Go Petey, Let me Tell All Of you Just How Kool Pete Gossett Is.
All the Parts that you have seen Him Get, Try, Remove From this Build He Walked up to me with them I a Box at The Challenge and Gifted them to Me. Really, The Carb I sent,freshly built The one from Jim (B&S) freshly built, The Headers, wire looms ,New Bearings, a Camshaft ,The BIG One, well the Man that bought the engine from my 84, never picked it up and said he doesn't want it so Build Time.
Thank you Pete Gossett
So How do you think those Mega Buck Vette Owners Felt Sharing Space with a Known LOW Buck GRM Challenge Car. I would be ashamed I spent 60 grand more for some thing Half as Cool.
In reply to GTXVette :
You're welcome, I'm glad the parts went to a good home! Like I mentioned earlier, no one showed any interest in buying them at the Challenge, and I sure wasn't going to tote them back home afterward.
I never saw anyone at the show yesterday even walk by & look at my car. Of course I was walking around too, so I might have missed them. Honestly I think most of them were glad I didn't park anywhere near their cars.
Oh, and they were starting the valve cover races as I was leaving. I'm pretty sure some of the entrants would have take a significant portion of our Challenge budget to build.
I don't get the Rumblebee theme on a Corvette. Has it got a Hemi or something?
In reply to GCrites80s :
Nope, stock LS. I thought that was weird too.
Transformer Envy
A small update. Earlier someone suggested this kit to scavenge the crankcase exhaust in an effort to eliminate the oil spewage from my front seal at high RPM. Considering the stock L98 exhaust manifolds already have air inlet tubes from the OE air pump system, and I'm a cheap SOB, I decided to rig up my own version using them and the PCV valve. Here's the before & after pics.
I still need to drive it & see how it does. I also may add another setup like this to the drivers side, but I need to find an elbow, as the hose hits the alternator causing it to kink
I can't wait to see what mural gets painted under the hood of your Vette. 
Tony Sestito said:I can't wait to see what mural gets painted under the hood of your Vette.
You might regret making that statement.
How about a Girl Done up Vargas Style (WWII bomber). Cherubs?
Come on that's funny, Not trying to be Insensitive. Just Funny
I vote cherubs.
Or gargoyles eating ford emblems.
You Know I Changed that post a Bunch, I also am Disturbed, But not Crazy.
Pete Gossett said:A small update. Earlier someone suggested this kit to scavenge the crankcase exhaust....
Way back in my apprenticeship days, my instructor (who was a long time drag racer, and built funny car chassis on the side) said you do NOT want that for the street. I never got out of him why you wouldn't, but he was pretty emphatic.
I don't think the caps that go in the valve covers have any sort of check valve, but hopefully the bitties for the collector do. Otherwise how would you keep the exhaust out of the crankcase?
In reply to SkinnyG :
Correct, the part that threads onto the exhaust manifold is a check valve. Plus, instead of breathers with tubes I'm using the pcv valve.
Ive not had a chance to drive it yet, but I'll be watching closely for a blue cloud behind me & keep some oil in the car just in case.
In reply to GTXVette :
Oh I love bomber nose art! What I have in mind is way more tacky than that.
Something like a Cherub with a tatoo of a bare-chested lady on his forearm flipping off a narwhal?!
Make sure it doesn't clash with the stripes. I'm still convinced they can work. Looking for an excuse to drive to Mississippi.
In reply to mazdeuce - Seth :
I've been thinking about stripes quite a bit, but haven't decided on what I think would work/look best.
Came on this morning to Delete some of my Post thinking it was Out of Bounds,seems everyone is O K so Peace and Love and all.
I also had thought Of Tiger Shark Stripes on My Vette With this Darn Near Florescent Orange Paint I have. It was supposed to be Hugger Orange That's How I got it Cheap , Kinda Perfect for Me though.
In reply to GTXVette :
That sounds like an awesome idea for yours!
Is that kit just a draft tube or does it put gasses back into the intake?
edit: nevermind, I read the intstrucitons on Jegs site. It's just a check valve that lets the exhaust pull from the crankcase. Neat!
In reply to maschinenbau :
It's a pretty cool concept, but I've not found many details online about its effectiveness. Right now I have the passenger side plumbed into the exhaust, and driver's side into the intake. In theory I think that will draw from the crankcase into the intake under low-load/high-vacuum situations, then draw into the exhaust under higher RPM. I have no idea if that's good or bad, but I figure I need to test it a while like this before I make a decision.
Ive notice a couple times, especially when it was cooler last week, or early morning at the Challenge, I'm getting moisture/fog out the defrost vents. I don't presently have a way to check coolant level, since the cap isn't the highest point in the system anymore. So I'm working on a way to remedy that, then once I'm sure my coolant level is ok I'll put some miles on it & see if I've cured the oil spray out the crank seal and/or introduced any new problems.
You should paint a mural of that Burt Reynolds on a Bear Skin Rug picture/ad. That'll sufficiently weird everyone out.
I just googled "worst airbrushed car" Was not disappointed.
Some examples:
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