Details

• Condition
  Pre-Owned Clear Title
• Engine
  5.7L 8 Cylinder
• Drivetrain
  Rear Wheel Drive
• Interior
  Red
• VIN #
  1G1YY3188J5105741
• Mileage
  39005
• Transmission
  Automatic
• Exterior Color
  Red
• Stock #
  SN3435
• Warranty
  

1988 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible — L98 5.7L TPI V8, Red on Red, Clean Florida Car Why This Car Is Special The fourth-generation Corvette, introduced for 1984, represented a fundamental rethinking of what the Corvette could be. By 1988, the C4 had matured into a genuinely capable sports car — refined enough for daily use, fast enough to embarrass most of what else was on the road. The 1988 Chevrolet Corvette convertible is a particularly desirable variant of that generation because the ragtop body style had only returned to the lineup in 1986, after a ten-year absence. Buyers who wanted an open-air Corvette with the fully developed L98 engine and a sorted-out platform gravitated toward the 1987-1989 window, and for good reason. The L98 engine — a 5.7-liter V8 displacing 350 cubic inches — used Tuned Port Injection, a system that Chevrolet developed to deliver smooth, linear power across a wide rpm band rather than a peaky, hard-to-drive powerband. In 1988 trim, the L98 produced 245 horsepower and 340 lb-ft of torque. Those numbers look modest today, but the torque curve was broad and usable, and the Tuned Port Injection system gave the engine a throttle response that carbureted V8s of the same era simply could not match. The tall, individual runner intake manifold sitting on top of this engine is one of the most recognizable engine bay sights of the 1980s, and on this car it has been treated to a full polish, making it a visual centerpiece under the hood. For 1988 specifically, Chevrolet made an important chassis upgrade: the adoption of a 17-inch wheel and tire package, along with Selective Ride Control as an option. The 1988 Corvette also received improved brakes. These were meaningful engineering updates, not cosmetic ones, and they mark the 1988 model as a step forward from the 1986 and 1987 convertibles in terms of overall driving capability. The convertible body style, which had returned for 1986, was built on a reinforced chassis developed...