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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 06:10 AM
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I'm between "somewhat" and "very".
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by AILERON
Still learning but, I figure if I can fix an airplane, I can fix this Vette.
...same here.
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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Not an expert, have no desire to burn chips or custom tune, never got into auto trannies....but I have been working on cars for over 40 years, I am on my third vette and have built engines and done my own porting etc.etc. I really like the challenge of trouble shooting our EFI
engines..but don't even like the thought of working on new compacts...won't do it. I do it now for a hobby, whereas when I was younger it was a necessity.
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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by joecaver
I'm between "somewhat" and "very".
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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"Expert" like anything is in the definition. I've been building street, drag, autocross and road racing cars for 48 years. I've owned 4 Corvettes, 3 of them C4's including my current 93. I've literally taken a C4 apart and put it back together when I built my C4 SCCA ITE car. Am I an expert, I think so.

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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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I'm still in the learning curve on the C4. I have become expert on other makes and models. Knowing HOW to fix it is usually the hardest part of a repair.
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