most detestible corvette repair job

[mike mccagh]

up until today it was my opinion that restoring a c-1 hardtop was the leader of the pack. no more. try removing a set of stock headers from a LT5 engine while its still in the ZR1 engine bay. mike

[Philip C.]

Re: most detestible corvette repair job AAAHHHH

Need a great set of headers that bolt right in no fuss no muss? Phil 8063 AKA Sidepipe Phil

[Verle R.]

Re: most detestible corvette repair job

Mike,

If you go another step, try to remove the LT5 heads while it is still in the engine bay.

A challenging operation.

Verle

[Joe L.]

Re: most detestible corvette repair job

Mike-----

There are LOTS of service operations on a C4, ZR1 or otherwise, that make work on earlier cars seem like child's play. The C4 Corvette is the most complicated and "content-rich" Corvette ever built, before or since. It will likely be the "high water" mark in Corvette complexity for all time, too; I don't think that we'll ever see another Corvette like it.

[Clem Z.]

that is what happens when they take a

older designed car or truck and have to update it to the latest std of emissions and safety. the 87 truck was the same way vs the new designed 88 truck when you look uder the hood.

[mike mccagh]

Re: most detestible corvette repair job AAAHHHH

sidepipe phil: yes, i'd be interested in a set of aftermarket headers for an LT-5. who made them and what ya need for them? thanks, mike

[mike cobine]

Re: most detestible corvette repair job-ROFL

Years ago, I made a comment on another Corvette group that the LT5 was nothing more than the Lotus 907 engine finished, i.e., both banks of cylinders.

Well, I got back tons of flack, how it was all redesigned, etc. But I had to change the distributor in a 907 and guess where it is? Right under the intake.

They were partially right, the 907 was 2 liter slant four and its original V8 config would have been 4 - 4.5 liter max. So they redesigned by making it BIGGER, to 5.7 liter, because the original wouldn't stretch past 4.5L.

Using Lotus to design a Chevy was just asking for trouble. It is amazing the thing didn't need the chassis replaced every 50,000 miles. Believe it or not, the chassis was a normal maintenance item on older Loti.

I own a Lotus. I'd have to think long and hard about owning a ZR1. Interesting to have, fun to drive, %$#&%# to maintain.