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Build Your '53-’62’s Suspension for Like-New (or Better) Handling
Straight-axle Corvettes all utilized the same basic suspension with little variations to the design. By today’s standards, the... more |
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A 1-Hour Program to Revive Your C4’s Visors
Weekend projects have an incredible effect on us Corvette owners. They provide the ultimate win-win situation. When the tools are all... more |
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Caught in the Cross-Fire
Whether it merits it or not, the Cross-Fire engine’s performance often gets a bum rap. That’s not always a bad thing, though. Let... more |
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Giving a '57 Corvette Dash a Facelift
Hard to believe that the dashboards on the ’53-’57 Corvettes were the targets of some criticism when they were new. While you... more |
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Building A Tunable C5 Suspension
When building the C5 Corvette, GM engineers had to consider the broad range of future owners. A compromise between ride and handling was... more |
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Refined Behavior
Corvette Fever editor Ronnie Hartman has an ’84 Corvette. We have seen it a few times. When asked why she drives it so sparingly,... more |
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’68-’82 Corvette Suspension Upgrade
In one respect, the ’68-’82 Corvette’s front suspension isn’t much different from any other vehicle on the road today.... more |
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Better Windshield Wipers
Driving a straight-axle Corvette can be a real thrill. These cars are the earliest history of Corvettedom, but the price for being a... more |
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Replace Hidden C4 Light Bulbs
The ’84-’96 Corvettes are great cars when everything is running smoothly. Refinements evolved through the entire production run... more |
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Change Rear Bearings
Brake-rotor runout is a major concern on mid-year Corvettes, and owners often simply remove the trailing arms and have them rebuilt, having... more |
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Gear Swap
One of the best ways to get a great launch from your Corvette is to swap out the ring-and-pinion for a lower (higher numerical) gear. This... more |
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L98 to LT-Wonderful
When we first started on the ’85 Corvette, dubbed Project ’85, it was merely a shell of what it had once been. Parts were... more |
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Restoring ’57 Corvette Seats--Part I
The ’57 Corvette, just as the year prior, had distinctive interior panels that featured small squares embossed into the interior... more |
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Restoring ’57 Corvette Seats--Part II
For quicker downloads, we've broken this story into two parts. In Part I, we'll look at the steps involved with the seat bottom. In Part... more |
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ABS Brakes
ABS brakes are a complex but valuable asset to the Corvette driver. As with many complex systems, they require some attention from time to... more |
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Air-Cooled Comfort, Part II
In the last installment we looked at a few problem areas that haunt many of the shark-era Corvettes. Now we'll look at some improvements... more |
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Gauge Upgrade
There's no doubt that the dash cluster of the C5 Corvette can be a little dusky in appearance, and this is only accentuated when the... more |
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Rebuild Your Interior
Shark Corvettes have been around for 20 years or more, and many of them could hardly survive, let alone pass for a Survivor Award. That was... more |
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Air-Cooled Comfort, Part I
The shark years ('68-'82) typified for many the finest in styling of all Corvettes. When hearing the word Corvette, swoopy lines and... more |
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Installing a 700-R4 in a '77-'81 Corvette
One of the improvements that every automatic-equipped Corvette since 1982 has over the others is the 700-R4 transmission, which contains an... more |
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Rearend Gear Swap
Changing the rearend gears has always been one way to make major improvements in how a car launches from the line. The C5 Corvette obeys... more |
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Upgrade The Bose Stereo System in C4 Corvettes
The Delco-Bose stereo system in the C4 Corvette has changed over the years, due to improvements in materials and technology. This is good... more |
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Click here to subscribe online! If you're having a problem with your subscription or want to change your address, send a detailed e-mail... more |
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Engine Swap
A black LT5 is a lot like a white elephant. Very rare and extremely powerful. When George Bonafide located this black, MerCruiser-prepared... more |
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Opti-Spark Options
The Opti-spark distributor is positioned on the front of the engine underneath the water pump, and works well in its designed... more |
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