My First Corvette!

68 Yellow 468 · 2004-11-10 18:28:08

That's one beautiful car, congrats. :cheers: :cheers:

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Nov 10, 2004 | 08:54 PM

#41

Glassbowtie77

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From: Long Island New York

That's one beautiful car, congrats.

Nov 10, 2004 | 08:59 PM

#42

olouieo

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From: Downey California

Awesome vette.

Nov 10, 2004 | 09:03 PM

#43

Edzred72

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From: Wildwood IL

Man oh man....that baby has it all. Simply gorgeous

Congrats, welcome, and Good luck. Now get out there and light em up!!!!
Eddie

Nov 10, 2004 | 09:06 PM

#44

GrandSportC3

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From: Lakeland, FL

Cruise-In IV-V-VI-VII-VIII Veteran

St. Jude Donor '03, '06, '17

Beautyful car!

Nov 10, 2004 | 09:20 PM

#45

68 Yellow 468

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Racer

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From: Austin Texas

Killing me!

You guys are killing me.

My scanner won't scan this dyno sheet good enough to make it worth posting, so I will just list the corrected HP and TQ from 3,000 - 6,500 rpms. This is a motor dyno, not a chasis dyno. Here goes:

RPM TQ hp
3000 469 268
3100 508 301
3200 514 313
3300 508 320
3400 497 323
3500 486 324
3600 485 333
3700 489 345
3800 505 366
3900 525 390
4000 545 415
4100 559 437
4200 566 453
4300 566 464
4400 570 478
4500 578 496
4600 582 510
4700 584 523
4800 585 535
4900 581 542
5000 578 550
5100 574 558
5200 571 566
5300 568 574
5400 564 580
5500 555 582
5600 551 588
5700 544 591
5800 538 595
5900 532 598
6000 526 602
6100 517 601
6200 509 601
6300 499 599
6400 490 597
6500 480 595

....and I have never actually driven a big block. She should be a hoot!

Nov 10, 2004 | 09:23 PM

#46

68 Yellow 468

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Racer

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From: Austin Texas

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eddie 70

Oh yeah, that car is NCRS for sure, same as mine. We sould love to see the dyno sheet.
The pattern on the shifter ball makes it look like the car has OD. BB, FI, and OD, that is sweet. FI will probably be in the future for my car.

Eddie,
It is a Richmond 5 speed; the 5th gear is 1:1. Apparently, 5th gear at 70 MPH is somewhere around 2,700 rpms. Liveable for sure.

B.

Nov 11, 2004 | 01:32 AM

#47

Todd68

Racer

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From: Eagle WI

Quote:

Originally Posted by 300ZXTwinTurbo

Thank you everyone for the kind words on the car. Makes me feel better and better about my decision to purchase earlier than expected. It's a bit funny, but at 35 years old I do feel rather giddy about taking delivery of the car next week. I might even burn a day or two of vacation to get acquainted with her.
Bryan

Take the vacation, you won't be able to concentrate on anything at work anyway!

VERY NICE VETTE!

Nov 11, 2004 | 01:42 AM

#48

Corz

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From: Middletown Connecticut

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I remember seeing that car at LVD one time.. I'll just say it only made one run down the track before returning home

congrats on the purchase

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Nov 11, 2004 | 07:50 AM

#49

StingrayDK

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From: Denmark

Very nice

Nov 11, 2004 | 08:08 AM

#50

68 Yellow 468

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Racer

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From: Austin Texas

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corz

I remember seeing that car at LVD one time.. I'll just say it only made one run down the track before returning home

congrats on the purchase

O.K., now that's not fair. What happened at the track? Motor blow so hard that the hood hit the 7th row of the stands? A bolt of lightning mistake the vette for a lightning rod?

LVD stands for?

B.

Nov 11, 2004 | 08:19 AM

#51

Summerfun

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Corz

I remember seeing that car at LVD one time.. I'll just say it only made one run down the track before returning home

Quote:

O.K., now that's not fair. What happened at the track? Motor blow so hard that the hood hit the 7th row of the stands? A bolt of lightning mistake the vette for a lightning rod?

congrats on the purchase

Bryan,
Hopefully he meant that the owner was babying it too much to run it hard and wouldn't even do it twice!