Potential ZR-1 Owner

[vetteguy48]

Happy Holidays to all of you. So a little update on what I have done so far or "so it begins":
*had the entire car checked over and Oil chg. at Capital Corvette here in Oly
*paint work to repair chips and cut/buff the car...looks fabulous now
*new rear wheel bearings
*new rear hatch weather strip and shocks, and hood shock
*new tires...Nitto all season
*new oil pressure sending unit
*rebuilt the lumbar inflator units (the bicycle tube method). it really works.
*have sourced and waiting for lumbar bladder assemblies
*also replacing RH lumbar switch assembly
*replaced transparent targa top, which was not with the car..(see earlier post)
*tracked down the "pizza box" (the dealer I bought it from did that for me)

So just validating the idea that when you buy these low mileage cars (11,000) you will still have lots to do to get them right.

The car runs great, and no issues there. Very strong, even compared to the LT4 I had, but now I am at that crossroads where you wonder if you leave it stock for posterity, and drive it sparingly ....or make it a 500hp "wondercar" and not worry about posterity.

Does anyone know a shop in Olympia WA area that could do head and intake porting. Other options might be ship off the heads and intake to someone like Mark H...not sure where to go on that if I decide to go that route.

Any help or advice would be really appreciated.

[tccrab]

As far as your question about porting, you absolutely can not go wrong with Haibec.

Marc is hands down one of the most experienced and knowledgeable ZR1 gurus that exist.

Period.

End of story.

His work is legendary in our small little community.
And he's a really nice guy.

Having said that, you do have a few other options.
Member LocoBob lives in the Portland OR area and had done quite a few.
Member Pete Palatsidis with the FBI guys (Fast Boys of Illinois) in the Chicago area has done a lot of mods including monster stroker LT5's (441CI IIRC).
Also there is Steve at Crossed Flags Performance, he's had a lot of experience as well.
Corey Henderson at Henderson Performance has built some absolutely fabulous LT5's over the years including a salt flat ZR1 monster that has set a world speed record of 230.58mph. Very impressive stuff.

There used to be others, but they have since moved on. Lingenfelter, Callaway, SGC, to name a few.


'Crabs
'90 ZR1 #792

[vetteguy48]

tccrab. Thanks for the response. I did see there is a "top tier" expert up north here in WA. Will check that out as well. Have a great day.

[tomcat]

Hello,


How goes the Battle? Checkout Scott Carlson, Benchmark Auto,
8248 NE SR 104, Kingston, WA 360-297-6812. Also post on Club Regional Areas; Northwest Region.

Manfred E....
91 #906

[Vetman]

I live in Yakima. If you are ever over on this side of the mountains give me a call I have owned my z for years and had it to Marc?s shop in 2015. It was worth the drive!! Coordinated with a trip to NCM and the Gathering. Jim. 509-961-7779