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18, 1981, 285, 338, 40, 555, body, boss, brandywine, c3, corvette, galaxy, grey, nitto, pics, wheels

C3's with 18" wheels only thread

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TROPIC_THUNDER on 09-18-2011

04-05-2024 08:30 PM
by Z0Tex

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C3 General

1981, bish, camaro, edmonton, todd, white

Sticky

How many Canadian members?? Check in please

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GettReal on 05-22-2008

02-26-2024 09:53 PM
by Platnumbob

1,183

158,895

Canadian Events

1980, 1981, c2, cable, corvette, lubricate, speedometer

Speedo cable removal

MYBLUEHEAVEN on 05-07-2006

10-15-2023 11:55 AM
by vetsvette2002

13

2,372

C1 & C2 Corvettes

1981, 1984, 81, assembly, corvette, download, free, helms, instruction, manual, pdf, rebuild, repair, service, workshop

Best 81 Service / Repair manual

frank_81 on 09-12-2011

08-17-2023 01:26 PM
by gbvette62

9

8,857

C3 General

1981, 79, 81, c3, corvette, diagram, electrical, gauge, gauges, jumping, schematics, volt, voltmeter, wire, wiring

Wiring Diagram for Late C3 voltmeter?

427V8 on 07-29-2002

07-09-2023 03:55 PM
by JV2

10

3,275

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 77, box, corvette, fuse, power, windows, wires

No power to my power windows, can anyone help?

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Glassbowtie77 on 11-17-2006

05-28-2023 06:07 PM
by C6-CYa

37

4,986

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, c3, c4, clutch, conversion, corvette, driveshaft, gto, hydraulic, ls2, manual, rack, shortened, tko, wiring

C3 LSx Conversion Directory

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SUPERPOWERS on 01-14-2009

03-23-2023 03:51 PM
by ignatz

94

90,300

C3 Tech/Performance

1980, 1981, 1981corvette, 81, choke, corvette, fuse, gages, it, light, on, problem, stays, stuck, unplug, untill

Choke Light 1981

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Gears5 on 05-08-2011

03-01-2023 12:06 PM
by vettebuyer6369

28

19,134

C3 General

1973, 1981, 1982, 73, 80, 82, c3, corvette, hood, hoods, l88, stripe

L88 hood on a 80-82?

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guitarcrazy02 on 07-18-2007

02-17-2023 08:42 PM
by vettebuyer6369

22

14,382

C3 General

0n, 1973, 1981, 67, blank, build, buildsheet, copy, corvette, dropping, gas, pictures, sheet, tank, zr1

Locating build sheet and removing tank?

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edb7 on 05-04-2011

01-29-2023 06:55 AM
by leolo2

31

12,954

C3 General

1981, block, box, buzzer, buzzerswitch1981corvette, c3, corvette, diagram, fuse, gm, key, panel, picture, switch, unit

Looking for picture/digram of 1981 Buzzer

Curt81Vette on 06-08-2008

11-26-2022 10:21 AM
by C6-CYa

4

1,839

C3 General

1981, 81, c3, c4, charcoal, charcol, corvette, emblems, medium, metallic, racing, sale, side, silver, silvercharcoal, speedometer, summit

1981 Charcoal Metallic/Silver 34k miles

914eener on 08-21-2005

10-06-2022 08:06 AM
by Sabre34

8

6,542

C3s for Sale/Wanted

1980, 1981, 81, air, bonnet, corvette, edelbrock, edelrock, eps, fit, gap, hood, hoods, intake, l82, performer, pictures

Edelbrock Performer Air-Gap under 1980/81 hood

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C3Paul on 12-18-2010

09-26-2022 09:25 PM
by Torqued Off

20

6,206

C3 Tech/Performance

1978, 1981, 1982, black, cadillac, corvette, holes, houston, install, mounts, rear, reer, speaker, speakers, template, tx

Rear speaker mounts for a 1981 Corvette

Dano706 on 04-12-2012

06-14-2022 09:26 PM
by Widey94

12

9,630

C3 General

Dash Speakers

ejscarfo on 05-31-2006

05-17-2022 07:28 PM
by ijakie1

12

1,028

C4 General Discussion

1981, 1981camaro, buy, carb, carburator, change, computer, controlled, coorvette, corvette, e4me, ecm, great, run, runs, sensors

1981 runs without computer / ecm?

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maxmachz on 11-28-2011

04-15-2022 11:24 AM
by C6-CYa

33

17,531

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 642, bowling, codes, corvette, green, tag, trim

1981 Decoder Rings (trim tag)

CACTI 1 on 04-03-2012

03-29-2022 10:33 PM
by RWBaker

7

6,281

C3 General

1980, 1981, 600, 81, bolt, brake, corvette, crossmember, emergency, horsepower, modified, tko, tremec, vette, work

1981 corvette with Earlier double crossmember?

Stu's81 on 05-19-2010

10-22-2021 05:25 PM
by vettebuyer6369

17

8,480

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 1982, 80, arm, corvette, door, drivers, gap, glass, mirror, rear, removing, side, tighten, view

1981 Vette Side View Mirror

ckaprolet on 03-16-2006

08-14-2021 03:38 PM
by vettebuyer6369

19

6,670

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, corvette, exhaust, heat, riser, valve

WTB... Exhaust heat riser valve

Richard Cooper on 06-29-2010

06-30-2021 02:54 PM
by therunningman2012

4

1,140

C3 Parts for Sale/Wanted

EGR Elimination

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Tim81 on 07-30-2010

05-23-2021 08:48 PM
by vettebuyer6369

42

29,000

C3 Tech/Performance

1979, 1981, 81, backfire, c3, corvette, crank, location, stalls, start, starter, starting, turn, vette, won

1981 Corvette Won't Start - - Help!!

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htown81vette on 10-14-2011

05-15-2021 10:27 PM
by vettebuyer6369

28

13,672

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, adjust, adjusting, c3, center, corvette, guide, leak, lock, plates, position, problems, top, tops, ttop, window

1981 t-top adjustment

sabre1981 on 05-01-2011

05-06-2021 04:54 PM
by Sabre34

9

10,340

C3 General

1981, 4, 68, 76, body, c2, c3, corvette, forum, frame, location, mount, mounts, rear, replace, shims

Body mounts replaced with pics!

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rudolph schenker on 03-03-2009

04-28-2021 06:16 PM
by vettebuyer6369

79

45,215

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 350, chevy, converter, corvette, gm, mx, mx2, parts, performance, side, th350, torque, transmission, turbo

Turbo 350 MX2

Don81 on 01-18-2010

04-17-2021 01:59 PM
by vettebuyer6369

7

6,552

C3 Tech/Performance

19801982, 1981, 81, composite, corvette, front, gymkahana, gymkana, gymkhana, identify, leaf, package, problems, put, rear, spring, suspdention, suspension, transverse, vette

gymkhana suspension on an '81

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Kalway on 07-29-2006

12-10-2020 12:58 PM
by John Ulrich

35

9,722

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, c3, control, corvette, dyi, easy, engine, mods, motor, mounts, performance, pollution, replace, romoving, upgrades, zz4

1981 Engine Upgrades ????

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Dose11 on 05-31-2011

12-01-2020 06:56 PM
by 7t9l82

82

37,119

C3 Tech/Performance

1975, 1981, 81, 82, corvette, corvewtte, engine, identification, l81, l82, location, number, options, show, stats, tag, vin

L81 Or L82 Engine In 1981 Corvette???

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mitch123 on 03-19-2008

11-19-2020 08:28 PM
by Bikespace

112

84,283

C3 General

1981, 2007, 74, air, buy, c3, change, corvette, filter, filters, interval, oil, purolator, synthetic, z06

New Purolator Oil Filter for Synthetics:

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Chambered on 01-13-2012

11-15-2020 12:44 AM
by LS WON

26

5,104

C3 General

Boss Hog 1981 C3 is the King of Cool

Curated Content Editor on 11-03-2020

11-03-2020 05:53 PM
by KingRat

1

711

C3 General

1980, 1981, air, c3, corvette, dam, directions, hood, install, radiator, seal, seals, shroud, support, vette

1980 Radiator + Air Dam Seals

theoUK on 07-31-2006

10-25-2020 07:50 AM
by Dee69911

17

5,976

C3 Tech/Performance

17081228, 1981, carb, carburetor, computer, control, corvette, distributor, hei, kits, l81, original, rebuild, replacement, rochester

1981 corvette carb replacement

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guitar308 on 12-06-2004

10-22-2020 02:44 PM
by lars

25

23,386

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 81, box, car, computer, corvette, diagram, faqs, fuse, harness, panel, rewire, rewiring, schematic, wiring

Rewiring the entire car (1981).

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mupepe on 06-21-2010

10-13-2020 12:03 PM
by vettebuyer6369

25

8,675

C3 Tech/Performance

1979, 1981, 79, 81, cluster, corvette, diagram, gage, gas, gauge, guage, guages, information, wire, wiring

'81 Gauge cluster wiring diagram ???

Nobody. on 03-21-2007

09-27-2020 05:15 PM
by bennybe

7

6,320

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 1982, 81, breaker, broken, bypass, cable, circuit, corvette, drivers, location, motor, power, seat, switch, work

'81 power seat inop...can I bypass?

SGAL1 on 10-21-2010

07-29-2020 10:30 AM
by Big2Bird

18

5,728

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, adjust, brake, brakes, break, c3, corvett, corvette, diagram, emergency, noise, parking, reassembling, replacing, swith

Parking Brake on 1981

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Biker on 01-08-2003

07-26-2020 12:19 PM
by bennybe

23

7,968

C3 Tech/Performance

14020025, 1981, 1982, 1984, 82, alignment, bat, bypass, corvette, distributor, filter, gm, tach, wire, wiring

Disconnected Wire At Distributor - What Should Be There?

Inshakoor on 11-27-2008

07-21-2020 01:06 PM
by TJP440

19

5,688

C3 Tech/Performance

'81 Yenko Corvette?????

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Sarge81 on 07-18-2006

05-13-2020 05:01 PM
by vettebuyer6369

30

5,921

C3 General

1981, 81, brake, c3, corvette, cover, cylinder, fluid, leak, leaking, master, mater, replacing, reservoir, vette

Leaking master cylinder (1981).

marroan2 on 05-30-2008

04-11-2020 03:20 PM
by Blondie - C3

18

6,215

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, c3, corvette, hood, jammed, release

81 Hood Release

TO_Vette on 03-14-2008

04-05-2020 08:36 PM
by Dan _R

10

1,806

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, blue, build, built, cloth, corvette, corvettes, decoder, information, location, mine, paint, rare, seats, sheet, specific, tone

How rare is my 1981 ?

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FLACHUSNRET on 09-30-2010

03-28-2020 06:44 PM
by BKbroiler

35

19,095

C3 General

1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 78, 81, code, codes, color, corvette, numbers, paint, plate, tag, trim, vin

Was SPC the paint code for primered cars?

Binnie77 on 06-22-2008

03-28-2020 01:41 PM
by Corvettez0601

17

2,942

C3 General

1973, 1977, 1981, 81, adjustment, c3, cable, control, corvette, cruise, gm, replace, servo, vacuum, work

no cruise control

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RonR80 on 05-12-2009

03-13-2020 01:55 PM
by 7T1vette

20

16,434

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 28, 82, 979, blue, bridgehampton, code, codes, color, corvette, dark, gm, navy, paint

Paint code / color question

k68vette on 10-08-2001

02-20-2020 07:45 AM
by derekderek

8

3,431

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 1982, 71, c3, corvette, gasket, headers, heat, hooker, install, installation, number, part, riser, vette

heat riser gasket 1981

lenwoodxxx on 08-08-2011

01-20-2020 07:05 PM
by akjody

11

3,796

C3 General

1981, 81, chevrolet, chevy, closed, corvette, corvettes, hood, hoods, maual, open, release, stuck, unlatch, wont

1981 passenger side hood won't release

poed@1981 on 09-18-2010

12-02-2019 09:41 PM
by Wounded knee

13

10,987

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, corvette, headers, hooker, legal, smog

Smog legal headers for 1981, Calif.

coda2112 on 12-18-2006

09-23-2019 03:41 PM
by carriljc

9

2,214

C3 General

1981, 1981corvette, aftermarket, c3, clam, clamshell, comfortable, corvette, mods, rear, recondition, reconditioning, remove, seat, seats, shell, spoilers, tool

Clam shell seat reconditioning

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jgoglick on 03-09-2008

09-03-2019 09:50 PM
by ntfday

20

5,885

C3 General

1979, 1981, 1996, ac, air, blow, blowing, blows, c4, center, corvette, floor, lower, vent, vents

A/C Only Blows Out the Floor

silverta16 on 09-08-2007

06-23-2019 12:45 PM
by interpon

7

8,954

C3 General

1975, 1981, black, c5, chips, chrome, corvette, panel, panels, pannel, protection, rock, rocker, trim, z06

Painting Rocker Panels?

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Stroh on 02-09-2012

03-30-2019 10:38 AM
by ignatz

32

14,157

C3 General

1980, 1981, 50mph, 81, c3, corvette, drive, final, forum, gear, gears, ratio, ratios, rear, rearend, rpm

81 performance gear ratio

billlee on 04-17-2010

03-17-2019 06:37 PM
by foundvettelifeisgood

12

15,433

C3 Tech/Performance

10, 1981, c3, chevy, corvette, driven, gear, gears, mph, reading, reads, size, slow, speedo, speedometer, teeth

1981 Speedometer Off By 10 MPH

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mikecamp on 01-14-2011

02-03-2019 08:19 PM
by gil7247

20

8,532

C3 General

12, 15, 1981, 350, 65, corvette, freeway, high, highway, hurt, low, motor, mph, on, rpm, rpms, running, scan

High RPM's on highway

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addballer696 on 04-28-2010

12-29-2018 04:26 PM
by jr73

26

12,479

C3 General

14, 1981, 1991, 72, corvette, f150, fit, foot, haul, hauling, loading, size, trailer, uhall, uhaul

hauling a corvette

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chadw on 03-10-2010

11-28-2018 09:50 AM
by cv67

28

6,575

C3 General

1981, 1982, 81, 82, bracket, cap, corvette, equipment, exhaust, manifold, plug, pump, remove, smog, system, tube, unit, upper

removed smog pump on my 1981

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2885-12 on 12-31-2011

06-27-2018 05:46 PM
by barmitch

56

26,856

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, adapt, axle, c3, c5, corvette, diff, differential, end, entusiast, hp, limit, rear, upgrades, yokes

How do I upgrade my rear end 1981 vette

jarredsoon on 09-29-2011

04-14-2018 06:31 PM
by speedreed8

18

23,151

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 82, adapter, antena, antenna, c3, car, ce, corvette, powered, radio, repair, replacement, replacements, restoration, vbulletin

82 CE Radio Antenna Replacement

RJG7 on 10-05-2011

03-29-2018 11:20 AM
by Douglas Mariani

10

1,861

C3 General

Poll

1981 Corvette L-82 Option?

JOESVETTES on 12-12-2006

03-15-2018 08:00 AM
by jb78L-82

6

1,093

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, arms, bolt, c3, corvette, installing, late, model, offsetts, pattern, rear, rims, size, trailing, wheels, z06

Late Model Style Wheels on 1981 Corvette

JAD81 on 01-25-2009

12-06-2017 11:45 PM
by 3JsVette

17

24,314

C3 General

1981, 81, corvette, died, engine, idle, idling, low, ran, setting, slow, stall, stalls

1981 Corvette low idle then Dies Please Help!!!

amf133 on 03-23-2009

11-25-2017 01:27 PM
by prostreeter

9

4,404

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 5spd, 700r4, auto, c3, column, conversion, corvette, crossmember, lower, put, richmond, sale, shifter, speed, steering

1981 Auto to Richmond 5 speed swap thread

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qwank on 03-14-2012

11-24-2017 02:51 PM
by 71coupe

82

16,855

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 3m, 81, core, corvette, dale, evaporator, heaqter, heater, pipe, removal, replacement, shelley, tap, wilson

Heater Core Removal & Installation -- Directions

bigbird3533 on 10-31-2007

10-06-2017 09:19 PM
by 71VetteLover

4

18,045

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 290, 350, blower, chevy, corvette, crate, create, engine, hp, idle, rpm, sbc, specs, weiland

anyone have the 290hp 350 crate engine from CHevy?

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Kev82vette on 11-08-2007

07-24-2017 05:42 PM
by jb78L-82

39

21,777

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 1996, 96, c4, cool, core, corvette, ecp, ls1, radaitor, radiator, radiators, replacement, row, stock

Budget 2-row radiator comparison

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GREGGPENN on 08-14-2011

05-13-2017 01:08 PM
by 86project

299

60,780

C4 Tech/Performance

1981, 2010, c3, corvette, crack, cracking, cracks, crazing, fiber, fiberglass, glass, hood, omahane, paint, parts, repair

Cracking in Fiberglass or Just Paint??

Rollochrome on 07-23-2010

04-04-2017 02:07 AM
by Preston Johnson

12

12,393

C3 General

1981 cd player

Lakeside49 on 12-22-2016

12-22-2016 08:46 AM
by gungatim

1

735

C3 Tech/Performance

1981, 1981door, brandy, c4, corvette, door, drivers, key, latch, lock, paint, position, side, stuck, turn, wine

1981 door stuck - help?

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saj vette on 04-22-2009

12-21-2016 06:34 PM
by DUB

20

4,358

C3 Tech/Performance

1980, 1981, collectors, corvette, cover, difference, edition, electric, emission, fan, l48, l82, putting, regular, removing

Looking into 1980 Corvettes

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Ace159 on 04-21-2010

12-04-2016 11:37 PM
by vettebuyer6369

43

11,391

C3 General

1981, 81, add, c3, camshafts, cheap, corvette, horse, horsepower, hp, improve, increase, increasing, performance, power, vette

Increase the horsepower in my 1981 corvette.

ray7459 on 02-01-2008

11-21-2016 03:04 AM
by Ibanez540r

7

21,835

C3 Tech/Performance

12, 1981, allen, bolt, bolts, corvette, joint, joints, point, socket, strap, stuck, ujoint, ujoints, universal, yolk

1981 U Joints use Allen bolts WTF?!?!?

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guitarcrazy02 on 08-31-2008

10-25-2016 08:52 AM
by speedreed8

34

5,046

C3 Tech/Performance

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