[rpoz-29]

I'm looking at a 1993 Corvette 6 speed. It's a two owner car, the second owner being an old friend of mine. He passed away in January of 2015, and his sister has decided to sell it. It's black on black with a leather interior, and only 17,000 miles. I can get it pretty cheap, but wondered if there were any well know trouble spots with that year. Not planning to autocross it, just a street ride.

[Mojave]

93 didn't have an vented opti. The 92-93 computers are different than the 94-97 computers, and they suck. They require chips to program (later ones can be flashed), and many are experiencing capacitor failure. Remans are getting harder to find. The 92-93 Y-body belt setup is different and requires a two-sided belt IIRC. C4's use the same crappy front hubs as 4th gen, but for street only driving they are fine. Manual cars got the D44 diff, which is very strong, supposedly good to 500-600 hp. ZF6 trans is a good unit, though rebuild parts are harder to find. Clutches are the same as any other LTx, and the slave is external, unlike an LS.

Some here have had good experiences with LTx cars, but I have not. That might be because I'm a shit mechanic, but I swore off ever owning one again after my last C4. I had rotors explode, rotors fall off, and the optical half stop working. I ran LS coils with an aftermarket setup to drive them, but for a 93 car, the best solution is to swap to an LS computer. No more shitty chip flashing, individual coils, and no optical bullshit to deal with. It is the ideal fix. I think it's also possible to drill the intake to run a regular distributor, but I'm not familiar with the details of that swap.

If you can get it real cheap, then great, but C5 prices are pretty low right now, and a C5 is better in every, single, measurable way. YMMV.