Cool mod. I put a pair of Corbeau fixed buckets in my BMW Z3 roadster. No regrets. It was a tight fit as well, but the driving feel is so much better now. The original bucket were ugly, no support, the power adjustments broke and weighed 60 lbs. each.
Great video of seats! I've got a roll cage and I like the race seats I have. These seats would rub everything. I had considered them for looks but now nope. You saved me from buying two seats that wouldn't make me happy! Thanks! My C-3 I put big block496 ci, took everything out that didn't make it go! But boxed everything up because parts worked fine. From headlights, AC/heater, seats, dash...even the dash. Drives great and makes me smile and others laugh at handicap tag. Dual stage3 NOS, Auto meter everything, It's just a C-3 with some teeth and don't mind the $10 @gallon purple gas. It's like perfume to old gear heads! I like your Vette and fact you use logic for your car, your way! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😇😇😇!
my 76 felt the same way, i invested in a complete new suspension kit and it made a world of difference. Eckler's Part #: 25-159747-1 Corvette Super Street Handling Kit, Stage IV, 1963-1979
I've got a '79 that handles so very well it will shock you. It's on rails around corners and today it can carve corners with the very best of today's cars. That's the GOOD NEWS on where you can take these cars. So.....here's the TOUGH part about where you are now. It's not cheap, nor is it a quick fix. C3 Corvettes are OLD and there are a lot of places where upgrading is required and simple replacement of worn items has to happen. Obviously you'll want to address the wear items first. All of the front end bushings and steering parts need to make the grade first. Next up would be the tendency of these cars to steer from the rear when the trailing arm bushings are worn out. Nothing you do up front will help much if the back end of the car is sloppy. Once all of these basic wear items are taken car of the car should be as good as new if your shocks and springs are good. Want more? Great! You should expect more. 50-60 years worth of tech improvement since this chassis design first hit the showroom floors in 1963 means you have lot more available. Today I'm running much larger sway bars front and back and I'm running with a fiberglass transverse spring in both the front and back of the car that replace the heavy steel leaf and coils. 17 inch wheels with modern summer performance tires connect it all to the road. Then there is the steering itself. A steeroids rack and pinion set up is light years ahead of the original steering box and many extra points of potential "slop". None of this comes especially cheap and for me it is a cumulative effort over a few years to do it all but ultimately the car you have starts with a near 50/50 IDEAL weight distribution so it's a car that is worth the effort and it will respond with terrific results if you're willing to spend the cash and do the work. Good luck and don't be discouraged. Even just a back to stock set up should handle well and anything extra you do can add up to car that can out handle just about anything on the street today that isn't the most serious of factory efforts.
Love your engine sound. Pop that hood and do a video. How did mount the camera? Cool view. I'd like to do that with my 80 vette. I did mine old school, used a real camera and held it with my left hand. Kinda sucked. View looks futuristic. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hdm3--ufMqw.htmlm8s Also, what kind of mufflers are you using?
did you get the brackets from corbeau or from speed direct? I hear the ones from speed direct are made to mount the seat lower than the ones from corbeau. Just wondering as Im getting the A4's for my 73 vette.
You forgot to say how tall you are, the 80 c3 has seats that hold you in pos real well, those Corbin seats are way to wide, tall and too high for that vette.
