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We Gone · 01-21-2015

I went the cheat rout and refinished mine myself for now..at least it looks better than it did.

http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?t=23921

Bob Eyres · 01-22-2015

What's your goal? Original appearance? NCRS competition? Or just prefer GM parts?
My car has a laundry list of aftermarket parts and mods, but few of them are apparent. The average person, or even average Corvette owner would consider the car stock. And every part pulled off the car has been saved. For what I don't know.
Bought it twenty years ago and I'll never paint it, even if the sandy roads around here blast the rocker panels bare. But it's hard to accept the most beautiful Corvette engine ever when the finish is now "Battleship Grey". If it ever comes apart for that 510hp. Haibeck "blueprinting" it will have to be refinished.

WARP TEN · 01-22-2015

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Originally Posted by zr1dude85

.......Future plans for the car include fixing a couple trim pieces (Within a year), suspension bushings and wear items (within 3 months, hopefully), paint job (original color, severl years away), get radio working (soon - just had CDM and head unit rebuilt). The only thing I'd like to do aftermarket is exhaust, to let 'er breath and hear the growl. Even that I am still debating.

On the exhaust, I have tried a half a dozen exhaust systems over the past 20 years and spent most of those years with Corsa. But last year I just got tired of all noise all the time and switched back to stock with electric cutouts and a rocker switch hidden under the carpet. You might consider that. Quiet when you want but any level of loud at other times. And as Bob Eyres suggested, if you are going for more power with something like a Haibeck 510 package, you can keep it looking sufficiently stock that most people would not notice it isn't. I saved all my takeoff parts so someone could put mine back to stock appearance (e.g., manifolds and cats, secondary vacuum pump, etc.) with relatively small investment (Marc Haibeck has done this for a couple of cars).--Bob

Fully Vetted · 01-22-2015

Corsa is definitely loud but I love not having any drone on the highway.

batchman · 01-23-2015

Soooo, ah, at 33k what's making you think coils? If it's breaking up or stumbling, I'd be guessing injectors before coils... Very common problem, just went through it myself actually.

BTW - Welcome, thanks for your service, nice to keep one in the family - great story!
That sounds like a car that should be NCRS - just because it *can*.

Cheers,
- Jeff

01-21-2015	#11
We Gone Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: ATL. GA. Posts: 2,170	Re: All original vs ....NOT I went the cheat rout and refinished mine myself for now..at least it looks better than it did. http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?t=23921 __________________ Steve 1990 Steel Blue/Black #2355 1990 Red/Red #1473 1991 Quasar /Black #118 Sold 1991 Turquoise/Black #766 Parted Out 1993 Yellow/White #179 Sold 1990 Black/Gray #1361 Headers/4:10s Sold

01-22-2015	#12
Bob Eyres Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jupiter, Fl. Posts: 815	Re: All original vs ....NOT What's your goal? Original appearance? NCRS competition? Or just prefer GM parts? My car has a laundry list of aftermarket parts and mods, but few of them are apparent. The average person, or even average Corvette owner would consider the car stock. And every part pulled off the car has been saved. For what I don't know. Bought it twenty years ago and I'll never paint it, even if the sandy roads around here blast the rocker panels bare. But it's hard to accept the most beautiful Corvette engine ever when the finish is now "Battleship Grey". If it ever comes apart for that 510hp. Haibeck "blueprinting" it will have to be refinished. __________________ "It's about the car, not the people." 1991 ZR-1 White/Black #1236 (Owner since 1994). Stock engine with bolt-ons: Hurst shifter,"Forced Air" intake, Coplon duct, Bee Cool Radiator, Demon coils, Jeal prom, Watson headers, X pipe, 3" B&B's, Rippie flywheel, 4:10 gears, A molds, Toyo Proxes-R888's 12.06@117mph. 1.76 60ft.

01-22-2015	#14
Fully Vetted Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Rockwall, Tx Posts: 1,510	Re: All original vs ....NOT Corsa is definitely loud but I love not having any drone on the highway. __________________ _________________ 1994 AB/Grey #141 430 RWHP/392 RWTQ FBI Lyposuction / Secondaries relieved of duty / SW Long Tube Headers / Corsa Exhaust / FIC SS Injectors / MSD Coils / Lightweight Pulleys / Corey tuned B & M Shifter / Aluminum Flywheel / Samco Hoses / Shelby Series One's / C4 No Flex Frame Stiffener BBC - Bling By Carter: Custom ZR-1 Center Caps / Custom Plenum Plate / Air Box Knobs / TB Cover / Oil Filter Cover

01-23-2015	#15
batchman Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: I live at Devens, one run at a time Posts: 455	Re: All original vs ....NOT Soooo, ah, at 33k what's making you think coils? If it's breaking up or stumbling, I'd be guessing injectors before coils... Very common problem, just went through it myself actually. BTW - Welcome, thanks for your service, nice to keep one in the family - great story! That sounds like a car that should be NCRS - just because it can. Cheers, - Jeff __________________ [I]91 ZR-1 #1840, autocrossing in SCCA BSP. FIC S/S's DRM chip/Watson/Borla/lid/LW batt&headlights, springs, shocks, pads & lines, quick rack & Turn One, camber brace, 32/22mm sways, A/C halfway deleted 17x11 & 12 CCW's, 315 & 335 Hoosier A6s [/I]