Recent content by E-TownC8

I assume you bought the Z51 option, yes, that's all the brake ducts and stuff for track use. You can read the manual / instructions, but you don't want to use any of the ducts that allow or direct cooling air towards the brakes - in street use, they also direct water, dirt, mud, etc. all over...

50 years ago, they said we'd all have flying cars, and robots would do all our work so we wouldn't have to. Still waiting... Don't know enough about this Astron engine, but looks like it has very small compression / expansion volume to make 400 hp - and there's limits to thermal efficiency of...

There's quite a few news stories out there about people that were refused warranty work because they couldn't prove they had performed the required maintenance, so if you want to risk that to save a couple hundred bucks on an oil change, well, how lucky do you feel... as Dirty Harry said...

I had a quick look and GM doesn't seem to make their own gasoline stabilizer - they make a fuel conditioner that's meant for cleaning fuel injectors etc. but not the antioxidants and corrosion inhibitors that a fuel stabilizer has. "Corvette Forum" has some discussion on it, most people use...

You could also try spraying some ether starting fluid into the carb to get the engine to fire - but don't overdo it, or you could damage the engine. If it won't fire from that stuff, it's likely something else that's wrong. If it does fire: Your car should have a mechanical fuel pump, lower...

Sorry for making fun of your spelling. News to me, but you're right, modern batteries are OK to store on a concrete floor - old habits die hard, I guess. In our climate, I'm still not a fan of leaving batteries in cars over the winter at -30-40C - too many dead batteries and cars that won't...

Best winter storage practices, and why, as a Mechanical Engineer, car guy, and former fuels quality assurance specialist for one of the major Canadian oil companies: Fuel tank: try to run your tank down a bit, then fill it up, with a shot of fuel stabilizer - e.g. "Sta-bil". The fresh gas and...

Looks real purty from the topside, but I would suggest getting a good mechanic familiar with older 'Vettes to put it up on a hoist and tell you what you've got. You didn't say where you are, where this car is, where this car spent its life, and was it driven in the winter, or did the salt air...

You didn't say what year the car is - low miles for a 2014 will be different than for a 2019, especially if there was more than one owner. And as Le Baron says, how the car was driven (even on the street) will affect wear and tear. If I had to guess, low mileage would be 6000 km/year or less...

For all those E-Ray owners that are going to drive their cars in the winter :snowplough: they could also punch some holes in the roof and install a ski rack. And the trunk in the back will give 'em a little more traction on the back wheels after the electric drive runs out of juice....

Lots of possible causes, not enough info to tell. First off, is it manual or automatic? How many km? How well-maintained is it? Idle in neutral should be more like 500-800 rpm. Most likely a fuel system issue, carburetor, fuel line / filter, plugged tank strainer, old or bad gas, water or...

Seriously cheezy... But it would go nicely with Thrush decals and stick-on eyelashes around the headlights 😎

Where do you start on this discussion... C8 Z06 and M4 are 2 different animals. The Z06 is a no-holds barred track car, with engine, transmission gears the entire power train designed to maximize drag strip and racetrack performance - 0-60 mph, 0-100 mph, you name it. A lower final drive...

Or you can put a couple of wraps of hockey tape on the end of a regular socket...