I'm not a sellout BUT.........
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Thats cool mang.
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I HATE when people ask me the question of what I do. I'm always honest about it because I'm not ashamed but after I write it people usually accuse me of lying, asking for proof, all sorts of crazy stuff.
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These pics are out of the previous owners photo album. I haven't taken any pics of my own yet.
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I HATE when people ask me the question of what I do. I'm always honest about it because I'm not ashamed but after I write it people usually accuse me of lying, asking for proof, all sorts of crazy stuff.
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THEVette006.flv video by 402joe - Photobucket
These pics are out of the previous owners photo album. I haven't taken any pics of my own yet.
I didnt say anything about lying or nothing. I am happy for ya and think its great!
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Oh man....I didn't mean it like that and it wasn't directed at you. Everyone here is actually pretty chill and there really isn't much maliciousness, which is why I answered. I meant in the past when I posted that on other forums i would literally get attacked.
Congrats on a sweet looking car! I like the frc's alot. There is a guy running around here with a frc with a 408 in it and its nasty to say the least!
Oh cool, my bad! 
When you quoted me and had that response I was all :shifty:
I tell ya though, if that beast were mine and it really is a streettoy then I would yank that entire nitrous setup off that thing and sell it. It looks like a good grand worth of stuff. Then I would get an ATI twin intercooled Procharger on it. If its all forged internals then you could throw 12 psi at it VERY SAFTLY and make 750 ish rwhp on pump gas and around 830 on race fuel... maybe more.
I would also ditch the hood in favor of a minor cowl stock hood. The FRC is such a beautiful car with its stock lines that the hood rally throws it all off.
With a stock style hood it would be a real sleeper and you may con a Terminator or GT500 into a run and suprise the hell out of them. From an acceleration standpoint my 03 could walk a C5 Z06 with no problem and if I saw that come up with a stock hood I would think it was another easy kill. Then I would come up with a lame excuse like "traction was crap" when I see your tail lights get smaller.
When you quoted me and had that response I was all :shifty:I tell ya though, if that beast were mine and it really is a streettoy then I would yank that entire nitrous setup off that thing and sell it. It looks like a good grand worth of stuff. Then I would get an ATI twin intercooled Procharger on it. If its all forged internals then you could throw 12 psi at it VERY SAFTLY and make 750 ish rwhp on pump gas and around 830 on race fuel... maybe more.
I would also ditch the hood in favor of a minor cowl stock hood. The FRC is such a beautiful car with its stock lines that the hood rally throws it all off.
With a stock style hood it would be a real sleeper and you may con a Terminator or GT500 into a run and suprise the hell out of them. From an acceleration standpoint my 03 could walk a C5 Z06 with no problem and if I saw that come up with a stock hood I would think it was another easy kill. Then I would come up with a lame excuse like "traction was crap" when I see your tail lights get smaller.
you know what, I would love to put a blower on this car. I had a preliminary conversation with my tuner about doing exactly that to this car and he said he didn't think it would be a very good idea. He talked directly with the previous owner and knows more about this than I do. But he commented that the car has a low compression engine specifically designed to run the nitrous on the car.
I don't know much about nitrous but I'm guessing they like low compression? I will text the other owner and ask him what the compression is on the engine and post up in a few hours when I get home from dinner. Going to Chili's, 2 for $20...how can that be beat my lady is easy to please
We will go more into it this coming week when I take it out to him to go over it with me and do some fine tuning.
but you know what.......
i love the hood, it seperates it from every other vette out there. I'm looking for a few other carbon bits as well...mirrors, pillars, liip spoiler, etc. Just a few nice little touches.
I don't know much about nitrous but I'm guessing they like low compression? I will text the other owner and ask him what the compression is on the engine and post up in a few hours when I get home from dinner. Going to Chili's, 2 for $20...how can that be beat
my lady is easy to pleaseWe will go more into it this coming week when I take it out to him to go over it with me and do some fine tuning.
but you know what.......
i love the hood, it seperates it from every other vette out there. I'm looking for a few other carbon bits as well...mirrors, pillars, liip spoiler, etc. Just a few nice little touches.
CobraRed_96_GT
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I'm probably confusing things here. I'm not as technical knowledgeable as some and compression ratios and the such are something I'm not that familair with.
I talked to him to today and he said 10.5-1 which is dead on for a blower right? or does the ideal compression ratio vary from one engine to another?
I talked to him to today and he said 10.5-1 which is dead on for a blower right? or does the ideal compression ratio vary from one engine to another?
First off, its your car and if you like the hood then thats the ONLY thing that matters.
And as cobra red said, nitrous loves compression. Now 10.5 is a hair on the high side for a blower but with a nice tune and forged internals you could throw 9 psi at it all day long and be very very safe. The 9 psi hit would give you about 700-730 rwhp and the nice thing is the car will drive exactly how it does now when not under boost and will kick harder under boost then it did with the nitrous AND you dont have only 40 seconds of fun before you have to refill it. Plus you have some trunk room again.
BTW: Meth dont make a bug difference with Nitrous but blowers LOVE meth injection. With that running as well then 750 is no problem. The car will be an absolute torque monstor! Should run mid 9's and be able to hit 220ish.
Definatly look into a big brake upgrade.
And as cobra red said, nitrous loves compression. Now 10.5 is a hair on the high side for a blower but with a nice tune and forged internals you could throw 9 psi at it all day long and be very very safe. The 9 psi hit would give you about 700-730 rwhp and the nice thing is the car will drive exactly how it does now when not under boost and will kick harder under boost then it did with the nitrous AND you dont have only 40 seconds of fun before you have to refill it. Plus you have some trunk room again.
BTW: Meth dont make a bug difference with Nitrous but blowers LOVE meth injection. With that running as well then 750 is no problem. The car will be an absolute torque monstor! Should run mid 9's and be able to hit 220ish.
Definatly look into a big brake upgrade.
This is a killer upgrade at a killer price! Makes me wonder what it would take to make it work on a Stang.
Brand new and a total of 20 pistons with new driller rotors and pads all for under $1700. With the kind of power you have you need the ability to stop it well.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/C6-C...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
Brand new and a total of 20 pistons with new driller rotors and pads all for under $1700.
With the kind of power you have you need the ability to stop it well.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/C6-C...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
First off, its your car and if you like the hood then thats the ONLY thing that matters.
And as cobra red said, nitrous loves compression. Now 10.5 is a hair on the high side for a blower but with a nice tune and forged internals you could throw 9 psi at it all day long and be very very safe. The 9 psi hit would give you about 700-730 rwhp and the nice thing is the car will drive exactly how it does now when not under boost and will kick harder under boost then it did with the nitrous AND you dont have only 40 seconds of fun before you have to refill it. Plus you have some trunk room again.
BTW: Meth dont make a bug difference with Nitrous but blowers LOVE meth injection. With that running as well then 750 is no problem. The car will be an absolute torque monstor! Should run mid 9's and be able to hit 220ish.
Definatly look into a big brake upgrade.
well there are two 20lb bottles of the stuff.
have to figure that will last a little while eh?Ya, I'm not so sure on the brake front. They seem good right now. I will live with them for a little and see. I would have to upsize my rims to 18 from 17 in the front and 19 from 18 in the rear. I was thinking decreasing the sidewall of the tire definately wouldn't be helping with traction. We'll see.....but man that z06 stuff is nice.
98Teksidcobra that's funny
With that shot size you will be empty on the 5th run...maybe the sixth if its a warm night and the bottles temp was kept warm.
Nitrous is excellent for the track but for the street you can have fun all the time with a blower.
And the Corvetts stock brakes are excellent but if you go road course racing you will need something better to maximize that cars power. Also if you get that thing up to redline in 4th and then to stop quickly you will feel a noticeable shimmy as the car drops below 60 mph because the rotor overheated.
Braided lines and drilled rotors actually help out quite a bit with the stock calipers and are pretty cheap.
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Nitrous is excellent for the track but for the street you can have fun all the time with a blower.
And the Corvetts stock brakes are excellent but if you go road course racing you will need something better to maximize that cars power. Also if you get that thing up to redline in 4th and then to stop quickly you will feel a noticeable shimmy as the car drops below 60 mph because the rotor overheated.
Braided lines and drilled rotors actually help out quite a bit with the stock calipers and are pretty cheap.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-9...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Good...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
Does crossdrilling weaken the integrity of the rotor? not meaning personally drilling the rotor, just vs a similar rotor of the same metal without the crossdrilled holes.
I ask based off of an old autocrosser that came into the auto parts store I worked at years ago, and swore that slotted were superior to crossdrilled due to the integrity issue.
just a random tangent..
I ask based off of an old autocrosser that came into the auto parts store I worked at years ago, and swore that slotted were superior to crossdrilled due to the integrity issue.
just a random tangent..
EPIK
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Congrats Hotstang!!! That car is one nasty beast. Sounds great too. I have always loved that color too...
Wasup with the Taylor Swift music in the vid though?
Wasup with the Taylor Swift music in the vid though?
not my vid..... previous owner with that ****e in the radio. In fact, I took the radio out of my stang because of all the stuff that was put on by my girl. I claimed It was for weight savings, now I just have the sweet sound of the full exhaust with flows to listen too the vette may follow suite, we'll see.
the car already has either brembo or baer rotors with hawk pads. can't remember which he told me.
well....a blower may be in my future for this car.
First up though, the stang is going in to the shop this week for what will hopefully be a 100-120 horse kick in the pants via a meth kit and a change from an 8lb pulley to a 13lb pulley. And the dumping of my auto for a built t56. The vette will also be getting a tune and if there are any gains to be made I may have the meth going on the vette for normal street driving. Right now it bucks a little in the first three gears under 2k. Don't think it's the cam, not that aggressive. Suspicious it's the tune, we'll see. I'll post up both dyno's when I get them
BTW chose a mgw shifter for the stang based off of all the good stuff you guys have wrote about that one. I'm curious to see how it will shift compared to the vette. the vette currently has a hurst in it right now, it feels a tad notchy.
the vette may follow suite, we'll see.the car already has either brembo or baer rotors with hawk pads. can't remember which he told me.
well....a blower may be in my future for this car.
First up though, the stang is going in to the shop this week for what will hopefully be a 100-120 horse kick in the pants via a meth kit and a change from an 8lb pulley to a 13lb pulley. And the dumping of my auto for a built t56. The vette will also be getting a tune and if there are any gains to be made I may have the meth going on the vette for normal street driving. Right now it bucks a little in the first three gears under 2k. Don't think it's the cam, not that aggressive. Suspicious it's the tune, we'll see. I'll post up both dyno's when I get them
BTW chose a mgw shifter for the stang based off of all the good stuff you guys have wrote about that one. I'm curious to see how it will shift compared to the vette. the vette currently has a hurst in it right now, it feels a tad notchy.
throw the hurst out of the c5, and put a c6z06 shifter in. Shifts like buttaa.
The hawk pads are great pads. I just put in cross drilled/slotted rotors on my car, with hawk pads. Light years above the stock setup. Tonight, I tested them out from 30mph, 40mph, and 60mph. I thought my eyeballs were being sucked out.
The hawk pads are great pads. I just put in cross drilled/slotted rotors on my car, with hawk pads. Light years above the stock setup. Tonight, I tested them out from 30mph, 40mph, and 60mph. I thought my eyeballs were being sucked out.
Drilled rotors have been known to crack in severe racing conditions which is why on a track car you should use slotted. Drilled is perfect for agressive street driving and occasional track usage.
As for the MGW, you will love it. The bucking below 2K in the first three gears tells me cam and a high power band OR just a really grabby clutch. Most performance clutches suck on the Vette and the only one thats nice on the street is the Centerforce DFX. There maybe others but I know the Centerforce is very streetable. If it has a 6 puck in it then that would be the cause of bucking when you lug it.
As for the MGW, you will love it.
The bucking below 2K in the first three gears tells me cam and a high power band OR just a really grabby clutch. Most performance clutches suck on the Vette and the only one thats nice on the street is the Centerforce DFX. There maybe others but I know the Centerforce is very streetable. If it has a 6 puck in it then that would be the cause of bucking when you lug it.Similar threads
