I need basically my engine restored on my 1975 corvette. Not sure exactly what went wrong with it as its been sitting a few years and I never diagnosed it ever since i got so pissed the day it went down on me. Think it overheated and blew a head, doubt the block is cracked.

anywayssss, is anyone willing to work on it, i dont care how long it takes you to fix it, and the best part is that you can do whatever you want to tinker around on it and see how fast u can get this baby to run...its a 400 smallblock, i would of course pay for the parts and all that mess, but like i said as far as labor goes i dont want something thats done in a week, just something for you to mess around on and see what u can do with it, im tryin to get it where i can sell it anyways for a manual or a 60s model, so if anyone knows where i can find one lemme know, one that needs work of course as i did all the restoration on this one myself.

just give me some feedback plzzzz, and maybe some estimates as to how much it would cost for a regular grease monkey to fix it for me.

9/28/2006 12:30:54 AM

you want a regular grease monkey... to fix up your old corvette? and see how fast they can make it??


how much have you had to drink??

9/28/2006 12:44:24 AM

i admire you lack of concern for properly restoring something of value, that is only going to increase in value in years to come.

not to mention the whole preserving an american icon thing.

9/28/2006 12:46:24 AM

you basically want someone to work on it for next to free so that you can sell it and by a different car?
This sounds like some crap I would think up.

[Edited on September 28, 2006 at 12:58 AM. Reason : l]

9/28/2006 12:58:00 AM

optmus u obviously didnt read the wholeeeeeee thing

what i want is basically what skack said

i want to preserve it and someone to do it right, but i also want them to have something to show with it, like something they can show to others about their work, keep it original for the most part to the untrained eye then have something in the guts of the car that are a showstopper. its all original right now and if someone would rather just keep it original and rebuild it thats fine as well...i just dont need it dont need it done anytime soon and take ur time.

i prolly wont sell it but id loev to have a 60's model seeing as how they are going for $texas these days

9/28/2006 1:08:36 AM

stop eating all that pork


and lay off the weed kid

9/28/2006 1:29:34 AM

i'll give you a hundred bucks and a 12 pack for the vette end put an end to your vorries

9/28/2006 4:16:38 PM

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"its a 400 smallblock"

one of the worst gm engines ever produced...water jacket is shitty and cylinder walls to thin....thats why it prob overheated...dump that shit and get a 350 or 454....

9/28/2006 6:19:53 PM

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"i want to preserve it and someone to do it right, but i also want them to have something to show with it, like something they can show to others about their work"

wtf? this makes absolutely no sense on a number of levels.

1. anyone experienced enough to PROPERLY restore such a car is not going to work for free, or anywhere close to it. you might as well go to jiffy lube and ask them to do it.

2. anyone experienced enough has no need to "show off" their work. they will have a reputation/credentials that preceeds them.

3. you've already said you plan to sell the car after the work is done. even IF you found someone, how would they get their repayment of showing the car to people?

gg for coming up with one of the most ridiculous ideas i've seen around here lately. you don't even deserve to own such a car. it's like letting a crackhead have a kid.

9/28/2006 7:43:29 PM

or a kid have a crackhead.




part of the deal of having a restored car is EITHER paying someone the big bucks to do it right OR doing it right your damn self.

NOWHERE IN THIS HOBBY IS THERE ROOM FOR THIS SHIT JT3BUCKY, get the hell out and get a new hobby. may i suggest model trains. chump.

9/28/2006 9:30:23 PM

yea considering i dont know jack shit about internal combustion engines


i did completely take apart the car though inside and out to do the restoration, pretty much a full body off rest. so as far as the overall rebuilding i did ALL of that myself, which isnt too easy for those people that dont know how corvettes were built, which was a pretty terrible way back then

and yea i didnt think anyone in this area had the time for this kind of thing, prolly get my buddy back home to give it a try, only problem it took him 8 years to completely restore my dads firebird, hopefully wont take as long for just the engine here, and he has credentials dont worry, one of the best in NC, been on the discovery channel for some cars he made a few years back

9/29/2006 5:21:34 PM

yeah yeah yeah we can all tell by the way type that you dont know jack shit. go put a ls1 in a porsche or something

9/29/2006 8:29:06 PM

God I hate those cars

9/29/2006 9:28:31 PM

ahaha wait

this is a '75 automatic?

[Edited on September 29, 2006 at 10:54 PM. Reason : when did that become not a piece of shit?]

9/29/2006 10:53:14 PM

if you're willing to yank it out and bring it over here, i could rebuild it for ya in about 2 weeks

9/29/2006 11:49:41 PM

Maybe Chip Foose can Overhaul it for you.

Why don't you drop the engine and rebuild it again in your spare time. If you've already done it once it can't be all that hard.

[Edited on September 30, 2006 at 9:17 AM. Reason : a]

9/30/2006 9:14:53 AM

im telling you that 400 small block is crap.....and if you cracked a head from overheating you are gonna pay some good money to get it running well before it craps out on you again.....you would be better off with one of these esp since you dont know shit about engines.....the question is can you even install one??.....the 454 might be a problem because of space....i mean how god damn fast do you want this fucking thing to be??....and how much money do you want to spend???

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&catalogIdentifier=Jegs_Direct&categoryId=22419&parentCategoryId=10763




you might could go with this one instead....little cheaper too....

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&catalogIdentifier=Jegs_Direct&categoryId=19685&parentCategoryId=10763





is your tranny a TH350???....that will have an effect on what you can do....

[Edited on September 30, 2006 at 10:48 AM. Reason : ]

9/30/2006 10:46:32 AM

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"the 454 might be a problem because of space"

why would it be a problem when it was a factory option in the c3?

also, the flaws of the 400 aren't really relevant here. a large part of retaining the value of such a vehicle is keeping it numbers matching. he's already said his goal is to get it into shape, and sell it for as much as possible. while another motor may make it a more enjoyable/reliable vehicle, it's going to drop the value by a few thousand.

9/30/2006 5:59:07 PM

nvm

[Edited on September 30, 2006 at 6:14 PM. Reason : actually read the comment bbr was responding too]

9/30/2006 6:13:27 PM

you can do amazing things with a th350

9/30/2006 10:37:02 PM

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"im tryin to get it where i can sell it anyways for a manual or a 60s model"

missed this part....oh and manual trans 60's vette = te$as

10/1/2006 1:12:21 AM

Quote :

"why would it be a problem when it was a factory option in the c3? "

i am not a vette person but i am sure that under the hood shit is layed out differently for the small block....i am sure it would fit but might require a lot of extra work to move things around....

10/1/2006 12:09:30 PM

10/1/2006 12:55:09 PM

kind of like switching an auto car to a manual...we all know it can be done but it is a pain in the ass...

10/1/2006 12:58:05 PM

10/1/2006 1:01:46 PM

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"The 1975 Corvette is introduced with no big-block 454-ci engine option, and all models include catalytic converters. Ordering a 1975 Corvette was simplified down to two engine choices: the base 350 V8 making a hideous 165 horsepower or the L82 making 205 horsepower — both exhaling through a catalytic converter. A modification to the bumper system meant the '75 Corvette's rear bumper cover was now a one-piece molding, unlike the '74's that had an unsightly seam down its center. But the Corvette was still amazingly popular with Chevy selling 33,836 coupes and 4,629 convertibles during the '75 model year 1975 Corvette Options RPO# DESCRIPTION QUANTITY $ RETAIL 1YZ37 Base Corvette Sport Coupe 33,836 6,810 1YZ67 Base Corvette Convertible 4,629 6,550 A31 Power Windows 28,745 93 n/a Custom Interior Trim n/a 154 A85 Custom Shoulder Belts (std with Coupe) 646 41 C07 Auxillary Hardtop (convertible only) 2,407 267 C08 Vinyl Covered Auxillary Hardtop (convertible only) 279 350 C50 Rear Window Defroster 13,760 46 C60 Air Conditioning 31,914 490 FE7 Gymkhana Suspension 3,194 7 n/a Optional Rear Axle Ratio 1,969 12 J50 Power Brakes 35,482 50 L82 350ci, 205hp Engine 2,372 336 M21 4-Speed Manual Transmission, close ratio 1,057 0 M40 Turbo Hydra-Matic Automatic Transmission 28,473 0 N37 Tilt-Telescopic Steering Column 31,830 82 N41 Power Steering 37,591 129 QRM GR70x15 White Stripe Steel Belted Tires 5,233 35 QRZ GR70x15 White Letter Steel Belted Tires 30,407 48 UA1 Heavy Duty Battery 16,778 15 U05 Dual Horns 22,011 4 U58 AM-FM Stereo Radio 24,701 284 U69 AM-FM Radio 12,902 178 UF1 Map Light 21,676 5 YF5 California Emission Test 3,037 20 Z07 Off Road Suspension and Brake Package 144 400 "

it looks as if he already has a bastard car and it wouldnt fit without some serious work because it wasnt even an option on that model year....that vette doesnt have the matching numbers value anyways so dump the 400 small block

10/1/2006 1:09:00 PM

bigblueram is right, even if it wasn't offered that year, it still was in that body style vette in years past, thus not a big deal. There isn't very much to move around in the engine bay that isn't attached to the engine on old GM stuff anyway.

10/1/2006 1:40:25 PM

i never said he wasnt right....it will fit but might be a pain in the ass....possibly involving moving radiator, brake booster, master cylinder, fuel lines, a/c components, etc...that '75 might even need to have the engine mounts changed out??....ive never put a 454 in a vette.....i only know pontiacs which is GM but the 350, 400, and 455 are the same block so it makes it easy and engine changes are easy....but when it comes to the matching numbers value thing, that car is already fucked plus it is a mid 70's model like my car so there isnt really a huge market for them as being classics quite yet...




looks tighter than a dick in an asshole....

10/1/2006 2:17:28 PM

you dont know shit either.


this thread is the gayest thing since gay came to gaytown.

10/1/2006 2:23:18 PM

haha

10/1/2006 2:24:41 PM