Little Red Corvette: 1986 Chevrolet Corvette C4
The C4 generation Corvette was a big styling change from the previous C3 Vette. Gone were the stingray inspired fender humps and instead the car featured Lotus Esprit meets a door style styling. It might be the exhaust fumes speaking, but the C4 is starting to grow on me. Find this 1986 Chevrolet Corvette C4 offered for $8,400 in Granada Hills, CA via craigslist.
From the seller:
1986 chevrolet corvette
VIN: 1G1YYO784G5107419
fuel: gas
odometer: 140789
title status: clean
transmission: manual
An absolutely well kept beauty.. All original never been in any kind of accident shining original factory paint almost flawless ..
CLEAN Title ..
Registration paid till October 2022 …
Maintained and serviced always properly and it’s shows…
Healthy and solid engine and transmission ..
Transmission was overhauled with new clutch three years ago..
All four new brakes all four cross drilled slotted rotors all four rebuild calipers ceramic pads …
All four new high performance tires …
New MSD ignition with new wires and NGK iridium spark plugs..
Recent oil change new air filter ..
Feels and drive just when it was brand new..
Costume interior is new has been reupholstered with red stitching ..
Investment quality..
Factory car cover new hardly ever used included ..
The best thing about this car the way how it drive…
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Never driven in purple rain?
So that’s $1,400 more than stripper Saturn or $2,400 more than a Festiva. Oh wait, they are 5 years newer, that must explain it.
People LS swap these things right?
I’ve sometimes thought you could swap the engine between a C4 Corvette and a mid 2000s GM truck with the 4.8, and improve both vehicles. The TPI is a bit of an odd match to the Corvette’s purpose, but they have a great handling chassis.
I’d sure like a link to anyone making the bits that facilitate a C4 LS swap. During our years of C4 ownership I’d have been willing to throw down the $$ if it wasn’t such a giant compromise. Nobody makes a black box that keeps the stock gauges operational.
I don’t think there’s many cars would benefit more from a LS swap than a C4 so here’s hoping the aftermarket steps in.
Here you go:
https://tech.corvettecentral.com/2010/02/ls-engine-swap-for-c4-corvettes/
You will appreciate the craftwork involved 🙂
Thanks – that’s a great site. As the former owner of a swapped K20a Insight and knowing the pains of smashing a motor in place of another, I’m fully not down for that much fabrication and I don’t have access to a wiring guru. When the day comes that a shop offers pre-made mounts, wiring harness and pre-programmed ECM then … maybe.
But it’s fun to dream even if the Kraftwerk is monumental.
Seems like a business opportunity to do these swaps. It’s probably one of those things where the second or third one you do is vastly easier than the first.
On the other hand, I believe one of the other regulars here has experience replacing a small block chevy with a Mercedes-Benz M120 , so why not go totally bonkers in out imaginary garages.
Or an Allison V-1710 to keep it all GM, yeah that’s the ticket!