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Purists - Look Away!

Posted: 10/11/11 10:18am Message 1 of 44
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Vette(s): 1976 Silver/Firethorn. L48, 4spd. Original 2 bolt, vortec heads, 9.4:1 CR, Speed Pro Cam: 224/224@0.050, 112 LSA, Eagle Steel Crank.
Now if someone goes to the trouble of peaking through the slots in my Rally's they may think I have Brembos in there!  



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1976 Silver/Firethorn.  L48, 4spd.  Original 2 bolt, vortec heads, 9.4:1 CR, Speed Pro Cam: 224/224@0.050, 112 LSA, Eagle Steel Crank.
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Posted: 10/11/11 3:24am Message 2 of 44
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Vette(s): 1981 Blue Ice Met. w/pearl ghost flames TKO500 5speed. LS1 Swap 3.45 Dana 44.
Looks great! Thumbs Up

I'm going to do red calipers on mine when I change from rally wheels to Torque Thrust D's in a few years.




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Posted: 10/11/11 4:55am Message 3 of 44
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Vette(s): #1-1974 L-48 4spd Cp Med Red Metallic/Black deluxe int w/AC/tilt/tele./p/w-p/b/ Am-Fm/map light National/Regional/Chapter NCRS "Top Flight" #2-1985 Bright Red/Carmine Cp.L-98/auto Member: NCRS, NCRS Texas, Corvette Legends of Texas
HEY!!!! That ain't Chebby ORANGE!!!

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Posted: 10/11/11 5:29am Message 4 of 44
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Vette(s): 1979 Corvette Coupe Corvette Light Blue Midnight Blue interior Mirrored Glass T-tops
I think they look good! Not much chance of seeing them through either stock wheel, though.
 
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Dave................looks HOT!Thumbs Up


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Posted: 10/11/11 7:17am Message 6 of 44
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Vette(s): #1 *1980 White, Red interior 14,000 mile #2 *1980 Red, Oyster interior 93,000 miles Resto project car, rebuilt to 383 stroker
Great look, Barry I think you would be surprised how much they do show. I used an Eastwood kit on my Burb. Did the hubs in a black, and the calipers gold. They came out great and its pretty simple.
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Posted: 10/11/11 7:30am Message 7 of 44
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Vette(s): 1976 Silver/Firethorn. L48, 4spd. Original 2 bolt, vortec heads, 9.4:1 CR, Speed Pro Cam: 224/224@0.050, 112 LSA, Eagle Steel Crank.
Thank guys!  I hope they do show a little bit - my interior is red!  I used VHT caliper paint - still have to bake 'em for 1 hour at 200 degrees.  Think I'm going to use the gas grill - I don't think mama wants calipers in her oven!  



 

1976 Silver/Firethorn.  L48, 4spd.  Original 2 bolt, vortec heads, 9.4:1 CR, Speed Pro Cam: 224/224@0.050, 112 LSA, Eagle Steel Crank.

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Posted: 10/11/11 9:57am Message 8 of 44
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ebo said: Great look, Barry I think you would be surprised how much they do show. I used an Eastwood kit on my Burb. Did the hubs in a black, and the calipers gold. They came out great and its pretty simple.
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I also used the Eastwood kit. You brush it on. I really didn't like the results. It had brush marks that didn't level out. I took (cleaned) everything back down to bare metal. Then used VHT caliper spray paint. It's good for 900 Degrees F. Here is the good part...........when momma wasn't around I cured the calipers in her oven.... (200 degrees F. for 20 minutes). Mommas kind of get (lets say) un-happy about these things............though! I still have some bruises if you care to see them...... I'm wondering if they'll ever heal.................Winkl

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Posted: 10/11/11 10:16am Message 9 of 44
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For smaller items like this, you can get a cheapo toaster oven pretty cheap, and leave it in da ge-raj. Might be able to only do one side at a time, but, it's worth it to keeps Mama happy, eh? Right fellers? Right?Ouch
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Posted: 10/11/11 10:39am Message 10 of 44
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Mamma says that I NOW can use her oven ANYTIME I want................................as long as it's in the garage and she has a NEW one in the kitchen.............WOMEN!!!.........they're never happy................... (except for ebowoman.............I wonder what he's do-in!) Oh and by the way, I did wire the calipers to hang from the baking racks to not leave any telltale marks on the calipers or the bake racks. Again................the only telltale marks that were left was........................ON MY body parts................women just don't get it................!Wink


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