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Lesson learned.....alignments that are perfect for a weekend autocross apparently are not perfect for someone who drives as much as I do.
My car had a lot of camber, I believe...appeared to be set up that way for autocross. I don't know, since I have never autocrossed, but the P.O. had said that it was set up for that specific purpose.. I replaced the rear tires, and figured I'd replace the fronts soon since they were getting thin. Sure enough, I notice they are wearing bad on the inside. Ordered new tires, and headed off to my friendly local alignment shop. Surprise #1- they have filled in the pit that they've used for years and have replaced it with a new lift. And, since my car is low, there's no way for them to get it on the rack. No problem, I'll find someone else. Nope. Not in 50 miles....until today. I finally found an old school guy who still has the pit. Unfortunately it'll be nearly 3 weeks before he can do it, because he's that booked up. Oh well. In 3 weeks I'll put less than 1000 miles on it, so it shouldn't jack my tires up too bad. As much as I love it, I kinda wish the P.O. had left the ride height stock... On the bright side, the wife didn't squeal too loudly with anger when the new tires came off the UPS truck. BTW, it pays to befriend/bad influence the UPS guy. Since he drooled over my '96 until he went and bought his own the other day, he has called with lots of C4 questions. In return for my friendship and knowledge- he calls when he has parts for me. Today's call went like this- " Hey, Bob, I got tires on the truck for ya. Do I need to meet you up town so the wife don't see 'em?" He's gonna be a great friend I'm thinking...... |
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You nailed C4 ownership in one paragraph. Every time mine gives me trouble I cuss and swear this is the last time, it's going on CL. And as soon as it's fixed I'm in love and can't wait to hop in and go. |
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I don't know- I just know that 1) I don't want the underside of my car ripped to heck by someone who doesn't know what they are doing and 2) it's all good now that I've found the guy with the pit. |
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Lest you think he only pizzed off the CF crowd, check out this one from SmokinVette. He's trying to convince everyone he has a stock 409 in his vette.
87 corvette 409 stock engine ? [Archive] - SmokinVette.com Forums |
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It's feeling like old times in here! TMT, I found your baby pic
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Ahhh those awkward teen years
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Y'all ain't right. My UPS guy called last night and wanted me to come drive his new purchase "to makes sure it drives right". Got my mind blown. I pull up- '96 Collector's Edition drop top, 47k miles on it. Looked showroom new. Probably the closest thing to a new C4 I've ever saw and definitely the nicest I've ever drove. If it was just an LT4 car, it'd be perfect. |
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