Hello,

I am the owners of a body shop in Miami. We have just bought a beautiful Corvette 2000 that got stolen and damaged by a few losers.

We have restored the car to its’ original condition however there two unsolved issues:
1. We manage to start the car, the engine sounds great and works on N without overheating. When we change the gear to D, the car start moving however if we exceed 2-3 MPH the engine turns off. Same thing happens with Reverse. Does anyone know what the problem might be?

2. We had bought a new bumper. On the front left side of the bumper (Driver side), there is a disconnected hose that sucks air when the engine is running, we are not sure where it goes to.
Does anyone has and idea on where this hose connects to?

Thanks for your help,
Joe  

Sounds like the car not wanting to run in D might be related to some part of the anti-theft system (which, if the car was originally stolen must've not worked worth a *** anyway).

As for the hose, I can't really tell you. I don't know of a good Corvette shop in Miami (I was born in Hialeah and know the area a bit) but I know of a good one here in Tampa that specializes in rebuilding wrecked Corvettes. Here's a link to their website:

http://www.corvetteshoponline.com/

Hope this helps you out.