90 ZR-1 need some info

[Z06scentair]

Originally Posted by GTOger

Oh yeah, I forgot about the headlight issue. Nobody likes a winking Vette, and they all do it. IIRC that was about $10 and an hour in the garage....

Same thing with the lumbars. They all fail.

Currently on my "to do" list is the 3rd brake light switch and reverse lights are inop. Does it take maintenance? Oh yeah. The car absolutely sticks its hand out from time to time. But on the flip-side, there's no payment to a bank, and I've had very few cars in my life that have consistently delivered the grins & chuckles this one does. When it's good, it's very, very good.

Thank you once again......I honestly feel this is the car in my heart.....when these feelings come to me the car usually comes to stay.


I'm not scared to wrench as I said before. Have just never turned a wrench on an LT5.

Im still mulling.....would be a relieve if someone here pops up and says that was my car and this has been done or that has been done, even negitive advice at this point would be useful.

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by Z06scentair

Thank you once again......I honestly feel this is the car in my heart.....when these feelings come to me the car usually comes to stay.


I'm not scared to wrench as I said before. Have just never turned a wrench on an LT5.

Im still mulling.....would be a relieve if someone here pops up and says that was my car and this has been done or that has been done, even negitive advice at this point would be useful.

Whats the car going for?The next Z you look at will need the same amount of work if not more if its an early car,injectors will need to be replaced regardless of miles.The one of the only maintenance items that need attention in a 90-92 are the injectors,all of the other items that fail in the car for the most part are C4 related.The injectors in my 91 died at 8000 original miles.I havent read all the posts here so I may have repeated some info here.The injectors alone with gaskets will cost maybe $800-$1000 depending on what injectors you go with.I just checked out the add,the cars a little high on price by a few thousand put if its a nice car id pay what the owner wanted but the injector issue would be something to negotiate on the final price.

[bdw18_123]

Originally Posted by Z06scentair

I'm not scared to wrench as I said before. Have just never turned a wrench on an LT5.

I wouldn't worry too much about that. If you've turned a wrench before and have 'mechanical' common sense, all you need is to learn the details of this particular engine and this community is great for that. I hadn't wrenched on an LT5 either when I bought my first ZR-1 off ebay sight-unseen (only pictures) and mine was a total basket-case; it didn't even run. Even some on this forum back then were saying it was a 'part-out' car before I bought it.

But I pretty much completely disassembled/reassembled the LT5 and even tackled the biggest job on this engine: timing it. I brought '90 ZR-1 #2299 back to life on probably the tightest budget of anyone here and had many miles of perma-grin ( ) in it afterwards. Here's a link to my restoration thread if you're interested (lots of pics!):

www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9693

Originally Posted by GTOger

..., I can attest that if you do decide to get the car and you run into something tricky, there is no better community to get you through it than this one right here.

I can definitely confirm that from personal experience. Had a lot of help from this awesome community and even some parts donations from a few guys here.

So I say, go for it!

[Z06scentair]

Originally Posted by bdw18_123

I wouldn't worry too much about that. If you've turned a wrench before and have 'mechanical' common sense, all you need is to learn the details of this particular engine and this community is great for that. I hadn't wrenched on an LT5 either when I bought my first ZR-1 off ebay sight-unseen (only pictures) and mine was a total basket-case; it didn't even run. Even some on this forum back then were saying it was a 'part-out' car before I bought it.

But I pretty much completely disassembled/reassembled the LT5 and even tackled the biggest job on this engine: timing it. I brought '90 ZR-1 #2299 back to life on probably the tightest budget of anyone here and had many miles of perma-grin ( ) in it afterwards. Here's a link to my restoration thread if you're interested (lots of pics!):

www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9693



I can definitely confirm that from personal experience. Had a lot of help from this awesome community and even some parts donations from a few guys here.



So I say, go for it!

Thanks,

Will be taking a huge leap tomorrow wiring bank to bank a substantial amount of money for SoCalErv's Red machine site unseen!

I trust Ervin is a stand up guy and has been more than honest about the car.

It has always been a dream to own a ZR-1 especially a car this nice. Plans are to NCRS to prove some points. Then drive the wheels off it!

[TCurtner]

So...how did it go?
My opinion (after owning many C4s, C5s and C6s) is that a ZR-1 WILL reward you for any work that you have to perform on it to get it up to snuff.

[Z06scentair]

Originally Posted by TCurtner

So...how did it go?
My opinion (after owning many C4s, C5s and C6s) is that a ZR-1 WILL reward you for any work that you have to perform on it to get it up to snuff.

Everything went great...the car has some small issues that Im working through, but all is good.

Really a cherry car that seems to be a very good potential NCRS candidate!

So far I have corrected bad air bag sensor grounding connections, replaced the plugs, polished the $¥!t out of it.

Tomorrow its running down an oil leak, potentially a manifold bolt loose. And then on to detailing the underside.

Having a ball so far brother.....thanks for asking!