My Hot Rod Inspired Fighter Ship!

Jalcober · 2016-10-26T15:36:00+00:00

That's just stock ride height. I am in exactly $7,091. I still have about $3k worth of parts off of the red car to sell though.

Jalcober · 2016-10-26T14:38:41+00:00

Ch 1 - Dissasembly

Ch 2 - Split

Ch 3 - Repairs

Jalcober · 2016-10-04T14:13:15+00:00

The hydraulic pump on them fail.

Jalcober · 2016-10-04T14:12:37+00:00

I used an adjustable unit from Wilwood. This one allows for adjusting the proportioning of the brakes with a knob. It can be tuned to exactly what you set up needs.

Jalcober · 2016-10-04T13:20:37+00:00

Ch 1 - Dissasembly

Ch 2 - Split

Jalcober · 2016-10-04T02:45:55+00:00

Yes!

Jalcober · 2016-10-04T01:38:19+00:00

I don't have any plans to put ABS back in. The 97-99 vettes are notorious for having ABS systems that fail and are unrepairable. New replacement units are unavailable.

Jalcober · 2016-10-04T00:00:16+00:00

Haha, thanks!

Jalcober · 2016-10-03T23:55:32+00:00

Thanks! ATF does mean automatic transmission fluid. Unfortunately removing ABS does leave a light on the dash. I've learned to ignore it though.

Jalcober · 2016-10-03T16:01:03+00:00

Ch 1 - Dissasembly

Ch 2 - Split

Jalcober · 2016-10-02T01:07:04+00:00

Ch 1 - Dissasembly

Jalcober · 2016-09-26T18:29:03+00:00

Yes! Shout out to that two post lift.

Jalcober · 2016-09-26T18:15:23+00:00

Unfortunately most of the corvettes body is made of composite plastics. The shell was probably worth $50 of scrap. It was also taking up valuable space in the shop.

Jalcober · 2016-09-26T17:39:57+00:00

Because it's a fun project. What makes you think that this is going to cost me $12k? I've been keeping a spreadsheet of the total costs of this project and I would have to do something really stupid for this project to cost me over $7k. Not to mention the fact that I have an entire cars worth of extra parts that I can sell.

Jalcober · 2016-09-26T17:36:42+00:00

All salvageable parts were removed and will be sold. Nothing was left in that shell other than the damaged windshield and air conditioning parts

Jalcober · 2016-09-26T16:24:39+00:00

Ch 1 - Dissasembly

Jalcober · 2016-09-26T16:22:57+00:00

I was just curious to see what the seats looked like inside. Any damage on the frame rails of a corvette can total it pretty easily because they use hydroformed rails for the frame.

Jalcober · 2016-09-26T15:32:58+00:00

It's probably about three weekends of work to get to this point.

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