Recent content by Justin Roberts

I guess I should clarify that the time was for cap/rotor, plugs, wires, and figuring out why the hell it won't start afterward. Still horrible, though. The cap is pretty easy if you take the two relays above it off of the firewall. Two screws hold the bracket on and just push them out of the...

The first time I did that job it took six hours with the help of a very competent friend. The next time it took six hours by myself. I had everything sitting around to do it with for about three months the second time. It's just something that I hate to get started on.

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That's exactly what my Sy was doing until last weekend. Plugs, wires, cap, and rotor and it runs strong again. Set aside an afternoon, it's a PITA.

Get one with a warranty. You don't want to do this more than once every ten years. I did mine twice in one year. It would have been easier to ban religion.

It must be the salt air of the coasts. We get very few ricers in the midwest. The ones we do have get walked on by guys in clapped out '73 Firebirds and laughed at on college campuses. Clean air, big lawns, low cost of living... ahh. Seriously though, the kids only seem to be into this stuff...

I think they've got it. What does a new Viper go for? About $70-80k? Half only makes sense when applied to one of the criteria listed above and that's price. Putting the Vette at $50k. That leaves yes and [B]little less (20%) to apply to weight and horse power. That gets you either a 2400 lb...

I can keep a secret. :wink:

I don't know how stock your truck is, but you should be able to take him. He only has a few choices on launching and they all suck. He can bog, he can slip the clutch, or he can dump it. Dumping the clutch is the only way he'll ever beat a Sy/Ty off the line, and he'll do it maybe three times...

In an interview with Business Week, Bob Lutz said that he wasn't looking for more power in the '03 Corvette. Instead he wants to lighten the car. He wasn't talking about the Z06 specifically, but some of the lightening will undoubtedly have an impact.