The new Vette has arrived !!

Man that is one hot car. Congrats on your new car.

 

What year? 2004? I'm sure you will enjoy it.
I have nothing against Corvettes. Good bang for the buck.
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wow, nice vettes both of you, and amazing F40

 

I rode in a Vette exactly like that one. Same year and everything. Even though its not a Z06 its still really fast.

 

First things first! Time to check out the various exhaust options. I had the B&B Tri-flo PRT exhaust on my C5, but the Corsa exhaust is also popular.

Enjoy her! And have fun fiddling with the little display on the dash that gives you all sorts of digital info!

 

My favourite track car (other than a proper race car)! Well done. Enjoy!

 

Auto?

 

It would appear so, the cast majority of the C5s were auto with, if I remember correctly, a 2.73 gearing.

 

nice C5, i love white vettes. but i gotta disagree with your last statement. no way is an ls1 stronger up top than an ls6.

here's a graph of the original 385HP LS6 vs LS1.

the 405HP LS6 is even a more dramatic difference.



not to mention a Z06 is over 100lbs lighter than a coupe. trust me, i've had an ls1 in an 02 camaro SS and also owned 2 Z06s (an 03 and an 04 Z16) and there is NO comparing the two engins. an LS1 pulls hard, but an LS6 pulls so violently it feels like its gonna rip the front off the car. i've destroyed every coupe and vert (c5 AND c6) i've ever ran against and i love seeing the look on faces of the rice drivers after showing them my taillights and then hearing them say 'but i smoke vettes all the time!WTF?!?'.... yea, i tell them, but there is a BIG difference between a regular vette and a Z06. be careful!

drop by z06vette.com or corvetteforum.com there are some good guys on there and good info to be found.

btw, i lived in jasper for a time. beautiful place around the lake. good racing there too.

cheers

 

Didnt you used to drive one that topped out above 225mph?

Nice vette. They certainly are head and shoulders above a 308 in performance and reliability. My buddy was telling me about a buy he heard about currently has over 300,000 miles (i forgot the exact number, but its high) on his? Try that in a ferrari. Some people say to stay away from high milage LS1's, but i think they will last forever. Ive been seeing some C6's around but I still think the C5 looks better. If they could only put the new interior in the older car...

 

ok, after doing some research it looks like most agree that while a Z06 will max out at 173MPH or so a coupe can hit near 180.

i might be reading your post the wrong way, but that sounds like you're expecting to go Z hunting... speaking from experience, i'd watch out who you pick on on the interstate because i can guarantee you that a Z06 will be multiple buslengths ahead of any C5, Z51 or otherwise, before airo starts to catch up with it. (Z51 btw, is just a suspension upgrade and no power difference from a base coupe)

just like a mosler photon (which runs an LS6 btw) has a airo limited top speed of 165, i wouldn't run one "top end" as you said, because he'd be in another zipcode by the time i surpassed his terminal velocity.

in both cases the car with the higher top speed is in no way "faster top end".

 

I've never been a big corvette fan that is up until the C-5, IMO it is a beautiful design. I prefer it over the C-6 for styling altho I've never driven a C-5 but have driven a C-6 so I can't compare the performance of the 2 but the numbers don't seem to be that far off.
John if you haven't already check out www.corvette forum there are some issues with the C-5 that you will want to know about like the column lock problem its all stuff that can be corrected you just need to know what the fix's are. Enjoy your car!

 

227 I believe. I've seen some links to the articles, sure he has them. Quite an achievment rick.