1989 ZR-1 Pilot #004 Thread - Page 18 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

Blue Flame Restorations · 02-01-2010

Hi eric. I'm really happy that you ended up with the car. I would have loved to have purchased it. Congrats!!!!!!!! See you at BG in May!!!

Now, all you need to do is sell me the purple car.

.............seriously.

Brett Henderson
1990 Mobil1 #99
1989 Unconverted Challenge Car
53's & 54's

Tyler Townsley · 02-01-2010

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Originally Posted by 1989ZR1#74

I suppose the production delays on the project made it apparent that a 1989 ZR-1 Brochure/marketing material would not be made. So long before the April 1989 push to a 90 MY, the sales material would have been canceled, making the retofit of the correct ZR-1 option items Irrelevant .

Z51JEFF · 02-02-2010

I just noticed the car has a 91 CORVETTE emblem on the rear bumper.

zedrone · 02-02-2010

Hi All,

Thanks for the invite Tyler.

All of the '86- newer cars would have come with an 8k tach from the factory.

To start the car, you will need to bypass the VATS module *and* reprogram the ECM to not look for the VATS signal. The module behind the breadbox activates the fuel pump and allows the starter to engage, the ECM won't pulse the injectors unless its getting the correct information from the car. We never figured out how this interface worked on the '86, so we went around it.

Ed

zedrone · 02-02-2010

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Originally Posted by 1989ZR1#74

Ted No kidding try negotiating for a 8000k 89 Star Wars dash with a guy that has the only one for sale... in the world. Talk about a position of power. Not a cheap habit.

Its all relative

*shrug*

Ed

Corvettes White · 02-02-2010

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Originally Posted by zedrone

Its all relative

*shrug*

Ed

Been there. Done that. Good to see your name here. George out in Southern California.

zedrone · 02-02-2010

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Originally Posted by Corvettes White

Been there. Done that. Good to see your name here. George out in Southern California.

Hi George,

Drop me a PM with how the project is going.

Ed

1989ZR1#74 · 02-02-2010

thanks for the input. Been a bit under the weather the last day or so. I have no updates for today. Hopefully I can make some progress tomorrow. I do like the R Kramer memo, but for whatever reason this Z left Bowling green without Most of the ZR-1 interior options and it was never retrofitted so It could not have been used for interior shots.

-=Jeff=- · 02-02-2010

zedrone.. Nice to see you here. I have gotten stuff from you in the past. I still want to see the pictures of the yellow vert you did. That was cool when you had pictures of it on your website about 10 years ago..

zedrone · 02-02-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1989ZR1#74

thanks for the input. Been a bit under the weather the last day or so. I have no updates for today. Hopefully I can make some progress tomorrow. I do like the R Kramer memo, but for whatever reason this Z left Bowling green without Most of the ZR-1 interior options and it was never retrofitted so It could not have been used for interior shots.

The cars that had real VIN numbers were, for all intents and purposes, production cars. Anything that is missing from the car was done in the hands of the tech schools or cannibals along the way. There are/ were a few more in the hands of technical schools and other obscure museums-race shops that you wouldn't normally think about.

Ed

02-01-2010	#171
Blue Flame Restorations Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pendleton, IN Posts: 3,904	Re: 1989 ZR-1 Pilot #004 Thread Hi eric. I'm really happy that you ended up with the car. I would have loved to have purchased it. Congrats!!!!!!!! See you at BG in May!!! Now, all you need to do is sell me the purple car..............seriously. Brett Henderson 1990 Mobil1 #99 1989 Unconverted Challenge Car 53's & 54's Last edited by Blue Flame Restorations; 02-01-2010 at 05:48 PM.

02-02-2010	#173
Z51JEFF Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fremont,Ca Posts: 3,078	Re: 1989 ZR-1 Pilot #004 Thread I just noticed the car has a 91 CORVETTE emblem on the rear bumper.

02-02-2010	#174
zedrone Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NC Posts: 35	Re: 1989 ZR-1 Pilot #004 Thread Hi All, Thanks for the invite Tyler. All of the '86- newer cars would have come with an 8k tach from the factory. To start the car, you will need to bypass the VATS module and reprogram the ECM to not look for the VATS signal. The module behind the breadbox activates the fuel pump and allows the starter to engage, the ECM won't pulse the injectors unless its getting the correct information from the car. We never figured out how this interface worked on the '86, so we went around it. Ed

02-02-2010	#178
1989ZR1#74 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 700	Re: 1989 ZR-1 Pilot #004 Thread thanks for the input. Been a bit under the weather the last day or so. I have no updates for today. Hopefully I can make some progress tomorrow. I do like the R Kramer memo, but for whatever reason this Z left Bowling green without Most of the ZR-1 interior options and it was never retrofitted so It could not have been used for interior shots. __________________ 1989 ZR-1 #04 Pilot, Advertising/PR Campbell-Ewald S9YKH1 1989 ZR-1 #58 LT5 only 1989 ZR-1 #74 Unreleased Production / PR Dept 9PR110 NCRS #3,182 SACC #2,420 Member Corvette Museum Corvette Forum: "ewjxn" 2009, 2010 Gathering Attendee

02-02-2010	#179
-=Jeff=- Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 7,169	Re: 1989 ZR-1 Pilot #004 Thread zedrone.. Nice to see you here. I have gotten stuff from you in the past. I still want to see the pictures of the yellow vert you did. That was cool when you had pictures of it on your website about 10 years ago.. __________________ 1990 Corvette ZR-1 #1051 Watson Headers (2" Primary) - Flowmaster Cats - Borla Catback Late Model IH - Plenum Coilovers - 4.10s Custom Interior NCM Lifetime Member #978