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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 02:19 PM
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Went and cleaned up a mess that was made. Started getting out the radiator and such parts. Waiting on a new condensor so I can get the shroud area done.



I'm thinking these should match the shroud.


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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 03:18 PM
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Your helper does good work! Want to hire him out? I have lots of peanuts....

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I'm thinking these should match the shroud.


That sounds like a great idea!
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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Those peanuts come in Corvette parts. They aren't cheap for a mid-yr
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Do my eyes deceive me or do i see a intercooler??
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 08:35 PM
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Those peanuts come in Corvette parts. They aren't cheap for a mid-yr
Those peanuts add up, I have a 55 gallon drum full of them. Where can I cash them in?
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 10:09 PM
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The makings of arguably the best C4 to grace this forum
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by littlesk8cracker
i like that you have your son helping you, i remember my first car experience. i helped my dad change a water pump on his jeep. i was hooked after that. now i teach him everything!
Kyle..that got me to thinking why I'm into cars so much. I didn't have a answer as to what sparked it for me. I do know it was at a early age. I'm the only gear head in the family or black sheep. My dad was a chemical engineer and made rocket propellant. So I ask my dad...some where around 73-4 dad was driving us around and come upon a truck with a race car on a trailer with a flat tire. He gave them his spare and I got to sit on the race car. Dad said that's when it started...he said all I did after that was sound like a car.lol Flash forward 25 yrs and I find myself jumping off a wall in front of a race car changing front tires. 9 yrs ago I gave up that life to spend time with my son. I see in him the spark I have about cars but never had any one to teach me when I was young. And the race car I got to sit in was a guy I meet many times in the past yrs and didn't know it until yesterday. Such a small world.

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Do my eyes deceive me or do i see a intercooler??
Yup

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Those peanuts add up, I have a 55 gallon drum full of them. Where can I cash them in?
I bet we got the same pile...

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The makings of arguably the best C4 to grace this forum
Of all the nicer C4's, how many have you seen as a daily driver?
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 12:54 PM
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Of all the nicer C4's, how many have you seen as a daily driver?
You have one of the nicest DD i have ever seen. with any luck mine will grow up to be more like yours.
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I have done lots of things in my life that I'm proud of, lot more that I'm not. But having my son take every nut and bolt out, and figure out how to take a engine trans out really made me proud......without drawing blood Last of the dirty pics. Waiting on some parts to get back from plating and I'll have some good pics.








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I have done lots of things in my life that I'm proud of, lot more that I'm not. But having my son take every nut and bolt out, and figure out how to take a engine trans out really made me proud......without drawing blood Last of the dirty pics. Waiting on some parts to get back from plating and I'll have some good pics.







Awesome !! I cant get mine to do his homework "without drawing blood"
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Old Apr 5, 2012 | 11:46 AM
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That hood is epic, where did you get it?? Is it a functional scoop?
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He made it himself, and yes it's functional.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-f...-out-here.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...y-on-a-c4.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...d-sanding.html
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OP do you do this for a living?
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ah never mind i read your profile... that will explain why you are so good at this
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First time to have every thing fitting in the front. I still have a few brackets to make for the inter cooler. Mocking up the brake booster in a few day. If all fits I just need a new trans lil paint and then its time to rock&roll.










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45 mins later and a drill bit we almost have a c6 booster and wilwood MC mocked up other than the lines


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45 mins later and a drill bit we almost have a c6 booster and wilwood MC mocked up other than the lines


VERY nice.

I assume you're going to go with C6 brakes then?

What size is the MC?
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VERY nice.

I assume you're going to go with C6 brakes then?

What size is the MC?
I am using the same brakes. It's 7/8 bore
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whered you get the c/f radiator cover?
advanteges of the c6 booster/MC?
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Originally Posted by littlesk8cracker
whered you get the c/f radiator cover?
advanteges of the c6 booster/MC?

I had it made, its in one of the threads somewhere. The booster give me more room for the hot pipes.
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