General question and help please
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Racer
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From: Charleston South Carolina
General question and help please
Hello evryone
I am about to purchase a 98 vette 6 speed coupe. I was woundering if there were any trouble spots i should look for on the car it has close to 100K on her but looks new. I was also wondeing are these cars hard to tune and upgrade. Do they vary from the 99 and up on the hand held programers. Please any and all advice is welcome . Thanks in advance for your time every one.
I am about to purchase a 98 vette 6 speed coupe. I was woundering if there were any trouble spots i should look for on the car it has close to 100K on her but looks new. I was also wondeing are these cars hard to tune and upgrade. Do they vary from the 99 and up on the hand held programers. Please any and all advice is welcome . Thanks in advance for your time every one.
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1. wobbly harmonic balancer
2. gas gauge/oil pressure gauge working
3. Don't buy a hand held programmer yet. Read up on it and think about your goal first. They are limited and you can do a real "tune" for the same price. (which is only useful after you mod the car)
4. Look for any mods done. (up to you if you want them)
5. Look at the rear fascia around the license plate/lights for shinny speckles (oil). It means the rear seals are leaking.
6. Drive the car in sharp figure 8's and listen for grinding. Ltd slip ain't slippin.
other usual stuff.
2. gas gauge/oil pressure gauge working
3. Don't buy a hand held programmer yet. Read up on it and think about your goal first. They are limited and you can do a real "tune" for the same price. (which is only useful after you mod the car)
4. Look for any mods done. (up to you if you want them)
5. Look at the rear fascia around the license plate/lights for shinny speckles (oil). It means the rear seals are leaking.
6. Drive the car in sharp figure 8's and listen for grinding. Ltd slip ain't slippin.
other usual stuff.
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Racer
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 325
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From: Charleston South Carolina
Awesome stuff guys
this is gonna be a dream car for me so i don't want to buy a turd please keep it coming
this is gonna be a dream car for me so i don't want to buy a turd please keep it coming
1. wobbly harmonic balancer
2. gas gauge/oil pressure gauge working
3. Don't buy a hand held programmer yet. Read up on it and think about your goal first. They are limited and you can do a real "tune" for the same price. (which is only useful after you mod the car)
4. Look for any mods done. (up to you if you want them)
5. Look at the rear fascia around the license plate/lights for shinny speckles (oil). It means the rear seals are leaking.
6. Drive the car in sharp figure 8's and listen for grinding. Ltd slip ain't slippin.
other usual stuff.
2. gas gauge/oil pressure gauge working
3. Don't buy a hand held programmer yet. Read up on it and think about your goal first. They are limited and you can do a real "tune" for the same price. (which is only useful after you mod the car)
4. Look for any mods done. (up to you if you want them)
5. Look at the rear fascia around the license plate/lights for shinny speckles (oil). It means the rear seals are leaking.
6. Drive the car in sharp figure 8's and listen for grinding. Ltd slip ain't slippin.
other usual stuff.
Melting Slicks
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From: Katy Tx
also check on service record on column lockup (see stickys)... do a CLB right away if none already installed.
probably obvious but check inside of front tires--
nortorius for inside edge wear - especially if set
up for autocrossing etc.
probably obvious but check inside of front tires--
nortorius for inside edge wear - especially if set
up for autocrossing etc.
Burning Brakes
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one of the handy features on the C5 is that you can pull the diagnostic trouble codes by just using the buttons on the dash - do that to see if anything troublesome shows up.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=26&TopicID=1
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=26&TopicID=1
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If you can befriend a service person at a GM garage, he could get all the dealer service ever done on the vehicle. Figure $1,200+ for tires, if needed. As mentioned, a leaky driver's side rear axle seal is very common. Look up 'leaky butt' as a sticky. Good luck.
PS, maybe there's a CF member close by that would give you a hand. Put out a call here.
PS, maybe there's a CF member close by that would give you a hand. Put out a call here.
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There are plenty of Vette's out there with lower milage. Unless you know the owner of this car and know how it's been treated, I'd keep looking. There are enthusiast's and there are "sports car owners". The latter will neglect and abuise. Enthusiasts will take care of and appreciate their cars.
It's a buyers market. Don't jump at the first Vette you see.
It's a buyers market. Don't jump at the first Vette you see.