Corvette cold-start

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44) 11/14/2017 at 10:29 • Filed to: #ReidusandCletus

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Paul Blart cold start fart. The poor Corvette sat neglected under a tarp for a full month. This weekend I went to wake it up and move it into the garage down the street. Here’s what 11.0:1 350 sounds like waking up from hibernation. Skip to 00:32 if you don’t want to hear me talking.  

lone_liberal > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 11/14/2017 at 11:04

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Sounds better than my 8.5:1 350. I really need to shim my starter better. Mine does start in about the same amount of cranking after siting for a while. You know the procedure, crank to get fuel pressure, pump the gas a few times, crank again, vroom.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > lone_liberal 11/14/2017 at 11:07

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Zoom zoom! The 35o is such a resilient motor. I have a mellow 350 in my ‘99 Suburban as well.

V8soundRIOT- Now Has a V8 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 11/14/2017 at 11:36

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I saw you were looking for a 454, would there be any interest in trading it for the 350 in the Vette?

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > V8soundRIOT- Now Has a V8 11/14/2017 at 11:38

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Thanks for the offer but the 350 in it is the original matching numbers mill for the car. Wouldn’t dare lose that one.

BritishLeyland™ > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 11/14/2017 at 11:54

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Man, those sidepipes...

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 11/14/2017 at 11:58

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i was so mesmerized by the hat i didn’t even notice the vette

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 11/14/2017 at 12:04

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You get one of those hats with your citizenship in Canada.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > BritishLeyland™ 11/14/2017 at 12:05

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Hooker race sidepipes with vestigial mufflers. They just neck the 4" pipe down to 2" straight through. No baffles.

CaptDale - is secretly British > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 11/14/2017 at 12:19

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Who needs leaf blowers when you have sidepipes?