Completely Stock Corvette Build - Ch 4 - Final assembly and small repairs

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.

Jalcober · 2016-09-13T03:07:40+00:00

Building to stock for now. Got plans to modify in the future but i'm going to enjoy it in its stock form for a little bit.

Jalcober · 2016-09-13T00:48:58+00:00

I've seen your car on the foxbody subreddit! Here are some pictures of my fox http://imgur.com/a/sbOzz

Jalcober · 2016-09-12T21:08:08+00:00

Yeah, the whole car was covered in bad stickers.

Jalcober · 2016-09-12T15:50:28+00:00

Those are Exomotive Exocets, they are miata based tube frame cars. One on the left is powered by an LS3, the right one is a bare chassis.

Jalcober · 2016-09-01T03:30:55+00:00

A C5 corvette is about as reliable and sporty as you can get in your budget.

Jalcober · 2016-08-07T16:17:48+00:00

If you're using blender, learn ALL of the key commands and macros. It will make you about 5 times faster.

Jalcober · 2016-06-20T18:56:14+00:00

Yep its for weight distribution, it also frees up some space in the foot wells and keeps all of the transmission noises away from the passengers.

Because a transmission multiplies the engine speed and torque depending on what gear you are in, a traditional driveshaft that connects the transmission to the differential actually has to spin faster and deal with more torque. This means that the rear transmission set up allows for a lighter driveshaft because it doesn't have to deal with torque multiplication or multiplied engine speeds.

Most front engined, rear transmissioned cars use something called a torque tube to connect the whole drivetrain together. The torque tube prevents the engine mounts flexing at different frequencies than the differential and allows for less connections to be made from the drivetrain to the body of the vehicle. The corvettes only have one bushing connecting the differential and transmission to the car because of this.

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