I have an 84 vette that I love but a lot of vette guys are telling me it was a slow terrible car and that I could buy a cobalt ss and it would beat it. Why would chevy make a vette slow like that. Is there any positive things about the 84?

 

You know how they say there's no such thing as a stupid question? That's a lie.

If you don't think there's anything positive about your 84, sell it now, hurry. Go buy that Cobalt.

Maybe the next owner of your car will appreciate that even though the car is 24 years old, it still runs out strong. Maybe he'll understand it's the first year of a major redesign. Maybe that new owner will appreciate that the 84 handles like it's on rails, and is very competitive in handling, even with today's cars. Maybe the new owner will appreciate the lines, and the feel of a classic car. And finally, maybe the new owner will realize it's a 24 year old car, and that technology advances. That a 1984 Corvette is a nice machine, but it's a 1984, not a 2008 Corvette.

All of those things seem to escape you. If you're looking for someone to validate your ownership of that car, you aren't ever going to be happy with it.

 

Im not against the vette at all. I love this car more than anything. Im 17 years old and its my first car. I just thought it had more than 205 hp. To me it feels like it has more. and yes it does handle amazing and I never really thought about that because i havent hit a turn to fast yet .

 

And yet, you come here asking if there's anything positive about your car? No one can tell you what you should or shouldn't like. If it bothers you that ricers are faster, then you have several options:

Mod your 84.
Sell it and get a ricer.
Whine about it being a crappy slow vette.

Study your history. In the 70s there was a gas shortage, and American car makers were making the worst cars they ever made. A 1976 Corvette is possibly the worst Corvette ever made. It had about 176 HP.
The 1984 Corvette signifies the beginning of the end of making slow, lumbering Corvettes. The 1984 is the first Corvette to handle like a real sportscar.
But if your ricer buddies are going to annoy you when they talk about how a Cobalt SS could dust your car, maybe you need a different car?

 

By 1984 standards, your Corvette was as good as things got.

If you're 17 and thinking about compeating in a speed contest of any description, your folks should confiscate your keys immediately.

You should be cruising, not racing, and for that your '84 is perfect.


I meant on the street.

 

Magnum P.I.'s 308 was out-classed in every performance measure by the 87 Fiero GT. But at the end of the day, one guy is driving a Ferrari and the other is driving a Pontiac. Which one do you think anyone will be interested in restoring in 20 more years?

How many people still maintain their 1984 Civics or Preludes?

 

I think he was just a bit upset that people were ******* his car! He is 17 YO and it is not "cool" to have people talking smack about your car at that age, we have all been there!

NOW as mentioned above, you DO have a good car in many different ways. If you are going to do any auto-X racing, you have a GOOD staat with the 84. You are correct that it only has 200 +/- HP BUT it does have good torque and this is why it fells faster than 200 HP.

Spend some time on this forum and use the search function to learn all you can about your 84 and you will see that there are alot of GOOD things about it and what you can do to make it better. There are alot of mods you can do to the cross fire and some in here love them and are pretty fast. Others take the cross fire off and replace it with a TPI or carburator.

If you spend enough time and get enough info from this site you will be able to just laugh off the comments about the car. At the end of the day it is still a VETTE and not a COBALT!

FORGOT TO ADD!!!! Look at how many functions and events are corvette related compared to the Cobalt and other cars. You will find that you can fill EVERY weekend of the summer with some sort of function if you want.

 

I am not sure what your buddies are saying to you.

This topic has been beat to death and the '84 comes out looking pretty damn good every time.

Listen dude, all your ricer buddies are insanely jealous that you have a Vette. They will say anything to validate the fact that they just spent "X" dollars trying to hot rod a '93 Civic pizza wagon.

Yes, there are newer cars with insane HP. That fact will not leave anytime soon. But a Clean 23 year old car is always always respected. No matter how much HP or lack thereof. Notice the key phrase....."Clean 23 year old car"

If you have stickers and a wing stuck on that vette.......well I won't continue

 

1984 was the first year the Corvette was ever considered a WORLD CLASS CAR. Ask them if there car was ever considered to be world class?

Dave

 

take that back!!

 

All that really matters is that you love your car. There will always be cars faster that yours no matter how much horse power you buy.

 

Your 17 years old and own a Vette...it's all down hill from there baby! Enjoy your life, the detractors are always there no matter who your are, what you own or how good looking you are.

 

 

From a different point of view, who is going to haul the Prom Queen in the homecoming parade? Won't be in a Cobalt I wager.

 

Guys.........READ HIS FIRST SENTENCE!!!!!!!
And I quote: "I have an 84 vette that I love but a lot of vette guysare telling me.............."

A tremendous amount of the guys around here will "talk smack" about owners of '84 crossfires. They don't seem to appreciate the fact that it is a corvette and was a world class (as stated earlier) sportscar in '84. Some of the guys around here do appreciate that fact.

Don't let it get you down.

I have to disagree with that one.
My Father had me drag racing as soon as I was legal in a car. Took me to a local track almost every weekend and let me "run it out" as much as I could. I guarantee that if it had not been for that.......would have been racing in other ways (ways not allowed to be disussed here ).
I did not have the opportunity to x-cross then but that would have been a BLAST. Watch the show Pinks some time. It's all about street style drag racing done in a legal manner.

Will also add that taking it to a x-cross event can teach you so much more about the handling of the car than you could ever learn just using it for normal daily driving (and have a ball doing it).

Again......don't let the naysayers bring you down about owning a wonderful vehicle!

 

Hey I did that in '88 with a new convertible LeBaron!!!!
All my buds had to give me poop for running a hich school chick around in my car (she was a little hottie though)!!

 

I wish my first car was a vette, I had a 64 LeMans loved it till I wrecked it..being foolish. I am now 46 years old have a '84 with the crossfire and just love it would not trade it for anything..17 years and a vette owner all ready..enjoy it dude...

 

when i bought My '84 i was dogged about it BEING THE MOST PATHETIC LOOKING, SLOWER THAN A STEAM-POWERED CAR, they even debated whether or not it was capable of producing more than 50hp and one guy told me, (And i quote ) " My '82 camaro is currently propped up on cinder blocks in the front yard where My Dbl-wide is sitting, with no engine and it makes more horsepower "........to which i replied " Hmmm Thats really interesting since I can actually DRIVE My corvette and you can sit behind the wheel of yours and make ENGINE Sounds " ( That shut him down quick ) The '84 is not slow
...My c4 handles like a dream ( with better brakes ans a lowered suspension and the TPIS ZR1 Cat-back )

pretty quick for a cfi injected Vette and is quick for its 1st race on the 1/8 mile

 

The 84 was a world class car when it debuted! I love mine!


Go here for a forum just for crossfires-you'll learn a bit about your car and its future potential!
http://www.crossfire.homeip.net/cftest/

 

I wish when I was 17 I had a vette. It wasn't until 5 years ago I bought my first. Back in 84 the corvette was not considered slow by any means. Now a days sure it slower than a lot of cars, look at the hp these are producing and remember yours is 24 years old. In order to keep up you would need to modify it. When I first joined the forum and spoke with some other vette owners I was a bit disappointed in what I was hearing until I started doing some research on the CFI. And yes even some other vette owners put down the CFI and thats ok. I now realize that most times when people talk and put it down its only because they don't understand it. Remember the CFI was only produced in the vettes for two years. Everything before was carbed and after is all TPI. So yes for many they just don't understand it. My self included in the beginning. Now since I understand it its alot of fun.
There are so very easy mods to match the stock 85 and some 86's hp. Which is only 235. 205 isn't all that far away. Underneath that intake lies a 350 Small block just like the rest of them.
You can start your research here...http://www.crossfire.homeip.net a lot of good info there, and a lot of free mods that work.
I am now a true believer in the 84 and will never change my opinion on it. For your first vette I feel it's a perfect car to learn on. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks, what matters is your opinion its your car not there's.
You'll eventually get caught up in that crossifire.... most of us do!