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    Heavy Stering

    I've got an 86 vette and the car follows grooves in the road and if you get her fish tailin it's impossible to control because the stering is so heavy. It that normal for the year of car?:confused:
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    86 corvette rebuild

    Thanks guys I'll find a create drop in and save the original motor, what's the approximate cost of a new create c5 engine?
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    86 corvette rebuild

    I appreciate your reponse but I'm still confused, you say find a c5 engine and drop it in. Is that the cheapest (best) way? are c5 engines running 400hp? If I pull the 5.7l TPI engine is it worth anything for resale at 170000kms?
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    86 corvette rebuild

    I'm a complete rookie mechanic so I hope this question isn't too lame. I've decided to customize my vette but I wonder what I should do to be cost-effective. Would it be cheaper to have the engine rebuilt or just drop in a create engine chipped and tuned to about 400 hp? :confused:
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    Oil Pressure

    I've got about 170,000 km on my 1896 vette. What should the normal oil pressures be? I get up to 550kpa (80lbs) on cold start and 350 kpa (50lbs) at idle warm. I just had the oil changed with 5w-30 synthetic for older engines. Do these oil pressures seem normal?
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