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Old 06-28-2009   #1
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And we wonder why the value of our cars are going down?



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Old 06-28-2009   #2
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This is exactly why the market for our Z's is getting smaller.

This is also why i say yank secondaries.

If you just have to keep the secondaries,you can buy the hard vacuum line and fittings at your local parts store use a hair dryer to bend the hard line into shape.


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That is just insane. And you watch. Some fool will buy it.
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Before I bought my Z, loads of f-body, C5/6, etc owners were jumping up and down naysaying my efforts to find one. "Good luck finding parts", "Hope you can afford repairs". That's the general consensus out there -- and as long as that holds true, the market for ZR-1s will remain limited. I don't expect that the unwashed masses have any interest in learning otherwise.
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Ouch! I thought paying ~$150 or so for plastic lines was steep. I guess I'm glad I got my car when I did. Everything I've replaced has since gone up astronomically in price.
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Ouch! I thought paying ~$150 or so for plastic lines was steep. I guess I'm glad I got my car when I did. Everything I've replaced has since gone up astronomically in price.
FWIW, that auction includes actuators and solenoids, from what I can see.
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FWIW, that auction includes actuators and solenoids, from what I can see.
I got my actuators for $50. And the secondary vacumm solinoid is only $36. And sombody had a link to somebody selling the secondary spider assemblies's for $98. That still doesn't come to $650. It pays to shop around. I've bought and sold many items on flea bay. But when I see someone trying to sell OEM wheel bearings for almost $300 a piece and I know corvetterecycler sells the same thing for $129 rear a piece and $199 front a piece you know who I'm going with.

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FWIW, that auction includes actuators and solenoids, from what I can see.
Ah, good point.
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Old 06-28-2009   #9
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And we wonder why the value of our cars are going down?



Yeah, look who is selling the kit. It is none other than our communities "friend" white racing products.

That is why I told another poster not to sell extra silicone kits to him because he will buy them up then resell them for a 300% markup

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I got my actuators for $50. And the secondary vacuum solenoid is only $36. And somebody had a link to somebody selling the secondary spider assemblies for $98. That still doesn't come to $650. It pays to shop around. I've bought and sold many items on flea bay. But when I see someone trying to sell OEM wheel bearings for almost $300 a piece and I know corvetterecycler sells the same thing for $129 rear a piece and $199 front a piece you know who I'm going with.

It does pay to shop around and wait if you can. I got an NOS OEM Delco vacuum hose/connector/spider assembly (under the plenum) kit for $85, a NOS OEM vacuum secondary for $36 and a NOS OEM actuator for $85...all off of the well know auction web site. I believe it's everything offered in the "Deluxe" kit being referred to, for way less than $650.

Everything...with maybe a few exceptions...you could/would ever want or need for a ZR-1, at one time or another has been or will be available in new or used condition on the popular online auction web site. It's just a waiting and watching game that has to be played. Then of course you have to compete with all the others waiting and watching.
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