Took a Sunday Cruise in my 8 sec IRS C5 Corvette Street Car [VIDEO]
12-08-2006, 09:31 PM
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Took a Sunday Cruise in my 8 sec IRS C5 Corvette Street Car [VIDEO] Hi all,
In response to a lot of questions regarding the drivability of my 8 second Corvette C5 with Independent Rear Suspension and the possibility of driving the car on the street, I took the car on a little trip this past weekend. Since I do own several other cars, I never intended on driving this regularly on the street. But since you asked I thought I would take her out for a spin.
This is exactly the way the car finished its last pass of 8.6@163. Nothing except the removal of the Hooseirs (not street legal) and replacing them with a set of HRE's. On the first try the car fired right up! As you see it idles almost like stock.
Overall, the car really shocked the heck out of me.
It is incredibly docile. Shifts nicely and idles in gear real nicely. I drove the car for about 30 minutes and traveled between 10 and 15 miles. The car's water temps ran at about 200 degrees. I caught several traffic lights and the car had absolutely no problem standing there waiting for the green. The trek mostly covered county and state hwy roads with a few neighborhood roads.
I also did the unthinkable. I went to Wawa and filed her up with 93 octane! Yes that's right 93 octane in my 1000RWHP+ 8 sec IRS Corvette. Mind you I never ventured over 10psi of boost but I also never heard a ping and it still blasted down the road. I shot some video of the trip. Remember, this thing can never be considered a commuting vehicle but a night of terrorizing the local street racers is definitely in my future!
Thanks to Edgar, Carmen and Richie coming along and helping with the video.
PS. As you will see from the video, I also took the opportunity to pick up a few groceries for the wife while I was out. :lol
This was a blast! It will definitely see a lot more street time! Here is the video (little big-13M):
Boweryboy's 8 Sec Corvette C5 Street Car
Here is the Link to the Post regarding the 8.60 @ 163.95 Pass:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...2&page=1&pp=20
In response to a lot of questions regarding the drivability of my 8 second Corvette C5 with Independent Rear Suspension and the possibility of driving the car on the street, I took the car on a little trip this past weekend. Since I do own several other cars, I never intended on driving this regularly on the street. But since you asked I thought I would take her out for a spin.
This is exactly the way the car finished its last pass of 8.6@163. Nothing except the removal of the Hooseirs (not street legal) and replacing them with a set of HRE's. On the first try the car fired right up! As you see it idles almost like stock.
Overall, the car really shocked the heck out of me.It is incredibly docile. Shifts nicely and idles in gear real nicely. I drove the car for about 30 minutes and traveled between 10 and 15 miles. The car's water temps ran at about 200 degrees. I caught several traffic lights and the car had absolutely no problem standing there waiting for the green. The trek mostly covered county and state hwy roads with a few neighborhood roads.
I also did the unthinkable. I went to Wawa and filed her up with 93 octane! Yes that's right 93 octane in my 1000RWHP+ 8 sec IRS Corvette. Mind you I never ventured over 10psi of boost but I also never heard a ping and it still blasted down the road. I shot some video of the trip. Remember, this thing can never be considered a commuting vehicle but a night of terrorizing the local street racers is definitely in my future!
Thanks to Edgar, Carmen and Richie coming along and helping with the video.PS. As you will see from the video, I also took the opportunity to pick up a few groceries for the wife while I was out. :lol
This was a blast! It will definitely see a lot more street time! Here is the video (little big-13M):
Boweryboy's 8 Sec Corvette C5 Street Car
Here is the Link to the Post regarding the 8.60 @ 163.95 Pass:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...2&page=1&pp=20
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12-09-2006, 09:45 AM
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That car is amazing... 8 sec street cars just blow my mind. An 8 second street is what I WISH I had. Or maybe that 7 second street Viper? Or maybe i'll stick with my 13 second street car? Wait a tic... doh!
12-09-2006, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by THE_SUPRA
mmmmm, not going to lie...incredibly boring video!
.Also, no speeding laws were broken which enables this video to be posted. There are strict rules about posting street racing or high speed pass videos on this forum, sorry.
I am trying to comply with the rules of the forum.
PS. If you want to see the goods.... Click here:
Video of Boweryboy's Corvette C5 IRS Best - 8.60 @ 163.95 w/ 1.38 60'
12-09-2006, 03:00 PM
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Car runs really bad ***! But here is the real street car
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/620891-tt-viper-7-98-183-a.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/620891-tt-viper-7-98-183-a.html
