1982 Collectors Edition Corvette 41000 miles:

I bought this Corvette on the Forum so I wanted to post it for sale here first.

The car is absolutely amazing and I am blessed to have purchased it from a real Corvette guy. I bought it with about 33400 miles in January of 2017.

The car was owned for 16 years by its previous owner who was a total car guy and did mostly all the work himself at his bad *** shop. Originally these cars came with about 200 bhp. This one is putting out about 345-350 ish. It moves! But for a 35 year old Corvette it also drives pretty darn good with a minimum of rattles ect.

I have a whole book of his maintenance from when he bought it until he sold it to me and every bolt he turned….lol. To say the least it is extensive! I have the window sticker, and many, many original parts. It could be put back to the 200 bhp if anyone would ever want to do that. Everything he did to the car was first class and I have a pictorial of most of the work as well.

Since I have had the car, I have replaced all the belts, the alternator, passenger window motor, charged the a/c, and had the nuts replaced on the rocker arms and changed the oil. Pretty minor stuff considering the last driver really didn’t drive the car much and I have been driving it and enjoying it a lot. I could probably go through my list and add it to his list but I’m not really “that guy”. I have taken great care of the car in the time I’ve had it because the previous owner took such good care of it. Honestly, I just pulled out "The Book" just now for the second time since I bought the car and it is a lot of info to review. This was really one mans dream car!

Below is merely a sampling of the work done to the car by the previous owner. This is a very partial list. I have a zip file from the previous owner with so much information it will make your head spin just looking at it. There is also a wiring loom you can hook up to your car and your computer and tune or check the car. He also gave me a homemade balancer for the Crossfire injection system but it has worked fine so I haven’t had to use it. California smog ready. Passed with flying colors. The smog guy joked that it is almost an LEV. Added stock converter and flew right through. Have magnaflow also.

Take a look at the items below. There is a lot of money spent on these items. It was worth it because this car really moves. I used an iphone program called pocket dyno that I bought for my C7. Cost me 39 bucks and it showed 0-60 in 5.32 seconds and 1/4 mile at 106.52 on the 1982. I have no idea how accurate the program is but it felt about right. I only tried it a couple times because it is a 36 year old Corvette but it ran and shifted strong all the way through the 1/4.


25,392 11/19/2009 Replaced battery
25,415 01/03/2010 Replaced fuel pump with 1985 high pressure pump EP241/GM#25116163 and
installed replacement stainless fuel line w/pressure guage between TBI's,
set fuel pressure to 14 lbs, also changed TBI diaphrams and seals
25,461 04/01/2010 Installed set of Firestone Firehawk tires
26,180 11/19/2010 Rebuilt Alternator
26,267 01 thru 05/2011
Trick Flow® Super 23® 175 Cylinder Heads TFS-30300002
DCS Renegade Intake Manifold #37
COMP Cams Xtreme Energy Cam (XE249H), Lifter Kits & Timing Gears SK12-249-4
COMP Cams Magnum Steel Roller Tip Rocker Arms 1.52 & Push Rods RP1412-16
ARP Cylinder Head Bolts 134-3601
Dewitts Aluminum Radiator A77A
Ecklers Lower Radiator Hose A3585
Ecklers Spark Plug Wires A3422
AC Delco D336X Distributor Cap
AC Delco D448X Rotor
Airtex EGR 4F1064 (original Rochester BTO 17082807/25812)
Fel-Pro Oil Pan Gasket OS34510T
Fel-Pro Exhaust Manifold Gaskets FEL-1404 (custom cut)
Fel-Pro Head Gaskets Q7733PT2
Fel-Pro Intake Manifold Gaskets Q1205
Fel-Pro Valve Cover Gaskets FEL-1602
Fel-Pro Timing Chain Cover QTCS45121
Alternator Belt Dayco 15550 (1 inch bigger due to higher heads)
Air Conditioner Bell Dayco 17565 (1 inch bigger due to higher heads)
NKG-7373 Spark Plugs
Magnaflow Catalytic Converter 36440
Broke in cam using COMP Cams Break-in additive CCA-159, ran 30 min 2000-2500 rpm
Changed oil/filter after break-in
Lub'ed front end
Radiator Electrolysis tested at .070v (70mv) DC & .002v AC (ok if < .300v)
26,506 06/28/2011 Replacement compressor (see 3/16/2007 above) leaking, reinstalled original. Also installed a new AC pressure cyclings
switch (again replacement leaking)
27,320 11/07/2011 Installed new rear window hinges from Steve Simpson (simpson36@gmail)
27,375 01/23/2012 Replaced center gauge bezel, shifter console, AC light bulb
27,424 04/03/2012 Installed new ring/pinon 3.73 gears (Yukon YG D44-373 24031). Rebuild included new bearings,
clutch pack and center pin, all done by Vtech Corvette in IL. Also installed new speedo gears,
15-gray, 43-purple to sync speedometer to new gears, transmission rear seal, sleeve and o-ring.
Installed Addco OEM front sway bar. Speedo reads 62mph at 60, needs 44 tooth dark gray.
27,547 04/19/2012 4 Wheel Alignment
27,704 05/28/2012 Installed new seat foam
28,233 09/20/2012 Installed COMP Cams Magnum Steel Roller Tip Rocker Arms 1.6 CCA-1416-16
28,282 10/05/2012 Oil, Filter, Lub
28,561 01/23/2013 Had speedometer recalibrated and installed refaced speedometer to 140 MPH from Redline
28,572 01/30/2013 Cut out 1st gear detent in shifter, replaced 140 MPH face with NOS
29,190 05/25/2013 Removed cold air hood louvre assembly (solenoid is probably defective, wasn't opening)
29,323 06/22/2013 Replaced manifold temp sensor (ACDelco - 10045847)
29,580 07/17/2013 Replaced passinger power window motor, driver visor bushing, and reinstalled 1.5 roller rockers,
new NKG-7373 spark plugs, compression #1 217, #3 215, #5 226, #7 220, #2 225, #4 222, #6 220, #8 222,
New A/C compressor (original leaking at front seal) and orifice tube (old one was clean no debris),
changed diff lube
30,140 05/16/2014 Changed oxygen sensor
30,182 06/05/2014 New Battery
30,465 04/04/2015 Oil, Filter, Lub
30,569 05/15/2015 Replaced body mounts (8), replaced right front side marker light socket
31,028 10/09/2015 Replaced Tie-Rod ends (Moog), Idler arm (Moog), Pitman arm (Rare Parts), Shocks (Bilstein HD), speedo gear (44 tooth),
rear window weatherstrip, 4 wheel alignment
31,727 04/02/2016 Installed front end spreader bar
31,941 06/13/2016 Oil, Filter, Lub
32,017 06/26/2016 RetroSound Model 2 Stereo, RetroSound S-692 6x9 rear speakers, Kenwood KFC-4675-C 4x6 front speakers

Prices for some upgrades:
Summit Racing Aluminum Cylinder Heads SUM-162109 995.95
COMP Cams Magnum Steel Roller Tip Rocker Arms 1416-16 165.95
ARP High Performance Series Cylinder Head Bolt Kits 134-3601 64.06
Fel-Pro Performance Head Gaskets 4.125 bore .039 thickness Fel-Pro Q7733PT2 14.95
Intake gasket Fel-Pro Q1205 15.95
Exhaust gasket Fel-1404 16.95
Spark Plugs NKG-7373 $2.69/ea 21.52
Valve Cover Gasket .146 thick Fel-Pro Z1602 13.75
1,309.08
stock motor should have deck clearance of .025
with compress head gasket of .021
Stock plug ac45ts heat range 5

If you are interested in the car, please email me at msaporetti@yahoo.com and I can email you a bunch more info to look at. I’d like to sell the car quick as I hate long goodbyes. $18950 OBO.

These Pictures taken 10-15-18





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I believe pretty much everything is spelled out in the advertisement. I cut and paste part of his word file and it pretty much says all the modifications. I would imagine either he had the chip flashed or upgraded it.

Considering I’ve owned 13 Corvettes, i’d say the engine is making all of 340+. My last C4 LT1 put out 300 horses and this one feels a lot meatier. It’s also a heavier car and more old-school so I’d say the performance is on par with the LT1 C4. Not in handling but in braking and straight line performance it’s a little better.

There are also lots of books with the car and a complete flash drive full of the mods.

Mike

Mike