Hello to all from Germany - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

Thomas ZR-1 · 10-23-2012

Hi everybody!

My name is Thomas and I did my registration at this great forum last week. I´m living in Germany close to the border to Belgium and The Netherlands. The little city is called Aachen, it`s 70 km to Cologne.

My zr-1 is from 1990 (number 29), I bought it in 2003. Original it was in red/red but if you have a look at my album there are a lot of modifikations I did in the past like coil over suspension, Porsche brakes, 18" wheels, new saddled interior, new colour on the outside (Lamborhini orange). In 2008 I rebuild the engine with a lot of mods (headers, porting, special cams etc...). Every winter-season I do some changes so I made up my up coming plan for 2012/13.

What can I tell you about me. I`m 42 years old and married with my wife Katja. I infected her with the corvette virus in 2008 when I got to know her

. She is 42 too and owns blue 1993 convertible. We don`t have children but 4 cats in our home. Occupational I`m a master mechanic and I studied mechanical engineering. After all I´m working at a company for engine development in our home town.

As I told you I´m owning my zr-1 now nearly for about 10 years but it´s difficult to find another guy in Germany with such a corvette. Most time I`m the only one with a zr-1 on a corvette meeting in our area. I think there are less than 100 zr-1 corvette licenced in Germany.

Ok..so I hope I can learn some more facts and ideas from you about the king of the hill. Some weeks ago I bought a new belt tensioner at Jerrys gaskets and I could see that Jerry is a member of this forum too...that`s great!

Sorry for my school english but I hope you can understand me.

Thomas

ZZZZZR1 · 10-23-2012

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Originally Posted by Thomas ZR-1

Hi everybody!

My name is Thomas and I did my registration at this great forum last week. I´m living in Germany close to the border to Belgium and The Netherlands. The little city is called Aachen, it`s 70 km to Cologne.

My zr-1 is from 1990 (number 29), I bought it in 2003. Original it was in red/red but if you have a look at my album there are a lot of modifikations I did in the past like coil over suspension, Porsche brakes, 18" wheels, new saddled interior, new colour on the outside (Lamborhini orange). In 2008 I rebuild the engine with a lot of mods (headers, porting, special cams etc...). Every winter-season I do some changes so I made up my up coming plan for 2012/13.

What can I tell you about me. I`m 42 years old and married with my wife Katja. I infected her with the corvette virus in 2008 when I got to know her

. She is 42 too and owns blue 1993 convertible. We don`t have children but 4 cats in our home. Occupational I`m a master mechanic and I studied mechanical engineering. After all I´m working at a company for engine development in our home town.

As I told you I´m owning my zr-1 now nearly for about 10 years but it´s difficult to find another guy in Germany with such a corvette. Most time I`m the only one with a zr-1 on a corvette meeting in our area. I think there are less than 100 zr-1 corvette licenced in Germany.

Ok..so I hope I can learn some more facts and ideas from you about the king of the hill. Some weeks ago I bought a new belt tensioner at Jerrys gaskets and I could see that Jerry is a member of this forum too...that`s great!

Sorry for my school english but I hope you can understand me.

Thomas

Thomas!!!!

Hey and welcome!!!! You bought your car about the same time as me and we have both done a ton of upgrades

There are close to 100 ZR-1's in Germany????? Have you seen many? Is there a way of contacting them?

Thanks for posting and can we see more pictures of your car?

David

scottfab · 10-23-2012

Welcome Thomas and Katja
I know of one person that may be in Germany (or Switzerland)
with a ZR-1. I will contact him to see where he lives now and
if he still has his car.

Maybe you can upload pictures of you car?
Click on "User CP" and find the "Pictures and Albums" area to upload pictures then make a link to them from here.

GOLDCYLON · 10-23-2012

Welcome aboard. GC

-=Jeff=- · 10-23-2012

Wow that looks cool.. I like the color of the motor

cvette98pacecar · 10-23-2012

Thomas, Katja welcome to the group. I like all the upgrades.

nelson007 · 10-23-2012

Hallo Thomas,
I also live in Germany in the spring and fall. I live near Augsburg. I have my ZR 1 in the states. I might be bringing one of my vett's to Germany in the spring.

Nelson007

vilant · 10-23-2012

Guten Tag. Your car looks incredible

. Love the color, especially on the engine. Welcome to the club.

Thomas ZR-1 · 10-24-2012

Thank you guys for welcome me so awesome...thanks a lot!!!

David there are zr-1 in Germany and the other europian states but the only way to meet them is to visit big international corvette meetings as there is for example every year in july the meeting in Praha (Czech Republik). It`s 800 km from my home but enjoy this meeting every year. Praha is a wonderful city, all the buildings are 150-200year old and in excellent condition today (watch XXX with Vin Diesel and you know Praha). At this meeting there are alway some zr-1 freaks from Switzland, maybe one of them is the one you mean Scott. His name is Miri (Sam in the german corvette forum). He is an absolutely expert for the lt5 in europe (and unfortunately the only one, all the other small companys do only work on C5 and C6)...it`s crazy: lt5 expert from Switzland...120 km/h (75 mph) speed limit...haha.

Miri is a friend of mine and he told some ideas to me to make my lt5 from 350 to 375 by changing only the cylinder liners (4.040 bore) with special JE pistons. I could still use the stock crankshaft and rods. Ok..I know: more cid more hp but I don`t know what possibilities there are...

Well... I still enjoy the last sunny days 2012 driving my zr-1 with the new mounted 4.10 rear axle...295 km/h (183 mph) should be possible with it on the highway

I`m going to test it out in the next days.

Here is a picture from 2008 at the dyno (messured 459 DIN HP) and the big rear wing (europian Ferrari challange) but I removed the wing after 4 years in 2009.

Thomas

scottfab · 10-24-2012

Thomas
Very good decision to remove the wing.

I do not know Miri. I have not heard back
from Wolfgang yet.

My last trip to Germany was to Gunzburg.
I leased a BMW and visited the autobahn.
Unfortunately 130mph (209kph) was all it would do

10-23-2012	#1
Thomas ZR-1 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 230	Hello to all from Germany Hi everybody! My name is Thomas and I did my registration at this great forum last week. I´m living in Germany close to the border to Belgium and The Netherlands. The little city is called Aachen, it`s 70 km to Cologne. My zr-1 is from 1990 (number 29), I bought it in 2003. Original it was in red/red but if you have a look at my album there are a lot of modifikations I did in the past like coil over suspension, Porsche brakes, 18" wheels, new saddled interior, new colour on the outside (Lamborhini orange). In 2008 I rebuild the engine with a lot of mods (headers, porting, special cams etc...). Every winter-season I do some changes so I made up my up coming plan for 2012/13. What can I tell you about me. I`m 42 years old and married with my wife Katja. I infected her with the corvette virus in 2008 when I got to know her. She is 42 too and owns blue 1993 convertible. We don`t have children but 4 cats in our home. Occupational I`m a master mechanic and I studied mechanical engineering. After all I´m working at a company for engine development in our home town. As I told you I´m owning my zr-1 now nearly for about 10 years but it´s difficult to find another guy in Germany with such a corvette. Most time I`m the only one with a zr-1 on a corvette meeting in our area. I think there are less than 100 zr-1 corvette licenced in Germany. Ok..so I hope I can learn some more facts and ideas from you about the king of the hill. Some weeks ago I bought a new belt tensioner at Jerrys gaskets and I could see that Jerry is a member of this forum too...that`s great! Sorry for my school english but I hope you can understand me. Thomas __________________ Best thing in life is a ZR-1 ride

10-23-2012	#3
scottfab Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Portland Oregon metro area (Washington side) Posts: 3,207	Re: Hello to all from Germany Welcome Thomas and Katja I know of one person that may be in Germany (or Switzerland) with a ZR-1. I will contact him to see where he lives now and if he still has his car. Maybe you can upload pictures of you car? Click on "User CP" and find the "Pictures and Albums" area to upload pictures then make a link to them from here. __________________ Scott Vett owner since 1979._It's about the car and the people

10-23-2012	#4
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,155	Re: Hello to all from Germany Welcome aboard. GC __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V

10-23-2012	#5
-=Jeff=- Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 7,169	Re: Hello to all from Germany Wow that looks cool.. I like the color of the motor __________________ 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

10-23-2012	#6
cvette98pacecar Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,479	Re: Hello to all from Germany Thomas, Katja welcome to the group. I like all the upgrades. __________________ Robert J. DeMarco [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] [COLOR=blue]G[/COLOR][COLOR=red]rand[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]S[/COLOR][COLOR=red]port[/COLOR] Registry Lifetime Member NCM Lifetime Member #2655 Pacecar Registry Member [COLOR=red]ZOOM Charter Member - ZR-1 Owners of Michigan[/COLOR] [COLOR=plum][I]ZR-1[/I] Registry member since 2012 [/COLOR] [COLOR=black]1990 LPE "368" Aerobody ZR-1, Last ZR-1 built by John[/COLOR] 1991 Callaway Aerobody ZR-1, DRM 500 1991 Shinoda Aerobody Spyder, 1998 Pace Car Last edited by cvette98pacecar; 10-23-2012 at 02:04 PM.

10-23-2012	#7
nelson007 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Westminster, Md. Posts: 436	Re: Hello to all from Germany Hallo Thomas, I also live in Germany in the spring and fall. I live near Augsburg. I have my ZR 1 in the states. I might be bringing one of my vett's to Germany in the spring. Nelson007

10-23-2012	#8
vilant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: PA Posts: 772	Re: Hello to all from Germany Guten Tag. Your car looks incredible. Love the color, especially on the engine. Welcome to the club. __________________ Joe 1990 Bright Red ZR-1 #2599

10-24-2012	#10
scottfab Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Portland Oregon metro area (Washington side) Posts: 3,207	Re: Hello to all from Germany Thomas Very good decision to remove the wing. I do not know Miri. I have not heard back from Wolfgang yet. My last trip to Germany was to Gunzburg. I leased a BMW and visited the autobahn. Unfortunately 130mph (209kph) was all it would do __________________ Scott Vett owner since 1979._It's about the car and the people