CORVETTE GAZETTE
August, 2008
The next club meeting: at the Golden Corral, Dothan. We dine at 6:00 p.m.
The Circle City Corvette Club observed its 30th birthday at its 4th of
July Party.
IN THIS ISSUE:
National Corvette Museum
Tech Tips
New Members
Events approaching and departing
Check out our website at www.circlecitycorvettes.com
"When you turn on your car, does it return the favor?" When you drive your Corvette do you have a smile that just won't go away. Do you look in the garage and get a good feeling because you've got a Corvette in it? If you answered yes to these questions you are probably "Corvette Crazy"! It's not a disease. I think it's just a nice feeling of self-satisfaction. A feeling of pride in knowing that your hard work has paid off. Sure there's other things that prove that but driving my Corvette just feels so damn good! So when your feeling bad because of a lousy day at work or just feeling bad hop in your Corvette and let it TURN YOU ON!
Have A Great Corvette Month !!
Kelly Walker-President-Circle City Corvette Club (BDCS)
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- Charley
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If you have been listening to some of the automotive forums lately, there has been a lot of buzz about the recent government mandated motor oil reformulation. It seems that some pencil pushing bureaucrat decided we needed to get the zinc and phosphorous out of motor oil cause it was damaging catalytic converters. What’s the big deal, well, the additive ZDDP (zinc-dialkyl-dithiophosphate) that is added to motor oil is an extreme pressure antiwear additive. With the lower levels of ZDDP now in most off the shelf oil, wear on those motor parts that side against each other while under pressure can suffer greatly increased levels of wear. So, which engine parts do this? The cam and lifters do, but ONLY if the lifters are the flat tappet type, rather than roller tappets. For Vettes, our engine have had roller lifters since ’87, and rollers were pretty much industry wide by the mid 90’s. And really, the primary area of concern for the flat tappet motors is during the initial break-in period. The first 300-500 miles are critical and during this time absolutely need an oil containing a significant amount of ZDDP, or use an oil additive containing ZDDP. Once the engine is broken in, it would be a good idea to be selective on the choice of oil, especially if the engine has high load valve springs. If you want to use Mobil 1, their 0-40 “For European Cars” formula would be a good choice, or the Mobil 1 high mileage 10-40. These both have 1000ppm of ZDDP, as opposed to 800ppm for other Mobil 1 oils. Or you can spend a little more and get a ‘true’ synthetic oil that provides roughly 4 times the protection of Mobil 1. These oils include Red Line, Royal Purple, and Amsoil.
It really tic’s me off that the feds are screwing with our motor oils, as the difference the reduced levels of ZDDP will make to the life of a catalytic converter is very, very little. Its just our ‘big brother’ watching out for us!!
Bruce
Upcoming Local Events:
2 August – Weevil City Cruisers Cruise-In at Hardee’s
5 August – Club meeting at the Golden Corral
August 16 - Brent Gourley is planning our monthly Mystery Cruise. More details later.
September - Sue Early has a mystery for us.
The Circle City Corvette Club apprehended again while having fun.
Our thanks, once again, to the Carters for hosting our Fourth of July Party.
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July Mystery Cruise: July 26th, Colquitt, Georgia. Thanks Much Rick Early for taking the time to plan and coordinate this months Mystery Cruise – Good Job!!
| Rick Early lead us on a tour of most of Southwest
Georgia to reach Colquitt, home of Swamp Gravy and the Tarrer Inn. Here, we twelve 'vettes park in the town square opposite the Inn. |
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| The historic Tarrer Inn, built inside a salvaged building on the square. The dinner theatre, perpetually playing "Swamp Gravy," stands not far north in another recycled industrial building. |
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| The finely appointed interior. Don't stand to close to Kelley when he's got his fork in hand. |
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RICK AND SUE'S CORVETTES 2008 Z06 2005 C6 COUPE
Chevy introduced the 2006 corvette Z06 at the North American
International Auto Show. It was the fastest most powerful car ever offered
by Chevrolet and GM until the new ZR1 emerged. It is comprised of an
unprecedented level of capability and technology, making it one of the
greatest performance values on the market. If you have ever driven the new
Z06,you will know immediately, as you shift through the gears that this is
the best Z yet. The most obvious differences between the two cars we have is
that the '08 is a victory red Z06 and the '05 is a millennium yellow C6
coupe. Both are performance cars and have very different handling
characteristics. The '05 C6 has the 6.0 400hp engine, 4 speed automatic
transmission that has been modified by extreme motor sports. The extreme
phase 1 modification consisted of the addition of a PRO CHARGER
supercharger, Melrose headers, B&B bullets with 3" pipes all the way back,
track lowered 1.5" and dyno-tuned. The car turned 563 rwhp at 5800 rpms on
the dyno. The new Z06 is stock and came with the 7.0L 427CUI 505hp engine
and has the 6hp exhaust option. The Z handles and performs much better the
C6 mod car, but don't get me wrong folks, the yellow car is just mean.
Overall the Z06 is superior to the 05 coupe in almost every category, but I
think the yellow car will outrun the Z if I could just get some GRIP on the
rear wheels.
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George and Peggy Heneveld. ’87 and ’08 .
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Birthdays and
Anniversaries:
4 Pat Pattberg
5 Valerie Cochran
14 Hassie Green
27 Isaac Tyler
29 Barbara Hickman
9 Carl and Jenny Shea
11 Glenn and Vel Bowens
12 Roy and Shannon Williams
14 Doug and Brenda Hancock
22 Brent and Jerri Gourley
For Sale:
1996 Corvette Coupe -- Loaded with options, including the LT4 engine. Only 5K miles on complete engine rebuild including forged pistons, balanced rotating assembly, and a comp cam. 7K miles on new ZF 6-speed tranny. New tires and battery. Runs and drives great. $12,900 Call Bruce at 334-348-2340.
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Seen on the Web:
ZR1 on the Nurburgring; the GM blog; Wired Magazine with video.
President:
Kelly
Walker
Vice
President: Bill James
Secretary: Barbara Pattberg
NCM
Ambassador: Charley
Robertson
Treasurer: Bruce Carter
Caravan Coordinator: John
Hickman
Local Event Coordinator: Bruce
Carter
Newsletter
Editor: Bruce Carter
Member at Large: Jackie
James
Member at Large:
Charlotte Countryman
Webmaster: Brent Gourley
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