Corvette Performance - she's back.

Well almost... most of you know that my car, had a problem in it's driveline.....(parts came apart, and cut threw the car). Well, thats all said and done now. The car, sorry to say, is being totaled but...I found another coupe to replace it. I bought another, WHITE FRC.... for about 9 grand less then what I payed for mine. I bought this one for 14,600 with, about 98,000 miles on it. Cars in great shape plus,...any parts that weren't good....I swapped out with another doner car, that was laying around.

I bought it on thursday....

...and that night I had the HID's/euro tail lights/my old wheels/my seats/ in the car. On saturday, I installed my front brakes and rotors, off my old car,...and I grinded/sanded down my calipers and painted them red on all four coners. Came out great by the way. I also managed to install my LS6 intake and ported throttle body....and replaced the two knock sensors that where bad in the valley. Car runs ten times better now by the way. Before, the car felt like shit but, I think it's only due to the knock sensors being tweaked, and it was pulling all sorts of timeing. Car now spins all the way through second gear.

I've got big plans,.....big plans for power. My last car made good power but, since then, the playing field down here as been stepped up quite a bit. Although my last setup was enough,....were gonna get a little crazy in the next few months.

Mod list for the week....
B&B bullets ordered....getting rid of the Corsa system on now.
Install updated vararam(I had the original, which i'm giving to a friend)..and remove this vortex rammer piece thats on the car now.
Pick up nitrous today(should hold me over before we get started on the motor work.
Heads(LS6 heads) are being ported.... and massaged. Should be crazy when done. Hopefully that will be done next week.
Decide on cam setup.....
decide on clutch setup.....

...and I need to buy some new long tubes, since mine where chopped up in the explosion.(what a waist).

I've got a ton of parts, from the old car...
LS6 block
LS6 intake
black coil packs
MSD's
DTE brace
HID's
euro tail lights
wheels
heads
cam
pushrods
rockers
hurst
ported TB
brakes

......and some other body parts.

..i've got my work cut out for me for sure. :bang: But it should be alot of fun. It's weird, cause the cars look identical,....so it's like it's the same thing. Just WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY slower. And very docile. But...it'll be on par soon.

The long road is over. My car is back,..the five month ordeal is over.

I'll get some pictures asap fella's....

Thanks,...

Jamie :devil:

Great to hear that you got a new car. I noticed that the spec clutch was not on the mod list :lol:

Damn, sounds like a nice find for the money!

Great to hear that you got a new car. I noticed that the spec clutch was not on the mod list :lol:


lol :barf:

Honestly, i'm sending my "old" unit back to them. Hopeing to end this on a good note. The light is getting brighter at the end of the tunnel. :devil:

...and thanks man.

J

Damn, sounds like a nice find for the money!

I couldn't duplicate that price anywhere man.

what happened to your old car? what kind of power were you making with it?

Glad to hear it is working out for you!

Good to hear your back in the game, even if spec gives you a new clutch will you use it ?

Good to hear your back in the game, even if spec gives you a new clutch will you use it ?


I dunno man. Been thinking about it alot.

Wow, you have been a busy beaver working on that car.

Congrats on the new Vette

Nice find! :thumb:

good find, what are you going to do with the corsa?

Wow, you have been a busy beaver working on that car.

Congrats on the new Vette



Yeaaah man. I've had the itch like a crack head for another car. I've been working on soo many peoples cars lately,....which is cool but....not the same as when its your own car. So, you can say i've been motivated. :devil: I hope to go to the track next week.

Thanks man.

good find, what are you going to do with the corsa?



Getting rid of them.

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peace out. :drive:

Congrats Jaime! Good luck with the upgrades. Let us know how it goes. :cheers:

Congrats Jaime! Good luck with the upgrades. Let us know how it goes. :cheers:



Will do!

Lost a little sleep over it last night, to be honest with you. :bang:
Wanna get this thing fast already.... hopefully within the next week or two,...i'll be ahead of where I was with the old car. Just, time, is one thing I don't have right now. Too busy at work to do my own stuff this week. Anyways, i'll keep you posted man.

J

Just swapped out my exhaust.

Removed corsa catback......

went to put on B&B bullets....factory H-pipe flange broke on the weld.....figures, dum bitch. Soo. ..... the entire h-pipe comes off.....I figure what the hell, i've got the cats off, might as well gut them. Soo, I do. fixed my flange problem, and installed everything....with the b&b bullets.

Car sounds tough but...really needs my cam and long tubes.

you decide on the cam yet? Trex or g5x3? I believe there is even a g5x4 out there.

you decide on the cam yet? Trex or g5x3? I believe there is even a g5x4 out there.


lol. the question of the day. Still undecided man. I might run my old cam, with the new heads that I have,.....and just save the "new" cam idea, for the other block. It's pretty much boils down to me being impatient. I wanna go fast, yesterday. Know what i mean?...lol.. . Vicious cycle. Soo. as of now, I think my LS6 heads, as soon as they are done, are going on,...with all new valvetrain,....my old cam,...and a twin fogger setup.

Cam and spray worked great before,... so heads/cam/more nitrous and alot more mods that I have now, that I didn't have before , should be better.

Get all that go go gadget stuff on the car,.....and in the meantime,...we'll build the other motor(atleast thats the plan for today)

It is,...still possible for a cam change before the old one goes in. Yes, I am retarded.

:devil:

Good pickup on the BBexhaust Bullet system I have them and love it, but the neighbors hate it. Awesome for downshifting to let everyone know you have arrived.
Good luck with the new car..

lol. the question of the day. Still undecided man. I might run my old cam, with the new heads that I have,.....and just save the "new" cam idea, for the other block. It's pretty much boils down to me being impatient. I wanna go fast, yesterday. Know what i mean?...lol.. . Vicious cycle. Soo. as of now, I think my LS6 heads, as soon as they are done, are going on,...with all new valvetrain,....my old cam,...and a twin fogger setup.

Cam and spray worked great before,... so heads/cam/more nitrous and alot more mods that I have now, that I didn't have before , should be better.

Get all that go go gadget stuff on the car,.....and in the meantime,...we'll build the other motor(atleast thats the plan for today)

It is,...still possible for a cam change before the old one goes in. Yes, I am retarded.

:devil:


Haha I hear ya, I couldnt wait for my cam install/dyno tune to be done. I dropped the car off and like couldnt sleep the entire week until it was done. Plus, I told myself that I was only going to get the cam done, then in went the bilsteins and new springs, then subframes, then LCA's, panhard rod, ls6 intake, pulley, Throttle body, etc. Now im waiting to get some prc ls6 heads, bigger injectors, kooks stepped headers, and maybe so spray...haha its a never ending cycle! Good luckw ith the cam choice and honestly id just throw you old cam in, get it running and have fun with it and build your ls6 block with the new cam.

Haha I hear ya, I couldnt wait for my cam install/dyno tune to be done. I dropped the car off and like couldnt sleep the entire week until it was done. Plus, I told myself that I was only going to get the cam done, then in went the bilsteins and new springs, then subframes, then LCA's, panhard rod, ls6 intake, pulley, Throttle body, etc. Now im waiting to get some prc ls6 heads, bigger injectors, kooks stepped headers, and maybe so spray...haha its a never ending cycle! Good luckw ith the cam choice and honestly id just throw you old cam in, get it running and have fun with it and build your ls6 block with the new cam.



yup..never ending. I didn't buy the nitrous kit last night,...it looked a lil old. I'm just gonna buy the kit I want in the first place.

.....the car really needs long tubes badly, soo does your actually. Guys that don't have them,...dammit man, get them. They are worth, no matter what. I had the Lg's on my last car,....and wow, what a difference. If you had them once, your gonna have to have them on every car. My car feels slow as shit right now,....and it's running fine. Just slow. The long tubes are my next $$$ mod. Just sucks that they're 1300bucks. shit fire.

.....needs a tune badly as well. Bad thing is my old tune, that I still have stored is for my old setup.... which I obviously don't have at the moment. Gonna try and get another file for her over the weekend. Maybe that'll help it out a little, for now.

Work, is crazy busy, soo, I really don't have time to work on it at the moment anyways. I barely had time to wash it yesterday, and i'm probably gonna be working on my day off this weekend, just to catch up. Not complaining,...just mildly stressing.

which reminds me,...what the hell am I doing typeing? gotta go.

Peace.

can you buy back the totaled coupe? i have buyers in Florida

Good to hear your back in the game, even if spec gives you a new clutch will you use it ?
Ask this question again now, I think definitely no!!!!, right Jaime?SPEC clutches SUCK!! Another one blew this weekend locally.If any of you guys have a SPEC in your car and you like your feet attached to your legs and your windshield in one piece, its time to rip that shit out!!

Ask this question again now, I think definitely no!!!!, right Jaime?SPEC clutches SUCK!! Another one blew this weekend locally.If any of you guys have a SPEC in your car and you like your feet attached to your legs and your windshield in one piece, its time to rip that shit out!!



yea I know man...NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER again. Thats my buddies car that came apart this weekend. Crazy shit. Now where gonna have to go after them.

can you buy back the totaled coupe? i have buyers in Florida



Its here, the insurance company told me 6 grand to buy it off of them. Honestly, I don't think you'd want it anymore, unless your gonna make it a race car.

so whats the deal man, you put the engine back together or have you been too busy at work with other peeps cars? Post up when you get it running with the cam and spray!

so whats the deal man, you put the engine back together or have you been too busy at work with other peeps cars? Post up when you get it running with the cam and spray!



A little busy man. Hard to find time for everything, ya know. I partied pretty friggin hard this weekend,..so, nothing got done here. It was my weekend off anyways but, I probably should have come into work.

I should be getting my TNT F2 kit in this week, soo, that should help me out with anyone I run into for a short amount of time.

I need long tubes man. Plus, waiting on my heads to be finished...

soo...just waiting for a short time now...

Haha booze over pimpin out your new whip?!?! Should have just done both, although im not sure how well it would have run haha. What kind of long tubes are you going to be running? If your going all out I say kooks or lg longtubes personally. I have seen the kooks and they are real nice. Havent seen the lg longtubes but they are supposed to be real nice as well.

Haha booze over pimpin out your new whip?!?! Should have just done both, although im not sure how well it would have run haha. What kind of long tubes are you going to be running? If your going all out I say kooks or lg longtubes personally. I have seen the kooks and they are real nice. Havent seen the lg longtubes but they are supposed to be real nice as well.


lol. I know better. Car stayed home all weekend...I road apssenger in an 05 GTO all night.


I just ordered LG motorsports prolong tubes...off road.

Should be dope.

BTW You ^^^^ need to make some room for more PMs!! :)

BTW You ^^^^ need to make some room for more PMs!! :)


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one minute.