My first Car
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Joined: Feb 2023
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From: Aurora, CO
I really couldn't have imagined a Corvette as a first car. Congratulations! The interior looks really nice. I had to pull my ZF trans because 4th gear blew out. All in all, removing the trans wasn't too difficult, although handling it will teach you the meaning of the term Dead Weight. I'd recommend at least changing the slave cylinder, fluid, pilot bearing, and rear main oil seal while you're in there. Enjoy your new ride!
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From: Rochester NY
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OP has been silent for 2 months. Either it's fixed and he's driving the wheels off it, or he found more problems than he expected to deal with. Hey Jacob, how are things going with the ride? 
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From: Northern VA
Interesting thread. My 17 y.o. son just saved up and bought a 94 base coupe 6 spd with 68K. It's his second car he's owned but first manual. I owned a 92 back in the day so this certainly brings back memories (both good and bad). I've been second guessing myself letting him get a vette. He's responsible but he's still 17. He's going to attempt to daily the car and I promised to help him here and there with as I've had a few C4's. He wanted to learn manual but there was no way I was going to teach him in my C7 Z06! His first painful le$$on was the car didn't pass inspection. 15 year old tires and bushings...
Hope the OP updates this thread as I'd like to know how he's doing with it. These cars are 30 + years old now. Simple by today's standards but dodgey electronics even when they were only a few years old. The previous owner of his replaced the opti which was a selling point for me.
Hope the OP updates this thread as I'd like to know how he's doing with it. These cars are 30 + years old now. Simple by today's standards but dodgey electronics even when they were only a few years old. The previous owner of his replaced the opti which was a selling point for me.
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I really couldn't have imagined a Corvette as a first car. Congratulations! The interior looks really nice. I had to pull my ZF trans because 4th gear blew out. All in all, removing the trans wasn't too difficult, although handling it will teach you the meaning of the term Dead Weight. I'd recommend at least changing the slave cylinder, fluid, pilot bearing, and rear main oil seal while you're in there. Enjoy your new ride!
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From: Gulfport, Mississippi
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From: Central Kansas – early 1977 L-48 Coupe in Classic White, aka the Sunset Stripper
2023 C4 of the Year Winner - Unmodified
Both of these happened, I had it fixed and running good for a little bit but around the end of May one of the coolant lines broke on my way home and blew the head gasket. I just saved up enough money to get the engine rebuilt as a 383 stroker and should be on the road again before halloween
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So far I’ve only been able to drive it 10ft out of the garage, still waiting on some sensors to come in the mail. I’m planning on taking it to a local dyno once I get everything buttoned up
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So it’s been at the tuner for 2 days now and we found out not only was it running rich from the new cam, but the o2 sensors were pegging out lean so it was dumping even more fuel. That’s all they told me and said they’d keep me updated with issues or call me when it’s done, I also asked if they could record some pulls to post on here since I can’t just drive over to New Orleans whenever to see it.
