by Keith CornettCorvette Blogger If your looking for a project C3 or C4 Corvette, check out this auction of over 100 salvage Corvettes that will be sold on Saturday in Forest City, North Carolina. Whittington Auction and Appraisal is handling the gavel duties for this collection of mostly insurance salvage Corvettes and parts. The sale is actually the first of two auctions with the second part dealing with thousands of used original Corvette parts. The

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Some Might Call This Project Sacrilegious, I Call it Awesome by John Coyle California is wonderful. There's sun, sand, surf, In-N-Out Burger, and a host of other things which make the Golden State worthy of its name. But its stringent emissions regulations make life difficult for car enthusiasts, and after trying to get his supercharged 396 Corvette through testing, Wayne Bickley went green. But he didn't buy a Prius—he converted his C4 to electric power.

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Content provided by Keith Cornett of CorvetteBlogger.comHere’s a Corvette that had its 15 minutes of fame in television history. For sale on eBay is the 1984 Corvette that was driven by Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck of the A-Team series. It was the only Corvette used during the show’s 1983-87 run and featured a custom red stripe that went around the entire car. The Corvette is documented with registrations from Stephen J. Cannell’s production company as well

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The brake pads on your C4 Corvette are the materials that press against the brake disc under your control. These pads are responsible for executing the braking of your car and, as a result of the heavy friction that they experience in normal driving, must be replaced periodically in order to maintain the safety and quality of your braking system. An at home brake pad change is a relatively easy procedure to do; read on

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Sports cars of the 1990s – the Corvette ZR1 and the Mazda RX-7 (FD3S) The Corvette ZR1 was produced from 1990 through 1995 and is regarded as one of the greatest American performance cars of all time.  The Mazda RX-7 FD3S was offered in the US from 1993 through 1995 and although they took very different routes, these two mid-90s sports cars have developed a legendary status in the automotive history books. The 1990 ZR1

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Changing the oil in your C4 Corvette Items Needed: Oil (Check your owners manual for the proper amount and type) Oil Filter (If your manual doesn't tell you a filter size, check your local parts store) Floor Jack Jack Stands Catch Pan Paper Towels Wrench or Socket Set for the oil plug Oil Filter Wrench (Not needed, but it can be helpful)

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Brand Development, Growth & ExpansionThe 4th generation Chevrolet C4 Corvette had a rocky beginning with production problems in 1983, delaying its debut until the following year. Almost 50 prototypes completed never went into production; all except for # 23, which is on display at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The official beginning of the Corvette C4 was in 1984, production running through 1996. The Corvette C4 was offered as a 2-door coupe or

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At the end of 1996, GM made the C4 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport available; 1000 of these Vettes were produced. This total included 190 convertibles and 810 coupes. With a "nod" to the original Grand Sport of 1963, the 1996 Grand Sports have a distinctive VIN sequence, which sets them off from the other 1996 Chevy Corvettes. 

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Chevrolet issued a Collector's Edition C4 Corvette in 1996 to commemorate the platform's last year of production. Like the Chevy Corvette Grand Sport of that year, this special edition was produced in low numbers. Every Collector Edition (CE) C4 Vette was painted "Sebring Silver." This color was similar to the 1963 Sting Ray and was used later on the C5. Very similar to the Grand Sport with comparable equipment, the CE had heavy-duty ZR1 brakes,

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General Motors introduced a new small block motor in 1992 to utilize in their Chevrolet Corvettes, which brought to mind the original small blocks from the 1970's. This new "LT1" was a 350 cubic inch (5.7 L) powerplant that had a two-valve, pushrod configuration and featured an innovative "reverse" cooling system. This cooling system cooled the cylinder heads first, then the cylinders. The result was cooler cylinder temperatures and higher compression. The new 300 hp

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The LT5 motor, which had very little in common with the previous LT, was a next generation small block Chevrolet engine used only in Corvettes. It had a new block cylinder head, intake manifold, timing cover, water pump, and "opti-spark" distributor. The block was aluminum and the engine sported 32-valve cylinder heads with double-overhead camshafts. The bell-pattern bell housing and the engine mounts were the same as the previous small blocks, allowing for easy replacement

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The C4 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 was first produced in 1990 and ended in 1995 after 6,939 vehicles came off the line. General Motors approached Lotus in 1986, which was part of GM then, and asked for their help developing a high-performance car to be based on the C4 Vette. Lotus then designed an engine, with the assistance of GM's Corvette team, to replace the original "push-rod" L98 V-8, which was the motor that powered the

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