Dave's 2002 Corvette

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Jul 15, 11 1:35 pm

Pete wrote:I just assumed the hair on your back was the same colour as the hair on your palms.............

Pack it in Pete. You know damn well i don't have hairy palms.

...it wears off.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Jul 20, 11 7:51 pm

Got a new bike this week that is actually the right size for me. My Dads bike I had been using was too small.

But when stood next to the Corvette I suddenly realised just how low the 'vette is.

The roof of the 'Vette is higher than the seat of my pushbike by a mere 6 inches.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 06, 11 2:28 pm

Timing slips.....

Three runs.
First run was short shifted to get the feel of it.

0.5474 Reaction
2.0593 60ft
8.769 @ 83mph to the 8th mile
13.50 @ 102.88 to the quarter.

Second run was an abortion due to hitting the rev limiter twice.
But a better 0.4497 reaction.

Third run felt "perfect". Reaction was 0.4253.
Shifts were bang on and i really felt it was the best run.
But it was only a 13.749 @ 100.83mph

So my conclusion from this is that GM got it right to start with and I would have been better off leaving the shifter in "Drive".

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sat Aug 06, 11 2:50 pm

Dave wrote:Timing slips.....

Three runs.
First run was short shifted to get the feel of it.

0.5474 Reaction
2.0593 60ft
8.769 @ 83mph to the 8th mile
13.50 @ 102.88 to the quarter.

Second run was an abortion due to hitting the rev limiter twice.
But a better 0.4497 reaction.

Third run felt "perfect". Reaction was 0.4253.
Shifts were bang on and i really felt it was the best run.
But it was only a 13.749 @ 100.83mph

So my conclusion from this is that GM got it right to start with and I would have been better off leaving the shifter in "Drive".

my bros car was just the same dave,
bone stock chrysler srt 8
13.71 102mph in auto
he then did a pass shifting manually but he was against a car on open pipes 16.00

he said the guys with the really quick black estate car had said dont manual shift it will be slower, not by that Bananarama! amount i said he then mentioned that there was a yellow light on on the dash till he shifted in to top and that it had no guts what so ever in the lower gears,

zombie his traction control was cuttin the mtrs power till he hit top he obv could not hear it spinning its tires up the track with the noisy car next to him, gotta love an older dumb brother,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, he is mine i can say that..

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 06, 11 2:56 pm

The vette limits rpm by shutting the fuel off so you really know when you have hit the limit.

Sorry I didn't see you on sunday mate. I did look but couldn't see you anywhere.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Aug 06, 11 3:26 pm

sounds the same as the GN Buick..i could never better the trans in drive over the quarter...I think Ians GN is the same 11.7 in drive

Trigger_Andy · Post by **Trigger_Andy** » Sun Aug 07, 11 10:08 pm

Just one question Dave.

Do you like your Penis?

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Sun Aug 07, 11 10:18 pm

Do you like his penis then ???

Trigger_Andy · Post by **Trigger_Andy** » Sun Aug 07, 11 10:20 pm

Rich wrote:Do you like his penis then ???

Having never seen it I cant really answer that!

I was just curious after reading his sig......

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Aug 07, 11 10:22 pm

How did we get from shifting techniques to penises? Oh yes, Andy has just joined the thread

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 27, 11 1:42 pm

It had to happen.
Got a letter in the post this morning from the Police.

Seems they have a snapshot of me doing 41mph in a 30 limit.

Second time in over 30 years? The first time was in the late 1980s I think.

Still. Could have been a LOT worse....

Must have been a mobile cam. My Tom Tom usually warns me of those but didn't on this occasion. I should have updated it on the PC before going out.

I tried logging into the website to see the snapshot but it will not let me. I know I am putting in the correct details.

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Sat Aug 27, 11 2:10 pm

OOPS! Man I hate those things, revenue gougers that is all they are,BULLCRAP

I am not convinced they make the road safer,

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Sep 09, 11 2:18 pm

No wonder Hot Rodders use Corvette parts on their street Rods. There are so many sources for cheap used parts.

But you can even find good deals on new parts. There is a guy on the UK Corvette forum advertising a NEW crated LS1 engine for £4K "delivered".

It cost me and Mrs Woodhead almost that much to have the Challengers 440 hot tanked and machined at Hauser's years ago.

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Fri Sep 09, 11 2:28 pm

Dave wrote:No wonder Hot Rodders use Corvette parts on their street Rods. There are so many sources for cheap used parts.

But you can even find good deals on new parts. There is a guy on the UK Corvette forum advertising a NEW crated LS1 engine for £4K "delivered".

It cost me and Mrs Woodhead almost that much to have the Challengers 440 hot tanked and machined at Hauser's years ago.

There are so many Vettes and parts out there,the market is saturated with both over here,

my bro tried to sell his 86 somewhat custom vette at auction,low miles very clean car and the highest bid was 12.5 k

HE DIDNT SELL, he wanted 20k and spent more than 3 k just shipping the car back and forth to Monterey Cali

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 11, 11 9:43 pm

Dave, did you and/or the Corvette win a trophy at the Euro Nats? I think I saw a picture, but no info why you were awarded?