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Forum: C5 General
08-20-2012, 05:21 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 615
Posted By Grayeagle

If you want to know for sure, manual tranny 4th...

If you want to know for sure, manual tranny 4th gear make a note of rpm you turn at a given mph, measure tire diameter ..then plug in the info into any of the online gear ratio converters available...
Forum: C5 General
08-20-2012, 05:17 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 10,621
Posted By Grayeagle

2003 Nissan Frontier king cab pickup w/29000...

2003 Nissan Frontier king cab pickup w/29000 miles. Useda be my back n forth to work truck, since I retired seems like I only drive it to get parts with, haul dogs, or wife uses it to visit grand...
Forum: C5 General
08-20-2012, 05:07 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,384
Posted By Grayeagle

62 here .. been a 3d artist for decades and...

62 here
.. been a 3d artist for decades and recently retired

Always enjoy looking at a beatiful design,
ie: the P-51D, the Spit 9, the B-17g .. etc.

My C-5 fits that category .. just easy...
Forum: C5 General
08-18-2012, 12:07 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,600
Posted By Grayeagle

The old tires will come apart at highway speeds...

The old tires will come apart at highway speeds ..rubber just dries out and loses all of it's endearing characteristics .. elasticity, adhesion, traction ..all that jazz. If you press on the tire and...
Forum: C5 General
08-17-2012, 11:57 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,749
Posted By Grayeagle

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle...

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/road%20trip%20vacation%202011/rt66Cafe.jpg

Our '97 during last years 4400mile road trip vacation ..taken at a cafe on Route 66 in New Mexico .....
Forum: C5 General
08-17-2012, 11:46 PM
Replies: 214
Views: 16,058
Posted By Grayeagle

USAF ECM troop '72-'86 Davis Montham 73-74...

USAF ECM troop
'72-'86

Davis Montham 73-74
(A-7D's, drones, C-130 drone carriers)

Udorn-Thani 75 (F-4's)
432nd Tac Recon Wing, 'Mig Killers' .. we *rocked*
(Fall of Saigon, Mayaguez...
Forum: C5 General
05-28-2012, 01:43 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 725
Posted By Grayeagle

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle...

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/GEart/rear34.jpg

A lil fun in Photoshop with a photograph of my first Vette .. had to sell it because I was out of work so long ...
.. got...
Forum: C5 General
04-19-2012, 11:26 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 10,710
Posted By Grayeagle

Been out of work for 2+ years (well .. work that...

Been out of work for 2+ years (well .. work that actually paid cash money) ..
..will be 62 in May, already filed for Social Security that they told me will start in June.

Guess that will check...
Forum: C5 General
03-04-2012, 06:40 PM
Replies: 85
Views: 4,320
Posted By Grayeagle

Reset the trip meter before we left the driveway,...

Reset the trip meter before we left the driveway, read the results when we got back to the driveway.

It's a stock LS-1 with B&B bullets out back, Ron Davis aluminum radiator up front, 6 gear .....
Forum: C5 General
03-04-2012, 06:22 PM
Replies: 85
Views: 4,320
Posted By Grayeagle

If it leaks, prolly need weatherstrip replaced. ...

If it leaks, prolly need weatherstrip replaced.

Wife and I drove thru some killer rainstorms on a cross country 4400+ mile road trip in our C5 .. was a total blast to do :)
Avg 31mpg, avg speed...
Forum: C5 General
09-25-2011, 02:40 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 3,676
Posted By Grayeagle

Pressure washing engin bay = bad idea

Did I mention this forum *rocks* ??

So .. in my never ending quest to be the best dweeb I can be...

..I looked at the engine compartment of our '97 Coupe after our 4400+ mile road trip ..it was...
Forum: C5 Tech
07-23-2011, 08:53 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 391
Posted By Grayeagle

New Toys :)

-smile-

I own a black '97 coupe, 126k smiles, 6-gear damn fine auto-mobile.

Just got the Vette back from a bit of maintenance and a few upgrades, done by Loud Pedal Motorsports here in Phoenix...
Forum: C6 Corvette General Discussion
08-02-2009, 06:54 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 582
Posted By Grayeagle

deleted the 'old' pix ..started playin with...

deleted the 'old' pix ..started playin with Mental Ray lighting and textures in 3dMax10 ..love the fill lighting and paint reflection handling .. makes me want to climb in and fire that baby UP! :D
...
Forum: C6 Corvette General Discussion
07-28-2009, 02:51 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 582
Posted By Grayeagle

Refining, playin with textures, more vett-like :)...

Refining, playin with textures, more vett-like :)

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/GEart/FPW_newVette2-1.jpg

-Frank
Forum: C6 Corvette General Discussion
07-26-2009, 07:17 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 30,626
Posted By Grayeagle

It's not the sound .. it's what yer doing with it...

It's not the sound .. it's what yer doing with it that will get you looked at. I had a pretty radical L-88 based 427 with cherry bombs bolted right to the headers ..it was so loud I would have a...
Forum: C6 Corvette General Discussion
07-26-2009, 06:53 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 2,032
Posted By Grayeagle

If you live where it gets HOT .. lighter color...

If you live where it gets HOT .. lighter color interior will help.

-Frank in Phoenix in July .. it's HOT!!
Forum: C6 Corvette General Discussion
07-26-2009, 02:43 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 582
Posted By Grayeagle

3dMax 'fun' w/vette concept

Hiya;

refreshing my skills in 3dMax, what better way than building a concept of what I would like to see in a new Corvette :)

Parameters I wanted were: 100" wheelbase, big enough tires to hook...
Forum: C5 Corvettes for Sale
06-05-2009, 08:02 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,492
Posted By Grayeagle

Car sold today to Bob in Tucson, .. he drove up,...

Car sold today to Bob in Tucson, .. he drove up, was hooked the moment I started it up. He owns a black SS truck -so he's all about how to keep 'em shiny :)

-Frank
Forum: C5 Corvettes for Sale
06-03-2009, 10:48 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,492
Posted By Grayeagle

I originally bought it because it wasn't terribly...

I originally bought it because it wasn't terribly expensive
(price was 18.9k December of 2006)
I wanted to supercharge it, beef the tranny etc, and run low 10's on weekends bracket racing.

In...
Forum: C5 Corvettes for Sale
06-02-2009, 04:29 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,492
Posted By Grayeagle

'98 Z-51 Black Coupe $9500

Folks;

I have been out of work now since last October.
Registry work as an LPN has not been there .. I have worked 4 days since the beginning of the year.

I have to either sell the Vette or...
Forum: C5 General
02-25-2009, 02:05 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 4,272
Posted By Grayeagle

124k on ours .. to date. Been to the 'track'...

124k on ours .. to date.

Been to the 'track' and will be again, daily driver, had some interesting 'problems' (the headlight flippy-dealies stopped ..due to the contacts in the connector to the...
Forum: C5 General
12-02-2008, 02:37 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 428
Posted By Grayeagle

I hang my hat in Phoenix AZ ..not a lot of hills...

I hang my hat in Phoenix AZ ..not a lot of hills an stuff here :)

I get 24 around town ..over 30 at 70mph anytime I am on the freeways.

-Frank (auto, C5, 3:15 gears, B&B exh)
Forum: C5 General
12-02-2008, 02:28 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 854
Posted By Grayeagle

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle...

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/Mt%20Lemmon%2010%20may%2008/IMG_0746.jpg

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/1grayeagle/my%20vette/Sunrise.jpg

Yassir . .. I stop an look...
Forum: C5 General
11-25-2008, 02:18 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,434
Posted By Grayeagle

Dry, warm day on the dyno? (higher density...

Dry, warm day on the dyno?
(higher density altitude, sucks horsepower)

Engine runnin about 180 or up around 220 degrees?
(hotter running also sucks horsepower, have seen a motor drop 40hp as...
Forum: C5 General
11-25-2008, 01:45 AM
Replies: 119
Views: 3,912
Posted By Grayeagle

Man .. been a long strange trip :) Just the...

Man .. been a long strange trip :)
Just the memorable ones:

55 Chebby 2-door post (my first car)
60 Chebby Biscayne, 327, 4.10's, first car I put a cam in, an stuff :)
'67 Hemi GTX 4-gear,...
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