Dave's 2002 Corvette

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri May 13, 11 4:47 pm

Drew it is a shame you and Lisa will have to leave for your flight before experiencing a Friday or Saturday night out "On the Toon" with me and wor Diana.

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Fri May 13, 11 7:23 pm

Dave wrote:Drew it is a shame you and Lisa will have to leave for your flight before experiencing a Friday or Saturday night out "On the Toon" with me and wor Diana.

We will be on Holiday every day will a Friday

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat May 14, 11 7:18 pm

drewcrane wrote:
Dave wrote:Drew it is a shame you and Lisa will have to leave for your flight before experiencing a Friday or Saturday night out "On the Toon" with me and wor Diana.
We will be on Holiday every day will a Friday

The night life is not very good during the week these days.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat May 14, 11 7:28 pm

Took the plastic pig to get it's nose painted on Wednesday and collected it this morning.

I was very impressed with the work done by Alan Logan at Alspray. http://www.alspray.co.uk/

I had a huge number of deep stone chips on the front which the previous owner had tried to cover up by rubbing it down with coarse paper and shooting an aerosol of not-quite-matching silver paint over the top.

Alan has done a great job for me and even gave the rear panel a machine polish at no extra charge when he noticed it was a little dull from someone repeatedly wiping the road dirt off instead of washing it off. It took Alan three hours just to mask the front end due to all the awkward lights and openings.

Cost was £350. Not cheap but I am well happy with the result.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat May 14, 11 7:37 pm

The car needs lowering badly.

I don't like all that air above the tyres in the wheel arches.

You can lower a C5 Corvette about an inch "quite easily" with the factory adjustments at each wheel. So I decided to have a go.

Problem is that although this might be "easy" on a dry state car, this one has seen a lot of road salt.

I was struggling with the adjustment so decided to un-bolt the bottom of the gas shock to make access easier.

First mounting bolt sheared right off with little effort.

I found an old Whitworth nut and bolt that was an almost perfect replacement but if another were to break I would be up the smelly creek for the Fastlane show tomorrow as I can't find anything else that would fit.

So I decided to leave this task for another day. I will buy some bolts first.

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Sat May 14, 11 9:52 pm

I bet your glad the body can not rust,one reason i have fancy ed a Corvette before

Nothing worse than your pride and joy sprouting rust.

Will there be enough clearance to go over sleeping policemen above 5 mph?

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat May 14, 11 10:29 pm

There isn't the clearance on a C5 to do that to start with!

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed May 18, 11 1:52 pm

Just found enough information to work out the power curve for my engine as standard.

RPM..................HP...............Torque
1000rpm.............57...............300lbs
1400rpm.............85...............320lbs
2500rpm.............161..............340lbs

4000rpm.............274..............360lbs

5200rpm.............350..............354lbs

Looks like it probably has a pretty flat torque curve from 3000-6000rpm and not a lot less all the way from idle.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue May 31, 11 6:23 pm

I am not the only member of my family to like a sports car.

Here I am with my big sister and her husband outside their house.

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Tue May 31, 11 9:23 pm

Is that an Eclat Dave?

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Tue May 31, 11 9:25 pm

...........and how is it possible to have a "big sis" at your age????????

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue May 31, 11 10:10 pm

Lotus Excel. Bought for £1800 and restored by my brother-in-law as a first time project.

And I have two older sisters thank you.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Jun 03, 11 9:15 am

Great pic. Love the Lotus. Looks a great resto too.

So how tuneable is your car with off-the-shelf parts Dave?

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Jun 03, 11 1:22 pm

Clivey wrote:Great pic. Love the Lotus. Looks a great resto too.

So how tuneable is your car with off-the-shelf parts Dave?

Everything is "off the shelf" for these.

http://www.aacorvette.com/performance/

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Jun 03, 11 3:32 pm

DAVE GET THE Si Trim SUPERCHAGER KIT. IT WILL BE WICKED!!!!!!