Eastern Members - My Newly Aquired C5.

Hey guys,

Some of you hampton roads guys may have seen it at the track rental last friday, but i just picked it up last tuesday and have been lovin every minute of it!

Its a '98 Z51 Auto car with 114k on it.

It was BONE stock when i picked it up the other day and so far i have added:

Fat Daddy Frame Savers
Flush Mount Taillight Kit
Z06 Replica Wheels
Zip-Tie Mod

Future plan is Full bassani exhaust, ls6 or fast intake, z06 brake screens,and possibly stage 2 or 3 243's and a mild cam this summer?

Had a blackout kit on it, but the front flew away on the interstate and i almost got rearended on 460 on the way to the track so off they went!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v700/stangaddict/DSC00222.jpg

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Very nice. Now get to the track and baseline that sucker!!! :drive:

I already did! :D

went last friday and ran a 13.02@105.54 bone stock down to the paper filter! :nod:

I really like C5s, always have, always will. :cheers:

Me too! lol

I have been tryin to get into a c5 ever since i first bought my c4 3 years ago! dream finally came true!

Let me ask the question what did you pay for a vette with 114K on it?

$12.4k with a 12 month/unlimited mile warranty.

Looks great... heck of a price. Flush tails look good, I have them on mine. Stay away from the blackouts... they're cheesey.

Thanks Brian!

You finally get your car all back together?

Oh yeah... had it done for Corvettes @ Carlisle back in august :) But I grew tired of the Tigershark nose and the clear roof so I sold the nose and put a solid roof panel on the car. Much nicer cruising w/ the solid roof (quieter) as the clear one acts as a sound chamber.... but of course now i have a white front bumper and a silver roof haha.

She'll go in the paint booth in a few months to get those re-sprayed along w/ my Specter Werkes rear facia and have the car buffed up. After that I think I'm going to finally put AFR 205s on the car to boost my mid range torque etc. Car has over 81k on it so new lifters wouldn't hurt, plus it'll be time for new springs at 90k anyway.

FYI I've got a set of black/brushed lip Z06 repros that are 18s all around w/ some Azenzis on them that I'm going to eventually sell. Took them off the silver '98 trackrat.

ha, i thought i saw your car sittin across the street from your work one day with a white bumper, i was thinkin "WTF did he do?" lmao!




But glad to see you got her back cruisin again!

FYI I've got a set of black/brushed lip Z06 repros that are 18s all around w/ some Azenzis on them that I'm going to eventually sell. Took them off the silver '98 trackrat.

pm me some pics and a price.:nod:

looks very good for the price, nice times you ran for it being 100% stock

People just dont know how fun it is to drive these cars. Doesnt matter if your just cruising or hot rodding they are just fun cars. Enjoy and congrats on the purchase.

wow..looks awesome and what a great price..congrats on the new vette

Looks good!! I have been loving my FRC more and more lately since my formula is down. Add a vararam and 12.7's 12.8's will be consistent!

Congrats on the purchase man....

And 13.0s is moving man.... Of course a few people were running stupid fast times that day at the track. Haha.

Yea I recently picked up an 01 C5 Z06 car had 87k miles runs/drives like new so far lol. These things feel way tighter then fbodys with similar mileage. I had mine on the dyno the morning I got it it made 340/332 then I found out the car must of had some sort of programmer on it because the a/f was in the 10's so I hooked up my hp tuners made some adjustments and it made 352 rw and the tq was like 350 somthing also. I also had mine to the track and the first time out went 12.2 @ 114 on a 1.84 60ft with better air and and a better launch the car might possibly go 11.9's.

Sweet car, good buy. I miss my C5 :(

Looks sweet! Those Z06 wheels look great on a regular C5. Good luck with the car.:D

Nice car man! :thumb:

I have an LS6 intake w/ ported TB for sale if your interested, pm me.

Great looking car!

nice car-killer price:D

stop suggesting mods or his kids wont have a christmas...jokes.

stop suggesting mods or his kids wont have a christmas...jokes.

No kids! Thank God! lol

sweet that means you probly dont have a wife that says you cant race that white G8. i trapped 13.02 @ 106...should be a good one, i'm still stock just the custom tune.

Can you explain what those mods are for us non-corvette owners? What's a ziptie mod? What's a frame saver.

frame saver is a little wheel that bolts to your front "crashbars" and will prevent them from being damaged should you run the car up on a curb.

http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/corvette-reviews/data/15/9092cca7.jpg

the ziptie mod is a poorman's CAI created by removing the air intake lid and using zipties to hold the filter in place. Looks a bit hokey, but prooven to be as good as any CAI system for the most part: http://ls1tech.com/forums/corvette-performance/980972-zip-tie-mod.html

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/corvette-performance/146254d1220554414-zip-tie-mod-user-logic-airfiltermod-002.jpg

thanks brian!

Just got back from having the car dyno'd at Va Speed.

Laid down 290/300. Not too shabby for a 115k mile stock car with a k&n drop in! :cool:

where do you buy those frame savers?

you can get several different places but mine came form corvettemods.com

they are on sale right now. put 'railsaver' in the coupon box and get 40% off! :)

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-general/2196891-limited-qty-of-front-end-rail-savers-at-deep-discount.html

Just got back from having the car dyno'd at Va Speed.

Laid down 290/300. Not too shabby for a 115k mile stock car with a k&n drop in! :cool:

Nice numbers man....

Congrats.

Watch for race dates here http://www.mid-atlanticcorvettechallenge.com/index2.php

Thanks edgar!

I made it out to the first couple 07 races that steve got goin in my c4, im hopin to make it a more frequent thing now! :)

stop suggesting mods or his kids wont have a christmas...jokes.

You have no idea how funny that is. lolololololololololololol

Shut it Frank! lol

Shut it Frank! lol

Don't get mad at me. Blame your parents for not have sex earlier junior. lololololololololololololololololol

Don't get mad at me. Blame your parents for not have sex earlier junior. lololololololololololololololololol

hahahahahaha!!

What was the text you sent me.

just tryin to bullshit.

Don't get mad at me. Blame your parents for not have sex earlier junior. lololololololololololololololololol

Haha.... Your Mom is kicking herself every day for not disposing of you when she found out she was pregnant.:D

Haha.... Your Mom is kicking herself every day for not disposing of you when she found out she was pregnant.:D
10,000 sperm and you were the strongest one. Just proof that Darwinism isn't an exact science. :D