1975 Plastic fantastic aka Corvette

[SuperBuickGuy]

Please understand that some of us have difficulty expressing emotions in the same manner as others and that I offer this with my sincere condolences.

Our thoughts are with you...Many years ago we lost our last two dogs in 26 days...It took us 4 years to accept the idea of another pup, but everyone has their own way of recovering... take care and know that our prayers are forthcoming!

Sorry about the loss of your doggy.

Sorry to hear about this.

Thanks, it means a lot

[Bob Holmes]

Sorry to hear about this.

[Scott Liggett]

Sorry about the loss of your doggy.

[silver_bullet]

Our thoughts are with you...Many years ago we lost our last two dogs in 26 days...It took us 4 years to accept the idea of another pup, but everyone has their own way of recovering... take care and know that our prayers are forthcoming!

[68scott385]

Please understand that some of us have difficulty expressing emotions in the same manner as others and that I offer this with my sincere condolences.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Man! That BLOWS!
Always HARD when the decision has to be made..
Comfort will come.. With time!

thanks guys - we did the surgery last May thinking she'd get a few more years. Problems then came manifold, she was getting a fish oil suppliment - and Stella got into the oil... which caused her to have Immune Mediated Thrombolitis (IMT), and that ended her trailing career. Then Rue started dry hacking, so I knew what was coming.... eventually last night, she coughed up blood and she was in obvious distress all night. Odds are Stella will catch something and go pretty quick too.... so yeah, I'm not in the best of moods right now because it seems like my best efforts and intentions failed.

oh well, I'll get out of this funk today and the bits for the Corvette will be here tomorrow.... so life will continue on. Plus, Rue did leave her nice legacy with her pups (Stella and Buick), it really was cute to see Stella playing with Buick in the same way she received from Rue.

Still, Stella is an amazing trailing dog and very good at training other dogs - so all isn't lost, life goes on.

[Deaf Bob]

Man! That BLOWS!
Always HARD when the decision has to be made..
Comfort will come.. With time!

[74NovaMan]

Well that sucks. Sorry to hear about your loss. I hate having to make the call. It's good she was around to train her replacements.

[JOES66FURY]

Sorry to hear your pup passed. They sure do leave a hole in your hear when they go...

[SuperBuickGuy]

last night she started coughing up blood.... it was inhumane to wait






I always said I want the patience of Rue. Job had nothing on her... but her spirit lives on in our other dogs

[SuperBuickGuy]

I'm going to put this here... only her shadow remains
RIP Rue

[SuperBuickGuy]

Ok, I know I should, but I'm lazy and don't want to go through 144 pages...Have you corner weighted the car?

no, but I did weigh it - 3100 lbs 52/48 front/rear

who cares, adding weight where you WANT it, is always better than non movable weight..

as for the air under the car/bottom breather.
I'd look at the 81 car, and maybe keep it bottom breather with a bigger air foil to keep air from going under the car, other than to get to the radiator , and use the side gills in fenders to let the air from under the hood.. as the air going down car sides will help suck the air out of under hood..
look at nascar (I know many here hate the sport) but they gain tons of speed when they add tape to the nose "grills" I'd leave the vettes grill less cone as is.. and manage the air undercar to only get to the heat exchanger or around to the side.. as with the body style you'll never get the leading nose edge low enough to limit the air that gets from tip of nose to the beginning of the front tires anyways.. not without a cattle mover added to the nose cone..

the issue is lift, not cooling. It's easier to control the amount of air into the car when it's not lifting the front end off the ground at speed (120 mph it really starts getting interesting)

the side grills are open already as is the cowl vent

one of the reasons I'm doing it this way is aesthetics - I don't want an 80-81 nose, I want to keep the 75 nose, and put an air dam in the stock location to keep air out from under the car.

[NewEnglandRaceFan]

Ok, I know I should, but I'm lazy and don't want to go through 144 pages...Have you corner weighted the car?

who cares, adding weight where you WANT it, is always better than non movable weight..

as for the air under the car/bottom breather.
I'd look at the 81 car, and maybe keep it bottom breather with a bigger air foil to keep air from going under the car, other than to get to the radiator , and use the side gills in fenders to let the air from under the hood.. as the air going down car sides will help suck the air out of under hood..
look at nascar (I know many here hate the sport) but they gain tons of speed when they add tape to the nose "grills" I'd leave the vettes grill less cone as is.. and manage the air undercar to only get to the heat exchanger or around to the side.. as with the body style you'll never get the leading nose edge low enough to limit the air that gets from tip of nose to the beginning of the front tires anyways.. not without a cattle mover added to the nose cone..

[Bob Holmes]

Ok, I know I should, but I'm lazy and don't want to go through 144 pages...Have you corner weighted the car?

[SuperBuickGuy]

so parts started arriving... I hate the urethane nose, it's wavy and, despite being flexible, doesn't line up with the car... the plan is pretty ambitious.
Replace the headlights with HID lights, change the vacuum actuators to electric push/pull actuators, the replace the nose so that air comes through those front grills - then get rid of the bottom breathing by blocking the holes and putting a better spoiler under to keep air out from under the car. Part of the airflow plan involves removing the license plate and replacing it with a grill. Obviously the bumpers will be gone, saving me another 20 or so lbs.
fiberglass nose


issue with the poly nose