C5_Pete

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Picked up a White 2001 Z06 a couple months back to build into a consistant and competitive bracket/11.50 car with excellent street manners.

First thing I did was convert to an auto. Here's the rundown of the build

01 Z06

Stock bottom end
Chevy Performance Parts Hot cam
Mostly stock LS6 heads - just a valve job and some milling by Dave at D&F performance inBerlin, NJ
Melling oil pump
C5R timing chain
Underdrive pulley
Yank 4000 converter
ACE built 4L60E
3.42 differential with upgraded internals
Stock suspension in the back - Lakewood 90/10 shocks up front.



I got it all together a couple weeks ago and just got it tuned by Doug at ECS on Thursday. Then Thursday night took it to Atco for some shakedown passes. I've never driven a stalled auto before.

Vid of the first pass ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIzBKBtF7dQ

I was really happy with that pass. The car felt great. I spent the rest of the night trying to dial for 11.50 and working on figuring out how to stage and launch to cut a light.

Last pass of the night I ran it out to an 11.05@121

The car far exceded my expectations

Saturday, I went to Englishtown to compete in the Corvette Challenge, the Corvette Pro 11.50, and the GM-EFI brackets.

I'm glad I entered 3 classes, because I needed the seat time to figure things out.

By the time elims started, I was begining to get comfortable.

I went red in my first round of the CC, but won the first round of the GM-EFI. At that point, my day was a success. Then I won the first round of the 11.50, against one of the top drivers in the class - damn, that felt good.

Round 2 of the 11.50, the ladder puts me against Ellis Grey, the points leader and a pretty accomplished racer. I cut a better light, and got him by a fender.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lNVj-Ms8V8

Round 3 - the finals in the 11.50 I run my good buddy Gary in his C6Z. I won in a double break out.

In the GM-EFI brackets I made it to the semi finals.

So, to say I'm happy with this car is a tremendous understatement. It is everything my blue car wasn't. I can drive this car anywhere in comfort and rip off a low 11 second pass. The only thing my car needs is Sirius satellite radio.

BAMALS1

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Nice! Excellent times. How do you like that converter?

C5_Pete

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I like it. I was somewhat apprehensive about it because I've never driven a stalled auto before. But, it works great at the track and is fine for street use. I can drive through my neighborhood at 20mph and about 1200-1500 rpm. and with teh stock Ti mufflers, it's not obnoxious at all.

BAMALS1

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That's awwesome man. Congrat's you got a strong running car and looks good too.

C5_Pete

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Thanks.

Stu_x24x

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11.x runs with a HotCam and 243s?! I was thinking about getting a HotCam (for easy maintenance reasons) to put in my crate LS6...this makes me want to do so even more!