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02hawk wrote:Thanks Guys

Great to be here....BTW my GS is now in the Callaway California shop, according to my dealer.
I just found out my GS is going to CA instead of CT. That is if they can find it. Right now it is buried under snow at the plant.
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Hi to all,

at first: my English is not the best but I try to learn each day :cool

I am a German living in Austria. While I was searching for information about Callaway Corvettes, I found this forum and here I am. I own a 1989 Chevrolet Caprice Station and a BMW E46.
Because of I am searching for something special, fast and with a big fun factor, I hope to find these needs in a Callaway Corvette C4. For sure here I found a good source for my questions.

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Welcome Ronny-we have people check in from all around the world. This is a great bunch of very loyal, helpful and knowledgeable Callaway enthusiasts. You are in the right place and good luck on your Callaway C4 hunt. :beer
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Hi Luigi

Just purchased my first 1987 CTTC - have a 1985 Z51 vette which is lots of fun. I am eagerely awaiting my new toys arrival in New Zealand. I have bought it sight unseen from eBay(risky I know) but I am hoping the car is as good as seller tells me and photos suggest.

Any history or comments on car would be greatly appreciated.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... MEWNX%3AIT

Will still be 4-6 weeks away - Just arrived in LA from Texas and is awaiting shipping.

I know very little about Callaway cars and will most probably ask lots of dumb questions to start with. But if ya don't ask ya don't ever learm now do ya.

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Hi Mark,

Congratulations!

I just visited the ebay link and it looks like a very pristine and low mileage CTTC.

I own a 1991 which is a bit different from the 1987 (different turbos) with a ZF6 transmission (and have owned it ~10 years now).

It is my opinion that maintenance on these cars is no different than any other Corvette. Just change the oil with reasonable prudence and use Mobil-1 15W50 as noted on the side intercooler. The only other recommendation that I normally make is that these cars are now ~20+ years old so it may be prudent to change the oil and water lines to the turbos or at least inspect them to ensure that they are not brittle. You would not want either one ruptured since the turbo's on these cars are both water & oil cooled.

Also note the Premium Fuel requirement.

Enjoy the ride,

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Hello,
I'm Alfonse and new to this forum. I live in Nashville and owned a beautiful 2005 DSOM Vert, a really nice car. So two weeks ago I take it in for an oil change, so far so good! They are unloading two Callaway's, both Crystal Red Metallic (1 - Coupe, 1 - Convertible), still so far so good! The salesperson pops the hood and I see the chrome blower staring at me, love at first sight. I go home to tell the little lady about the car and my excessive salivating, next thing I know I own it, what a ride! The 2005 I could horse around, not this muscle bound lady, she needs to be treated with respect :h6 . Does anyone know of a person or company that make scale model Callaway's? Mine is a 2010, Crystal Red Metallic, Cashmere with a Beige Top SC606.
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ALFONSE wrote:Hello,
I'm Alfonse and new to this forum. I live in Nashville and owned a beautiful 2005 DSOM Vert, a really nice car. So two weeks ago I take it in for an oil change, so far so good! They are unloading two Callaway's, both Crystal Red Metallic (1 - Coupe, 1 - Convertible), still so far so good! The salesperson pops the hood and I see the chrome blower staring at me, love at first sight. I go home to tell the little lady about the car and my excessive salivating, next thing I know I own it, what a ride! The 2005 I could horse around, not this muscle bound lady, she needs to be treated with respect :h6 . Does anyone know of a person or company that make scale model Callaway's? Mine is a 2010, Crystal Red Metallic, Cashmere with a Beige Top SC606.
Glad to be onboard!
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ALFONSE wrote:Hello,
I'm Alfonse and new to this forum. I live in Nashville and owned a beautiful 2005 DSOM Vert, a really nice car. So two weeks ago I take it in for an oil change, so far so good! They are unloading two Callaway's, both Crystal Red Metallic (1 - Coupe, 1 - Convertible), still so far so good! The salesperson pops the hood and I see the chrome blower staring at me, love at first sight. I go home to tell the little lady about the car and my excessive salivating, next thing I know I own it, what a ride! The 2005 I could horse around, not this muscle bound lady, she needs to be treated with respect :h6 . Does anyone know of a person or company that make scale model Callaway's? Mine is a 2010, Crystal Red Metallic, Cashmere with a Beige Top SC606.
Glad to be onboard!
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Al,

Welcome aboard and congratulations!!... We would love to see you post some pictures of your CRM beauty.

There is no company producing these yet but we have a magician in the group who I personally believe could definitely open one up. Please glance at the current Callaway Owners Group - Callaway of the Quarter.

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Here is another one... http://www.tv4autos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1160 :thumb1

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Hi All, I am new to the group, I have know Reeves since 1986 when I became one of his first dealers, Iten Chevrolet in Minneapolis, MN. I got out of the business 15years ago and the dealership is long gone too! I now live in Phoenix and have not had a Vette since getting out of the business.

Recently I came across a car and bought it on the spot 1987 car #70 12,800 mi

The car had (according to the original owner) and auto transplant when new! I am now in the process of researching this and have spoke to Reeves about it, if anyone knows anything about this car I would sure like to here.

Would really like to find a set of 16" Dymags for it.

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i10fwy wrote:Hi All, I am new to the group, I have know Reeves since 1986 when I became one of his first dealers, Iten Chevrolet in Minneapolis, MN. I got out of the business 15years ago and the dealership is long gone too! I now live in Phoenix and have not had a Vette since getting out of the business.

Recently I came across a car and bought it on the spot 1987 car #70 12,800 mi

The car had (according to the original owner) and auto transplant when new! I am now in the process of researching this and have spoke to Reeves about it, if anyone knows anything about this car I would sure like to here.

Would really like to find a set of 16" Dymags for it.

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Welcome to the forum, Chris! Good to hear from another Phoenecian. I live in Scottsdale, would love to see your car some time.
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Do you know anyone here in the Valley that can work on a TT car? It has been sitting for years and I would like to have it gone through, new hoses, that kind of stuff.

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i10fwy wrote:Do you know anyone here in the Valley that can work on a TT car? It has been sitting for years and I would like to have it gone through, new hoses, that kind of stuff.

Chris
Chris - Sent you a PM.
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New member from Nashville here. Just got a 2010 SC606 Grand Sport last week. Just came out of a Z06. Absolutely loving this car. :jsmile
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Congratulations! :beer

Pictures welcome! :bulb

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Hi all!
Having this forum where you can ask people that really know these cars is truely excellent, especially for me living in a country where even Corvette owners seldom seems to have heard about the Twin Turbos!

In May I bought a 36K mile 1987 Twin Turbo from Claremont Corvette in England.
Since the owner Tom Falconer seemed to have a reputation as a trustworthy enthusiast I bought the car unseen and had it shipped to Sweden.

In the advertisement it was described as "superb" and I was told that everything worked and that only normal service items had been replaced. Despite that the car turned out to have the following problems:

1) Oil leaks in and around both turbos. Drips on the outside and leaks into the intake air. (Oil in the intercoolers)
2) Oil leak between the engine and the gearbox.
3) Coolant leak between the intake manifold base and the right cylinder head.
4) Running rich. (Really rich, CO emissions > 9% way over even the UK MOT limit) A brand new looking Micro-Tech MAF seemed to exaggerate the airflow, maybe due to the non laminar airflow the 90° bend just before it causes. When replaced with Bosch from a 1987 Camaro the fuel-injection works fine.
Damaged connectors in the receptacle on the car resulted in intermittent code 33. I assume that the Micro-Tech MAF was an attempt to fix this...
The MAF relays were on the floor under the battery. The burnoff relay was full of water.
5) A relay on firewall (and its connector) was melted. It's probably used by the overdrive that amazingly worked anyway.
6) The air injection connections on the exhaust manifolds and on the main catalytic converter have been removed. (One used exhaust manifold costs $1200 in Callaway's online shop...)
7) The fuel hose from the right injector rail to the auxiliary injectors in front of the throttle body had a deep crack.

Furthermore it seems that (at least) the two right rear sparkplugs (the difficult ones) were not replaced when they serviced the car prior to delivery. The insulators were as black as the boot.

So I'll probably be asking questions here for a long time...
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Wilkommen Ola,

I placed the vid about your car on youtube, when you want bigger quality format please contact me :-)
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sven-labil wrote:
1) Oil leaks in and around both turbos. Drips on the outside and leaks into the intake air. (Oil in the intercoolers)
Regarding the oil in the intercoolers, I was told by Pete Callaway, when he had my car in his shop, that a little bit of oil in the intercoolers was normal. He initially thought that was a problem with mine also, but when he checked with the turbo experts in Old Lyme, he was told it was nothing to worry about.
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Hi All,

Yes I'm a new member here. I put my eyes on one 1988 / B2K C-4 Corvette that is for sale. It looks intresting, interior is worn out but what You can expect from 22 y old baby? I'm fine with the price and owner told straight what is wrong with it. I should go and see it one week, and if I'm lucky to drive it away with me.

So Gentlemen, what is to check with the C-4? It's a convertible and with a Doug Nash 4+3 gearbox and about 85 t miles done.

Any advices?

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polar bear wrote:Hi All,

Yes I'm a new member here. I put my eyes on one 1988 / B2K C-4 Corvette that is for sale. It looks intresting, interior is worn out but what You can expect from 22 y old baby? I'm fine with the price and owner told straight what is wrong with it. I should go and see it one week, and if I'm lucky to drive it away with me.

So Gentlemen, what is to check with the C-4? It's a convertible and with a Doug Nash 4+3 gearbox and about 85 t miles done.

Any advices?

Thanks

Esa
Hi Esa,

welcome here, please give us more info on the B2K you are looking at.
It is a small world and we owners and enthusiasts know all cars and most of the cars histories.

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Hi Esa,

welcome here, please give us more info on the B2K you are looking at.
It is a small world and we owners and enthusiasts know all cars and most of the cars histories.

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Hi Jeroenvgfn,

Yes You can even know it. It's 1988#23 in Stuttgart in Germany, dark blue color with saddle painted targa top. I got a copy of one Year old Dekra testing report that didn't expose any major problem at the car, just normal worn break pads and rusty break discs. It's normal that door seals and interio wear out if use car and it has done at least 85 t miles (but how much more, how to indicate it?).

So if somebody has good hints what to check all advices are wellcome.
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