C3 Question
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From: Inside Hoover Dam NV-AZ
St Jude Donor '14
C3 Question
are the later c3's with cross fire injection good or bad? Im looking at a couple of them but i noticed GM didnt keep the CFI around too awful long? are there things to look for with these? 
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They are good in that they are a reliable system and get great fuel economy. They are bad because there are not a lot of performance mods you can do and they were only in production on the Vette for two years (82,84).
Neutral... Its a tradeoff between reliability and economy vs. ease of repair and modification. All depends on what you want to do with the car.
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There are people out there that will tell you that the Cross-Fire is junk, but I disagree. Lot's of owners have gotten thousands of miles of trouble free driving from them. Technology was changing rapidly at that time. GM developed the Tune-Port system and replaced the Cross-Fire with it, because it was more efficient and could be made to produce more power, than the Cross-Fire.
If there's a rub with the system, it's the availability of parts and the lack of knowlegable people around still to work on them. This is a legitimate concern, but I won't let keep me from buying my "dream" car.
If there's a rub with the system, it's the availability of parts and the lack of knowlegable people around still to work on them. This is a legitimate concern, but I won't let keep me from buying my "dream" car.
Last edited by gbvette62; Jan 4, 2011 at 06:31 PM.
