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84 corvette

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Stingraynut:
Vette Obsessed and SAVette gave great explanations.

I researched last year why the 84 is so unpopular and as everyone has said, it’s always hearsay – the only big differences being the hardest C4 suspension and the crossfire engine.

Personally I targeted 88/89’s as being the best value in my price bracket and am happy with my 88, although I’m thinking that there won’t be many old parts on it by the time I finish fixing everything.

BUT -  during my info gathering excursions, since I bought my 88, I’‘ve detected a trend, a tide, which is saying to me that the ‘classic’ C4 will not be the 89 or the 90 or the 96 – I reckon it’s going to be the 84 – and all the people who bought 84’s currently at the low end of the price range, will have the ‘keeper’ and be asking $50,000+

Simply – they were the first C4 – an astounding leap forward in technology.

Geez, I hope I’m wrong and that my 88 will hold it’s value….

S’nut

SAVette:
Buying a Corvette is not like buying a new family car. Different things become important. I can't imagine that, when compared to any modern sports-car, a '58 Vette does anything particularly well. But I know which one I'd rather have! How often do you hear someone about to purchase a '69 Convertible say "nah, I think I'll buy the RX-8 because the air-conditioner works better"? Not often, I'd bet.

My point is that they are all Corvettes. And people like us buy them BECAUSE they are Corvettes. IMHO, there is NO SUCH THING as a bad Corvette. From '53 to '03, they are ALL highly desirable cars. Every single one of them. But every owner will have their personal favourites. Some are just lucky enough to be able to AFFORD their favourites. The two at the top of my wish-list are a '72 Big Block 4-Speed Convertible, closely followed by any ZR-1. But I'll probably have to wait until I win X-Lotto before I get either of those. And when I do win lotto I'll probably get both, but I will definitely keep my '84!

The '84 Corvette is bagged as being "the worst" but it does most things better than many other Corvettes, so figure that one out, I can't.

It's only real issue is the CFI and there is plenty of room for improvement if you're willing to spend a bit of time and money. And at the extreme, you can simply chuck the CFI and install the factory TPI from a later Corvette or F-Body. But if you do a bit of research, many people say the factory TPI is not much chop anyway. So even if you spent the bigger dollars and bought a '86+ Corvette to get really big hp numbers you'll still have to spend lots of money of the standard TPI. Bigger base and runners or junk the lot and buy one of the after-market manifold available. Either way, you might as well have started with the CFI in an '84.

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