[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Evan Smith

Terry, I can appreciate and respect your love for early muscle and your history as a racer and tech guy. Who doesn't love those cars? They were amazing in looks, power and performance. They had character, that certainly lacks today, and there were many more cars and options to make them more personalized from the factory.

But new cars rule in terms of drivability, performance, economy, comfort and safety. A new Camaro or Mustang can run 12s stock and 11s or 10s with a few bolt-ons. They last about 100,000 miles longer than any old car and to the contrary, you can work on them, even though you can't twist the distributor and change jets. And with all do respect, just because you hate them and don't accept them, doesn't mean you have to have such negativity towards them and the state of racing today.

I don't know what year your Vette is, but we see a ton of cam and head swaps on LS cars, gear changes, intake and throttle body upgrades, stroker kits, carb conversions, etc. There are plenty of modified LT and LS GM cars.

My Vette is a 21,000 mile 1991 L98 engined convert. I will have to use a chain saw on the passenger side fender and A/C box to change the back 2 (#6 and #8) spark plugs.....lol. Ive had to replace the injectors already and removed a few pounds of meat from my knucles in the process. I dont want to think about removing the 700R4 trans. and that was when I had a four post car lift before I moved. I thought about buying the 2003 D/SA Corvette listed on the forums "for sale" list but after looking at it at Palm Beach race way a few weeks ago I decided its more suited to someone who is used to those cars. It is a nice car but it still needs engine blue printing to really fly. I dont HATE the new cars.....I just dont care for them and would rather have the older ones that use US bolts and nuts. Thats just me. Im no fan of the metric system either. Although the quality of engine materials have improved I believe the ability to last longer and have better gas milage has more to do with the 2 series rear gear sets installed today and the O.D. transmissions. My Vette ticks over at about 1500 RPM at 60 MPH where in the past most auto engines ran upwards of 2500 to 3000 RPM. Each to thier own.