Any reliable corvette shops in the CA bay area?

[-=Jeff=-]

I would suggest reaching out to Marc Haibeck. It might be in your best interest to ship the car to IL to his shop. I think the place you took it to does not seem to know these cars..

mhaibeckz@gmail.com

http://www.zr1specialist.com/

[WARP TEN]

Originally Posted by -=Jeff=-

I would suggest reaching out to Marc Haibeck. It might be in your best interest to ship the car to IL to his shop. I think the place you took it to does not seem to know these cars..

mhaibeckz@gmail.com

http://www.zr1specialist.com/

I second Jeff's suggestion if you can. Vacuum leaks are quite common, often under the plenum, and that is a fix that is certainly possible for you to tackle yourself if you're handy, as many have. Marc has a very good video on how to remove your plenum and there is lots written here about fixing vacuum leaks. This forum is a huge resource for C4 ZR-1s, with lots of experienced members willing to help.

However, as Jeff says, if you have just bought the car the very best thing you could do for it is to ship it to Marc for a thorough going over. Your ZR-1 is, after all, more than 30 years old. I understand of course that may not be in your budget, but if you plan to keep the car a good while and if you can do it financially, I would strongly urge you to do so. I did that when I bought my 19,000 mile '95 in 2012 and it was the best (very reasonably priced) money I could have spent (although I admittedly live fairly close to his shop, so no big shipping charge to deal with). He changed all the fluids, changed the serp belt (hanging on by a couple threads), checked everything and made sure it was running right. He found issues that I would never have even thought to ask about, and even found a hidden car alarm installed, which I had him remove. When I got the car back it was running perfectly and continued to do so for many years. Until of course I sent it back to him for his 510 HP package and then it ran even better! Good luck with your new ZR-1!--Bob