Passed Smog...!!!
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Passed Smog...!!!
Was tested today...have 135,555 miles on original L-82...went to change valve seals,and discovered cracked head..so got another set of heads and had machine shop spiff them up..tuned engine....plus cleaned up engine,etc...
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This way I can still drive it.....
My plan is to pull engine later and do complete rebuild or...slip a crate in..still deciding on that....if I rebuild,i may go with a LT1 grind cam,and some other simple mods (carb,etc) as I'm stuck smoging this vette forever..
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You know, I spent some time in the area I was thinking about moving to, and was bored out of my mind. I'm a night person, so screw it, I'm going to Vegas. I was living there temporarily a few weeks back, and it was great, so I'm looking for a house now. Unfortunately, it looks like I may have to smog the Vette once before they give me classic plates. Not sure how I'm gonna pull that off...
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You know, I spent some time in the area I was thinking about moving to, and was bored out of my mind. I'm a night person, so screw it, I'm going to Vegas. I was living there temporarily a few weeks back, and it was great, so I'm looking for a house now. Unfortunately, it looks like I may have to smog the Vette once before they give me classic plates. Not sure how I'm gonna pull that off...
Thumbnails from our last run there...it is on old Hwy 80 right in Jacumba..
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Removing intake/heads made cleaning/paint.etc easy... Just bead blasted manifolds...got to hit the master cylinder & air cleaner...but have two Corvette runs this weekend..Sat & Sunday.....will put over 380 miles on it...
Just bead blasted manifolds...got to hit the master cylinder & air cleaner...but have two Corvette runs this weekend..Sat & Sunday.....will put over 380 miles on it...
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thanx...got to fix 69 now before the 78 breaks again...
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Good work. Peace,,,Moosie
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He likely means that he doesn't have to smog again until next year. Smog is every 2 years in most California counties.
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) tomorrow night and probably won't be home until Sunday afternoon sometime.
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