New vette owner :)
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Racer
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: NorthEast
New vette owner :)
Hello. Last summer I was very fortunate and was given a 1978 SA vette as a gift. Overall the car is in fair condition and will need some TLC. I have no prior service records from previous owners, so am I going through the car front to back and top to bottom and essentially inspecting all components. My goal in the end is to have a solid driver that looks, sounds, and runs great and maybe turn heads when the car drives by.
The car has 36k miles on it and the engine is tired. I just recently changed the the intake to an aluminum Edelbrock performer, Edelbrock 600cfm electric carb, removed the air cleaner housing and replaced with an open air filter concept, plugged the EGR, new cap, rotors, and 8mm wires, new water pump, timing chain, timing cover, valve covers.
The valley actually looked pretty good with just a slight build up of carbon.
I know the factory paint for the motor is corporate blue but I decided to go back to chevy orange. My valve covers and timing cover are orange too. Not a big chrome fan but there will be 1 or 2 small pieces that will be chromed just for accent. Everything else is orange and gloss black.
Great news is the underside of the car has held up real well since this car has lived in New England all its life.
Look forward to sharing my resto journey with everyone and I sure am open to any suggestions. Ttyl
The car has 36k miles on it and the engine is tired. I just recently changed the the intake to an aluminum Edelbrock performer, Edelbrock 600cfm electric carb, removed the air cleaner housing and replaced with an open air filter concept, plugged the EGR, new cap, rotors, and 8mm wires, new water pump, timing chain, timing cover, valve covers.
The valley actually looked pretty good with just a slight build up of carbon.
I know the factory paint for the motor is corporate blue but I decided to go back to chevy orange. My valve covers and timing cover are orange too. Not a big chrome fan but there will be 1 or 2 small pieces that will be chromed just for accent. Everything else is orange and gloss black.
Great news is the underside of the car has held up real well since this car has lived in New England all its life.
Look forward to sharing my resto journey with everyone and I sure am open to any suggestions. Ttyl
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Welcome to the forum! 
Introduce yourself to the folks on C3. There you'll get the most informed answers to any questions. Good luck
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-general-119/
Introduce yourself to the folks on C3. There you'll get the most informed answers to any questions. Good luck
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-general-119/
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