Recent content by helphos

can you attach a picture of your fish tank valves???? That sounds like a great idea! I have speed bleeders on my corvette, but I work on my wife's car, too. (I might buy some, repackage them as "Racer Parts" and mark the price up 400%! )

I heartily agree with the sentiment that spacers will increase loads ( and wear) on wheel bearings. Plan on replacing wheel bearings much more frequently if you use spacers! And plan on checking regularly for wear on the wheel bearings so you know when they need replacing!

I know this is an old thread, but one consideration for spacers is to get wider wheels and tires than stock to fit under the fender wells. Just don't forget to put longer wheel studs on the hubs when doing this mod! I'd generally recommend against spacers, though. Like Sleeper said, get the...

I'm in a Corvette club and several of the members do track days on a regular basis. Our sponsoring Chevrolet dealer lets us use the lifts once a month, and I often see these members bleeding/replacing their fluid 3-4 times a year, and at the same time changing over from street pads to track...

Old Git, I love your Elan! I'd like to think that the Corvette is America's equivalent. My Corvette is a 50th Anniversary edition convertible. I love autocrossing it, but I can't help but think that a bone-stock Elan with a fraction of the horsepower would clean its clock!! (and yours is most...

Congratulations on your vision and your achievement! That little rocket looks like a blast to drive!

Then the photographer turns 180 degrees and takes this picture:

I'm from USA, which is helping set new standards for science-denial. The area I live in is actually doing well with social distancing and mask wearing, though. Last weekend my car club (Corvette Club of America) had our first autocross of the season, after cancelling numerous events. We...

I belong to a Corvette club (USA) and several of the members run their cars on non-competitive speed events called HPDEs (High Performance Driving Events). Last year one of them convinced the organizers to allow club members to go for ride-alongs and I took advantage of that. Had a chance to...

You're right that tires become a limiting factor, but most performance enthusiasts put wider tires on as well. When I had a '94 Corvette, I upgraded the wheels to wider wheels and larger diameter. That allowed me to put on larger brake disks and calipers. I'm not sure about the benefit of...

Looks very nice! Good work! Now I'm inspired to do my splitter.

I just saw this Mustang with an 'unusual' wrap from SEMA. It's not for everyone, bu I think it would look nice on my C4 Corvette. Despite the final look, it's not cheap!!

What Rob said... and with a car that's long in the tooth, the AC is not as spry as it once was. My Corvette is 22 years old! I'm going out and buying a pound of salt and giving it a go!!

I'd be interested in whether or not rice works!! My heater core sprang a leak and I fixed it by putting a sealer in my radiator. I plan to get it fixed properly in the spring, but for the time being, the sealer has sealed 99% of the leak. the other 1%, however, results in mist on the inside of...

You say sideways as though it's a bad thing! :p