Refinishing the engine - Would it take away NCRS points? - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

Ed Hoffman · 07-08-2006

Ricky, you want to go crazy? Try restoring a 57 factory drag racer Vette. I spent a total of 5 years locating all the original parts, and in the restoration. My 93 will not cost anywhere near the 57. The only thing missing on the Ruby is the original oil filter and battery. Nobody I have contacted, including Restoration Batteries Company, will be restoring the original Delco Freedom 75-B 695 cranking amp battery. As I related on the NCRS net to a lot of folks, buy the current Delco for the ZR and take a few originality points. I have found, and purchased, two PF-970C, 155 part number. silver background, black lettering, from two different sources. They are not the e-Bay units which are mulit-colored early replacements. The current replacements that are available in the west, from dealers, are 970-C, blue in color. I hope you drive your ZR as much as I do. Every day I put a few more miles on it because it is so much fun to drive. The 57 is fun but it drives like a 29 Dodge Dump Truck. When it comes to braking in the 57, you have to first think about how far you have to stop, so you can begin to apply the brakes in time to avoid objects.. Not like th ZR, braking is right now. Oh, and one more thing I found out about the batteries. The tooling die's for the batteries in question are controlled by a company (EMI Delphi) and will not release them, or have destroyed them. Either way they have gone the way of the saber toothed tiger.

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Ed Hoffman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 26	Re: Refinishing the engine - Would it take away NCRS points? Ricky, you want to go crazy? Try restoring a 57 factory drag racer Vette. I spent a total of 5 years locating all the original parts, and in the restoration. My 93 will not cost anywhere near the 57. The only thing missing on the Ruby is the original oil filter and battery. Nobody I have contacted, including Restoration Batteries Company, will be restoring the original Delco Freedom 75-B 695 cranking amp battery. As I related on the NCRS net to a lot of folks, buy the current Delco for the ZR and take a few originality points. I have found, and purchased, two PF-970C, 155 part number. silver background, black lettering, from two different sources. They are not the e-Bay units which are mulit-colored early replacements. The current replacements that are available in the west, from dealers, are 970-C, blue in color. I hope you drive your ZR as much as I do. Every day I put a few more miles on it because it is so much fun to drive. The 57 is fun but it drives like a 29 Dodge Dump Truck. When it comes to braking in the 57, you have to first think about how far you have to stop, so you can begin to apply the brakes in time to avoid objects.. Not like th ZR, braking is right now. Oh, and one more thing I found out about the batteries. The tooling die's for the batteries in question are controlled by a company (EMI Delphi) and will not release them, or have destroyed them. Either way they have gone the way of the saber toothed tiger. Last edited by Ed Hoffman; 07-08-2006 at 12:42 PM.