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Driving A Road Course: Consider “Toe Out” In Your Front Alignment Specs? by James Prunty As most C6 owners know, our cars come with a lot of negative camber. The front wheels try to turn inward when using negative camber due to camber thrust. I’m not sure why, but I don’t want to second guess …

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Oct 24

Popping/Squeaking C6 top Fix

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I didn’t realize that I had the same problem with a squeaking top that hundreds of other C6 owners had until a couple of years ago, and then just recently with a trip to a Corvette gathering in Myrtle Beach. There was a technical service bulletin and recall for some C6 tops that were at …

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Oct 11

Nominee – Randy Goff

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My name is Randy Goff, I am running for the office of Director of Membership. I am presently your Club’s Vice President. I am the big bald guy with the loud voice who sits up in front of the club at the meetings. My wife Glenda and I have been members of this Club since …

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Oct 11

Nominee – Paul Cope

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Sue and I joined the club in 2004 after we met the club members at Cold Stone’s in San Dimas when they stopped for ice cream on the way home from a run; we had just purchased our 1990 ZR-1 a month before we met the club. In June we officially joined the club. I …

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Oct 11

President Message

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Dear Fellow PVCA Members, September was another busy month for PVCA members with so many events and special committees that are going on. As you know, we are already to a good start with the elections for the new 2012 E-Board. The committee is made up of Steve Stevens, Robert C. Potter, and myself as …

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Oct 10

Oil Separating Catch Can

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LS1, 2, 3 & 7 owners are aware that their cars use a bit of oil during normal driving, but, do you know where that oil is going? LS engines ingest oil into the intake air system, more when exercised, resulting in loss of power, detonation, and long term carbon buildup on the pistons & …

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Sep 08

Engine & System Diagnostic Code

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The origins of On Board Diagnostics actually date back to 1982 in California, when the vehicles sold in that state starting in 1988 had to have an onboard diagnostic system to detect emission failures. The original onboard diagnostic system, which has become known as OBDI, was a relatively simple system and only monitored the oxygen …

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Aug 19

Driver school NCCAR

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by James Prunty Last weekend I had the opportunity to renew my SCCA competition license at the newly opened North Carolina Center for Auto Research. NCCAR is an independent, non-profit center devised to meet the evolving product research, testing and development demands of the automotive industry. NC sponsored the project and is affiliated with …

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Aug 08

Dark Art of Exhaust System Tuning

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by James Prunty It was not unusual for car manufactures to conventionally use whatever was inexpensive and relatively efficient for exhaust systems. They were more concerned with installing things that wouldn’t wear out within the warranty period than extracting the maximum performance from their engines. However, electronic technology, environmental concerns and performance issues have …

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Jun 08

Air Filters

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To Replace Or Not To Replace, That Is The Question? A consensus on air filters/CAI systems is as hard to achieve as is a consensus on batteries, headers and car polish! Generally speaking, the air filter is the first modification a Corvette owner makes, it was for me. Technically speaking, if you ask me what …

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