What the best year for the C4?? - Page 2

I have a 95, nice car

94

85 vette is the best.  It is the cheapest, and easily modified, and has only one catilytic converter(more performance).
There is a ton of aftermarket for this model. 84-90 vettes look the best on the exterior and on the interior 84-89 vettes look the best. Old digital dash looks better than the half and half of the 90-96, and the 90-96 has way to many buttons on the dash.  The interiors on the 84-85 are nicer because most of them have different colors in them like black/gray or blue/light blue or bronze/tan, instead of the generic plane gray or plain black or plane red.
 
I maybe biased I own an 84 and an 85.

I couldn't pass this by without postin' my $.02 worth.  Obviously I think the C4 Rules!  Within the C4's I liked the round tail lights of the 84-90, but like the dask from 90 - up.  It is a little bit of a tight fit inside (I'm not a munchkin sized person @ 6' 250 lbs) but is a real motivator to slim down a bit!!
 
Mine is a L-98 & 6-speed.  The L-98 is rated at 245 hp and 345 ft lbs m/l....with a few mods ( 54 mm TB, 24 lb injectors, new exhaust from exhaust manifolds back, performance chip, K&N air filter) and the 3.30:1 rear end she gets right with it. 
 
With stock suspension/tires I have a real traction problem!  It comes on like Jack the Bear and pulls strong to redline...(there is always a big grin right about now!!)
 
As most everyone has said, the best year for a C4 is the one you have & are happy with!  (but black is beautiful)
 
 


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I just got done with a 400 miles round trip in my 90' and I must say that it is still one hell of a machine.  It got 26 mpg round trip, the air blew cold the whole time and had the opportunity to dust a few lesser machines in the process!  It does require some TLC from time to time and sometimes can be very frustrating to diagnose, but I love my car and would recommend any C4 to anyone who is looking for a cheap and fun way into America's Sports Car.  Do choose wisely and do a Carfax as I did when I bought my car.  My car was a one owner with every single service ever done to in the glove box.  All for $7200.  I done some work on it since, Exhaust, shocks, tune up, new seat covers.  I have done all the work myself for about a $1000 dollars so far and have loved every minute of it!!!.

The best C$4 is the '87 that was built of left over bits from the '86 plus a few new goodies they found in the warehouse from64!.You can recognise it by looking at the square chassis tube that runs crosswise just behind the radiator and above the power steering ,it should be 1.5" not 2".The heads should be aluminium,I believe some snuck out with "D" ports.Thats my uncles story and he is sticking by it ! Incidentally I'm looking at a post just below where I'm typing and the guy is getting 26mpg.
Consider this;383 stroker ,no cats,no nothing and tuned to hell-50 mph on cruise-36mpg-85 highway,28/30. Traffic lights!!around a pint a second!!
If catalytic convertors halve the emmissions but double the guzzle factor which is best for the planet?

 1995 ZR-1

All C4s are good. No good year but its kind of ironic that each owner here says that there year is the best which yea im guilty of butu still its what you have and want that makes it the best to you. Even though Lee is write....ZR1 is fast!