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RoyalPythonPros said:
Is that simply for fun or do you plan on getting it on a track?
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Strictly for fun. Not that it turned out that way when all the dust settled, mind you. Two shops nearly destroyed the car, and I had to bring the car home and fix everything they screwed up. So I had to learn how to work on C5 Corvettes by the seat of my pants. When I had a drivetrain failure last summer, I did take it to the local Chevy dealership, because that was more work than I was willing to bite off myself. To replace a failed slave cylinder/throw out bearing, you have to remove the torque tube, transmission, and differential, which is an all day job. That's when I found out that Pfadt had sent the first shop a carbon fiber driveshaft for my car that was too long. And the second shop had left a couple of bolts off of the bell housing that mounted it to the block. Those two screw ups wound up costing me a new clutch assembly, drive shaft, torque tube, and related bearings. Nearly damaged the end of the crank, too, which would have been a REAL kick to the nether regions.

Anyway, it all started out with the idea that my C5 Z06 Corvette REALLY needed to have a 427 engine in it. :rofl: A 346 cubic inch engine (LS6) just doesn't cut it. In retrospect, three and a half years later, certainly not one of my better ideas.
 
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hahaha! I used to be BIG into modifying cars. Nothing as detailed (or expensive) as you're working on but still loved it. I knew a guy back when I was in the Marines that had a Nissan 240SX that he was DETERMINED to get a Skyline R34 engine into. It wasn't until he had the motor and most parts that he realized that also meant making the engine bay wider and converting the 240 to AWD. He was in way farther then he thought but I left the area before I found out if he ever got it accomplished.

There's a newer track in my area that is like a playground for really fast and mostly high end sports cars, Monticello Motor Club. I love how on Friday afternoons you can sit on the side of the highway and see all the cars going to the track. Everything from Vette's and Stang's to Ferrari's and Lambo's and sometimes even some exotics that make you look twice to figure out what they are.

I gave up my car racing days to work on motorcycles. Spent a ton of time and money a few years ago working on my Yamaha R1. Had the weight down to 370 lbs full and modified the motor to get out 201 HP on the dyno. First day on it in 2010 I hit a deer doing 75mph, didn't go down, but the impact spun a couple bearings and it blew the motor 3 days later. I still have it sitting at my house but never put a new motor in it yet.
 
When I first saw this it was on my phone and I didnt hear it spooling up Rich
I hear it much better now on the desk top :thumbsup:
Is that a HPE/ LSX set up or something from STS?
 
Due to certain circumstances it had to be sold the year after we completed it but it was about a 1.5 years worth of work for us (dad & me). Yea I know the guys on TV can do it in 30 minutes...

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Metachrosis said:
When I first saw this it was on my phone and I didnt hear it spooling up Rich
I hear it much better now on the desk top :thumbsup:
Is that a HPE/ LSX set up or something from STS?
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Those are STS twin turbos. I really didn't like the idea of all that heat being underneath the hood. The rear mounted turbos work just FINE..... :thumbsup:
 
Its a popular choice in Texas to run the STS stuff,it gets off the chain crazy
when VW VR6 Jetta's destroy cars like yours like snacks with over kill STS rear spools
Always someone faster in the go real fast world,shame they never think about the slow down faster and braking parameter upgrades come after the crash.
The stock Z brakes are decent but I upgraded mine and never regretted it.
I still miss that old Z of mine . . . . . :(
 
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shame they never think about the slow down faster and braking parameter upgrades come after the crash.
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a shame & expensive...
(dont kill me for posting these Rich, lol. I know a lot of Corvette guys & GN guys dont always see eye to eye)

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Not to worry. I would hope that I'm not like some of the (insert car model here) snobs I've seen around. Matter of fact, I GREATLY prefer going to car shows where there is a mixture of models and years rather than going to strictly a Corvette car show. Heck, how many Corvettes can you see at a show before they all begin to look the same to you? :rofl:

They're all good. Who knows? I may just trade the vettes in for any number of things if the fancy hits me one day and never worry about it at all. I used the money from selling a bunch of my guns to buy the vettes, so it was pretty much just trading one hobby for another. Matter of fact Connie and I have mentioned selling off one of the vettes and getting a Jeep again. I do find myself missing the '98 Wrangler I used to have. There are an awful lot of dirt roads around here that I don't drive on any longer.
 
Metachrosis said:
If you do get a Jeep stay in the TJ platform,those new square tops just aint the same
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I haven't looked too closely at the new Jeeps, but from what I have seen on the street here and there, they are just TOO big now. Kind of look like downsized Hummers. I don't want some sort of "trail tank" to drive around here....
 
Another thread about cars made me think about this thread and the fact that I never really showed closure.

Anyway, I finished up the tuning on 11-21-2013. Well at least as much as I think I'm going to do. The car definitely doesn't like to be driven under 10 mph and surges a bit to let me know about it. Other that that, it drives pretty much like a stock vette with a whole lot more oomph under the "GO" pedal.

I had to replace the TAC (Throttle Actuator Control module on 03-09-2014 because I was getting intermittent shutdowns at startup. It was pretty much a shot in the dark determining that the TAC module was the culprit, but after replacing it I haven't had a single incident up to today with the failures I noted. Oh, I also found the some dust covers were missing on the front of the bell housing, but they were easily replaced without too much hassle.

But since I haven't had any further problems (knock on wood) since replacing the TAC module, that is the date I am going to declare the car officially finished.

So, it is REALLY REALLY done. From 10-27-2009 to about 03-09-2014. Just over 4 years.
 
I was hoping to hear good things about the vette, Rich. I read the whole thread over on cornsnakes. Someday i'll have a corvette but for now i'll enjoy my little tuner.
 
If you want to read the L-O-N-G version, make yourself a big bowl of popcorn and read this one -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44697

And that's only PART 2. Also does not include 6 months of the tuning effort I went through doing the final fine tuning. This was a "learn as I go" project.

PART 1 was when I got the original 427 engine made by World Products (Warhawk brand name) that had some really shoddy workmanship on the heads so I would up rejecting the entire engine and sending it back to have a new one built. This time based on an RHS block. MUCH better quality there, from what I could see.
 
I got to page 24, I don't see how you could be so patient. I would've lost my mind and started swinging wrenches at people.
 
Yeah... I think any decent attorney could have made a strong case for justifiable homicide in my defense.
 
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