ZR-1 NO KA 'OI" "ZR-1 ICHIBAN" 1995 #228 Black/Black with Dunn Heads ZR-1 owner since September 2003 ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #0074 NCM Lifetime Member #2048 Last edited by HAWAIIZR-1; 02-13-2011 at 04:48 PM.

02-13-2011	#37
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	Re: The LT5 is alive!!! Thanks Big B, I'll look for that Z and easy to identify by the license plate and perfecture I was told the "HIRO" ZR-1 was wrecked by Hiro and you will not find it. Too Bad it was so nice. Now the white one in the vid may still be around since that is a pretty new vid I do believe. And on the tranny rattle I just hold the clutch in and no rattle at the light but it is nasty when in N and when lugging in low rpm's. But well worth it all for the quick to high rev's IMO and the better hole shot. My ceramic clutch really grips well so overall very happy with the combo. __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln Last edited by WB9MCW; 02-13-2011 at 07:13 PM.

02-13-2011	#38
flyin ryan Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta or Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 2,741	Re: The LT5 is alive!!! Congrats my friend. __________________ There are no limit's mans ingenuity, just as mans ingenuity will never conquer the forces & behavior of this planet...Smokey Y.