Chevrolet C-5 Corvette Header System Installation Instructions
Stock System Removal Under the Hood:
• Place the vehicle up on jack stands or a hydraulic lift to provide access to the bottom of the vehicle.
• For safety and to protect you car’s electrical system, remove the ground cable from the negative battery terminal.
• Carefully remove the fuel rail covers, from both the top left and right sides of the engine. To remove the right side cover – remove the oil filler cap first. Reinstall the cap after the cover is removed
We’ll work on the right side (passenger side) of the engine first.
• On the right side of the engine (passenger side) remove the bolt holding the oil dipstick tube to the exhaust manifold. On 2001 and newer C-5’s, remove the dipstick tube hold down bolt out of the head itself as opposed to the exhaust manifold.
• Pull the dipstick tube and dipstick out of the hole in the engine block and set aside for re-installation during a later step. Read more…
Categories: Autoscorner, Chevrolet Tags: Chevrolet, Corvette, Header, Installation, Instructions, System
Holley Contender Manifold for Small Block Chevrolet Engine
The Holley Dominator II Manifold, 300-36 has been designed for use on small block Chevrolet engines (265-400 C.I.D.). Its low-end torque and usable power range off idle to 7200 RPM makes it ideal for street and street-strip applications.
NOTE: It may be necessary to purchase some of the parts listed below (or the equivalent) in order to properly complete the manifold installation. Determination of equivalency is the responsibility of the consumer, and Holley does not assume that responsibility.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Remove the air cleaner.
2. Prior to removing any vacuum lines, identify the routing of the lines, and also, whether or not the source of vacuum is a “timed (ported) vacuum” source or “direct vacuum” source. (It is helpful to make a schematic sketch of the vacuum line routing). “Timed vacuum” sources and “direct vacuum” sources can be determined as follows:
A. Start the engine and allow it to warm up to operating temperature.B. With the engine idling, disconnect each vacuum line (one at a time) and note if there is manifold vacuum. If there is vacuum, the source is a “direct vacuum” source. If there is no vacuum, the source is probably “timed”. Check by slowly opening the throttle to approximately 2000 RPM. You should now feel vacuum from the “timed” source. Mark and remove the vacuum lines.
3. Disconnect the ground cable from the battery.
4. Drain the radiator. (It may be necessary to remove the bottom radiator hose, if there is no drain plug in the radiator). WARNING: Be careful of hot water and steam if the engine is still warm.
5. Disconnect the throttle linkage, transmission kickdown linkage, and choke from the carburetor.
download
GM prices 2011 Chevrolet Corvette range
The C6 Chevrolet Corvette has been around since the 2005 model year, but General Motors has made a point to keep its everyman sports coupe fresh with regular updates. For 2011, the big change is an upgraded Z06, with new Z07 and Carbon Fiber packages. One thing that isn’t budging much for 2011 is price, as most versions of the Bowtie sports car have reportedly gone up in price but $20 compared to the 2010 model year.
The base Vette starts out at a reasonable $48,950, and if you lose the fixed roof, the price jumps to $53,600. Move up to the Grand Sport and you’ll be staring at a $54,790 Monroney, while the GS ragtop is exactly $5,000 more than the base convertible. Move out of the GS and into the Z06 and the price rockets to $74,305. The Carbon Fiber package is $3,995 stand-alone package, while the Z06 Ultimate Performance Package (A.K.A. the Z07 package) is a healthy $9,495. The Corvette Blogger says the limited Carbon edition Z06 should come in at around $95,000.
First Drive: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze
Over a year ago, we sampled a Korean-built, Euro-spec Cruze and declared it the car that must save GM. Since then we’ve been bombarded with rhetoric about how THIS global compact will be different, conceived from the start as a world-beater that will sell in the U.S. as an aspirational compact (oxymoron alert!). We’ve been assured the proof of the pudding would be in the tasting, and today the chefs have called us into the kitchen to lick some beaters as the chefs add the final pinches of tuning calibration and dashes of refinement before the Cruze comes out of the oven this September.
On hand for our taste test were two competitive benchmark vehicles, the COTY-winning Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla (both 1.8-liters), and three 1.4-liter turbo Chevrolet Cruzes: a 2LT (upmarket trim on the chassis setup 70 percent of North American Cruzes will get), the fuel-economy-optimized Eco, and the top-shelf handling-optimized LTZ. Our drive was limited to a six-mile loop of mixed pavement surfaces on GM’s Milford Proving Grounds ride-evaluation loop.
Categories: Auto Review, Car Review, Chevrolet, GM Tags: Chevrolet
2010 Chevrolet Camaro Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Limited Edition Announced
Chevrolet has unveiled the 2010 Camaro Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Limited Edition replica.
Based on the Camaro 2SS (with the RS appearance package), the car features an Inferno Orange paint job, White Pearl rally stripes, a ‘heritage’ grille, Indy 500 decals, and 20-inch aluminum wheels. Inside, the cabin is outfitted with leather upholstery, embroidered headrests, and Inferno Orange accents.
Power comes from a 6.2-liter V8 engine with 400 hp (298 kW / 406 PS) and 410 lb-ft (555 Nm) of torque. Ironically, it is connected to a six-speed automatic.
