A few short clips of my Corvette C4. It's an '86 with the L98 Tuned Port 350ci (5.7 litre) and a 4+3 transmission. Great fun and goes very well! Has a fantastic road presence too - definitely worth having a go in if you ever get the chance...
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Gotta love the original 84-90 C4.
Best sound in the world and a very nice vette
yea i had an 86 vette with the 4 speed auto (wish it were manual) a few years ago, i loved that car tho. but with lots of problems from previous owner its out of commission. i have a 95 lt1 ill put a video up soon if ya wanna check it out later, just haven't gotten around too it.
this has always been my favorite dash
Thanks! Can't wait to own another one - hopefully this year, if other projects don't get in the way - but one will take a spot on the drive somepoint soon. Definitely be a 6-speeder this time though, so being picky it'll probably have to come from the States as there aren't many 6 speed L98's with the digi-dash over here :)
nice vette man!
Wow, an astonishingly beautiful homestead you have. Reminds me when I lived in England and fell in love with that gorgeous country side.
so retro... but SO damn good! my great uncle wants to sell me his for 5 grand, its in mid condition to!
Thank you, I apreciate that info.
Hi Horacio, Around town and on short trips about 18 litre/100km - on the motorway about 10-11. You can get quite a lot more by fitting a performance exhaust, a decent filter (ITG for example) and by uprating the ignition system slightly with a decent coil and better plugs. One of the club members that has done just that tends to get about 9 litre/100km on the motorway! The later ones are more efficient - the ones with the 'LT1' engine. Mine used to average 10.5 litre/100km - and automatic!
Hi LashoutUK, Can you please tell me how much litres/100km does it consumes? thanks
.....under acceleration during cornering, which would provide a rather entertaining (or alarming) moment of power oversteer..... It was quite a charming thing, in a 'retro' way and I did like it (coming from my Triumphs with a similar overdrive). They are quite reliable but once you start having problems with them, it gets expensive. Taking care of it (like clutching when going to engage it) prolongs the unit's life considerably it seems. A straight 5 speed or 6 would be a much better 'box!
Thanks!
The 4+3 - well, it was a computer controlled overdrive that would kick in once a certain RPM had been reached (then stay in, unless you accelerated hard). Normally it'd operate across 2nd, 3rd and 4th. I think it used to engage at about 2000rpm and above a certain road speed. There was a switch on top of the gearstick though, so you could engage - or disengage - it as desired - or just turn it off and use it like a 4 speeder. Pretty fun but a bit clunky and could occasionally disengage ....
how did the 4+1 work exactly? I heard they were junk, is that true?
Great looking vette :)
Don't know, unfortunately - they came with the car, as they're a requirement in the UK. I have seen them on UK ebay a few times, but I suspect one of the UK suppliers like Claremont or Eurovettes could source them for you?
Nice car porn ;)
with no problems
where do you get those amber colored taillight lenses? cant find them anywhere
im getting one for 3.5k, but i know a guy ahha.
blue book value for a "new" one is only 8000
I wanna get a vet so bad.... do you think 6000 canadian will get me a C4 wtih only a few problems
they arent as common as a stupid toyota but they arent rare anymore
I bet you envy us americans in this respect, many times we pay no attention when we see a corvette, because of how common they are. :P But very nice sounding C4! Looks great!
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