Price/Bid: | $ 6,501 |
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Make: | Chevrolet | |
Model: | Corvette | |
Condition: | Used | |
Mileage: | 212000 | |
Engine: | 5.7l V8 | |
Location: | 806**, Eaton, Colorado | |
#VIN: | 1G1YZ23J0L5801763 |
Up for auction is a 1990 Chevrolet ZR1 Corvette project car. I’ll start with why it's a project; this one owner car had been brought to a major oil change business to be serviced. Now a regular 5.7 take 5 quarts of oil, but not so with this LT5 375 HP lotus designed engine; it takes 8.50 quarts; but the “oil experts” were oblivious to this fact! So they put only 5 quarts in the crankcase, and sent it down the road. So after a few miles, the owner noticed that engine was losing power, and t...