My 78 Corvette

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     My site is finally starting to come together. I just bought a digital camera so there will be more photos soon.
      So here's my story: I bought my Vette in August of '95, I was on a military income at the time so I wasn't able to buy in mint condition. The car had some minor engine problems but mostly cosmetic. After driving the hell out of it for about 6 months I cracked the heads. This was actually good news 'cause I wanted to rebuild the motor anyway. After saving my peddly E-3 income, I rebuilt the motor with lots of goodies like Edelbrock performer RPM aluminum heads, performer RPM intake, 600 CFM carb, forged pistons, big cam, High stall converter, etc. etc. After getting it all put together I had lots of fun with it for about 2 years. Then one of my friends put a TPI unit in his truck and I started getting crazy ideas. Well my ideas turned into reality when I found a complete TPI unit from a '91 Z28. About the same time I was getting out of the military and getting a real job, The car has since fallen on my priority list.
I have since moved from Tucson AZ to San Antonio TX and now I'm in Staten Island NY, which is my original home. (Update: I moved to Phoenix AZ) I've finally started to tinker with the car again. I've got the TPI completley assembled and wired up but my computer decided to crap out on me, so when I get the computer I will post the results.

UPDATE: I put the new computer in, sorted out some more wiring problems and what do you konw, IT RUNS. Just as I expected the distributor that came with the TPI unit wasn't any good so I'm in the prosess of changing that along with putting in a milder cam. More updates shortly

UPDATE: Distributor is changed, cam is changed and she runs great. My newest problem is that my alternator won't charge the battery, I already changed the alternator but that didn't help. It's probably wiring. :( More to come.

UPDATE: Alternator problem is fixed. turned out to be a missing generator idiot light bulb was missing. If I didn't witness it myself I wouldn't believe it either.

UPDATE: Car is now in Phoenix AZ with me. I now have my own garage so now I can tweak the car whenever I want. I've worked most of the bugs out of the system and it seems to run fine.

      I've put in some really good Tech Links that I have found into this site. Click on Tech Links above to check them out. Most of those links I've gotten from the forum members. (Thanks to all of them for the info) If you know of any sites with good information email me and I will add them to this site.

Be sure to check out the 78 Corvette Electrical Troubleshooting Manual thats on this site.

Thank you for dropping by, and remember to check back again, as this page is updated as often as possible.

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