Is your corvette slow?
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Is your corvette slow?
Ok i have owned alot of LT1 camaros and trans ams. Now i have a 1994 corvette. The Corvette looks brand new! 100k miles and no problems. Has new opti, plugs, wires, coil, cut airbox, magnoflo w\o resonator, new cats. I could probly get out and go around my car on foot.
The f-bodys i had seem alot "peeper" This car just seem very slugesh. Any ideas on what it may be?
The f-bodys i had seem alot "peeper" This car just seem very slugesh. Any ideas on what it may be?
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Ok i have owned alot of LT1 camaros and trans ams. Now i have a 1994 corvette. The Corvette looks brand new! 100k miles and no problems. Has new opti, plugs, wires, coil, cut airbox, magnoflo w\o resonator, new cats. I could probly get out and go around my car on foot.
The f-bodys i had seem alot "peeper" This car just seem very slugesh. Any ideas on what it may be?
The f-bodys i had seem alot "peeper" This car just seem very slugesh. Any ideas on what it may be?
Have you datalogged?
Are you the original owner? Have previous owner(s) been tinkering under the hood?
At 100k, maybe the engine has been run hard / abused. Checked compression? Checked timing? Fuel pressure?
I would check these things first before throwing money / parts at it.
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Maybe it is slow. Maybe it is not running / tuned properly.
Have you datalogged?
Are you the original owner? Have previous owner(s) been tinkering under the hood?
At 100k, maybe the engine has been run hard / abused. Checked compression? Checked timing? Fuel pressure?
I would check these things first before throwing money / parts at it.
Have you datalogged?
Are you the original owner? Have previous owner(s) been tinkering under the hood?
At 100k, maybe the engine has been run hard / abused. Checked compression? Checked timing? Fuel pressure?
I would check these things first before throwing money / parts at it.
This is good advice..WW
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the guy i bought ifrom was 85 yrs old and only put 1200miles on the car in 5 years. The car bone stock to the filter! Today noticed runs way worse when under hafl tank of gas. I checked everything when i did the tune up. I think i will pull the gas tank and clean it out. the fuel filter was clogged up some.
And the parts are not to fix the problem, i just like the way headers sound, and only going to a 3.73 gear.
And the parts are not to fix the problem, i just like the way headers sound, and only going to a 3.73 gear.
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All of the above is good advice, plus check exhaust back pressure / catalytic converters. Sitting can be bad on the car, like your clogged fuel filter seem to suggest. For a mini education on injectors: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...questions.html
Normally the LT1 is a very responsive engine, even the ones with 2.59 axle ratio - when they have the 3.07 axle ratio and feel like a slug something is wrong.
Thomas
Normally the LT1 is a very responsive engine, even the ones with 2.59 axle ratio - when they have the 3.07 axle ratio and feel like a slug something is wrong.
Thomas
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Go to the drag strip one day and see if you hit the numbers advertised for the car...or come close even. Seems like the easiest way.
Most people that own these cars thinks they are rocketships, so asking this forum if Corvette's are fast will get pretty predicatable answers. "Fast" is all compared to what your used to. If your used to driving a Dodge Caravan or a Silverado...yes they'll think its fast, even if its running high 14's.
Most people that own these cars thinks they are rocketships, so asking this forum if Corvette's are fast will get pretty predicatable answers. "Fast" is all compared to what your used to. If your used to driving a Dodge Caravan or a Silverado...yes they'll think its fast, even if its running high 14's.
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Sometimes the assometer lies. Only way to know for sure is the dragstrip or a chassis dyno. Since the car is new to you it would still be good to go through the above suggestions to make sure all is well and operating as it should.
Thomas
Thomas
