Just bought my dream car!!!!!
04-23-2009, 06:53 PM
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Just bought my dream car!!!!! Well fellas i just bought my 1st Corvette! I have been an fbody guy since i was 16 but always loved and wanted a vetter. I had an 83 Firebird SE with a carb'ed 305 exhaust and a few goodies. My buddy bought a 89 L98 Vette, and smoked my @ss! From that point i always wanted one especially after he hit a curvy road doing 90 and the car felt like it was going straight!
Needless to say i am about to $hit myself with excitement! I won't get to pick her up til mid may. Any pointers or suggetions on the first to do list? Mods, maintenance, etc, etc,...any thing to help! Thanks!
It's a 2000, a4, blk/blk, coupe with the 3.15 rear end, all stock with 47k miles, clean title and carfax/dmv report. Paid 17k for her.
Needless to say i am about to $hit myself with excitement! I won't get to pick her up til mid may. Any pointers or suggetions on the first to do list? Mods, maintenance, etc, etc,...any thing to help! Thanks!
It's a 2000, a4, blk/blk, coupe with the 3.15 rear end, all stock with 47k miles, clean title and carfax/dmv report. Paid 17k for her.
04-24-2009, 12:19 AM
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mods I have a throttle body i am sending of to get ported. What cold air/ram air set up do you guys recommend? At the moment i can afford intake, pulley, and the throttle body. I already have a set of msd wires and ngk plugs ready to go. I have to travel to get it so funds will be tight!
04-24-2009, 05:35 PM
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Awesome, I aswell finally got my dream car! It is my first vette but I wouldn't settle for anything else and I finally got my Z06! It is an 04, black, clean carfax, original owner, with 25,000 miles and a full bumper to bumper warranty still, and it has brand new tires! Let's just say I paid well under KBB fair trade in value. It is getting shipped as we speak. Pretty sure I got the best deal of the year so far but congrats to you on your car you will love it!
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Awesome, I aswell finally got my dream car! It is my first vette but I wouldn't settle for anything else and I finally got my Z06! It is an 04, black, clean carfax, original owner, with 25,000 miles and a full bumper to bumper warranty still, and it has brand new tires! Let's just say I paid well under KBB fair trade in value. It is getting shipped as we speak. Pretty sure I got the best deal of the year so far but congrats to you on your car you will love it!
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Well fellas i just bought my 1st Corvette! I have been an fbody guy since i was 16 but always loved and wanted a vetter. I had an 83 Firebird SE with a carb'ed 305 exhaust and a few goodies. My buddy bought a 89 L98 Vette, and smoked my @ss! From that point i always wanted one especially after he hit a curvy road doing 90 and the car felt like it was going straight!
Needless to say i am about to $hit myself with excitement! I won't get to pick her up til mid may. Any pointers or suggetions on the first to do list? Mods, maintenance, etc, etc,...any thing to help! Thanks!
It's a 2000, a4, blk/blk, coupe with the 3.15 rear end, all stock with 47k miles, clean title and carfax/dmv report. Paid 17k for her.
Needless to say i am about to $hit myself with excitement! I won't get to pick her up til mid may. Any pointers or suggetions on the first to do list? Mods, maintenance, etc, etc,...any thing to help! Thanks!
It's a 2000, a4, blk/blk, coupe with the 3.15 rear end, all stock with 47k miles, clean title and carfax/dmv report. Paid 17k for her.
- Your gonna love it! Except for being a young guy with a Vette, everyone seems to assume your spoiled and mommy/daddy bought it for you 
As for mods, same with the TA! Intake/Exhaust first - I just picked up and 03Z, so far for performance I bought the new B&B Bi-Modal Fusion Cat-back - I'm saving up to do the rest at once; Vararam, P&P TB, Kooks 1 3/4 Headers/3" x 2.5" catless X-pipe, and tune - Then I'm saving for an A&A Kit!
04-25-2009, 12:58 AM
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...... Thanks for the replies. I'm a little new to some of the vette terms, what is the A&A kit? As far as headers go are the OBX kits any good or are they the entry level header like pacesetters for fbodies? The x pipes, are they interchangable with all LT kit? Or do i have to heep it same company to hook up properly? I don't see many Vette guys running stalls, is there a reason for this? Thanks again!
04-25-2009, 01:03 AM
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....... My next questions are ....where can i find a VIN decoder? And what years came with the HUD? What kind of dyno numbers can i expect? Is the Vararam or cold air set more beneficial in terms of overall accelleration, not really dyno numbers? Are the vararam set ups similar to the super sucker or fast toys ram air kits for fbodies?
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My next questions are ....where can i find a VIN decoder? And what years came with the HUD? What kind of dyno numbers can i expect? Is the Vararam or cold air set more beneficial in terms of overall accelleration, not really dyno numbers? Are the vararam set ups similar to the super sucker or fast toys ram air kits for fbodies?
Remember vararam is set real low so no driving around in the rain with water in the street
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Thanks for the replies. I'm a little new to some of the vette terms, what is the A&A kit? As far as headers go are the OBX kits any good or are they the entry level header like pacesetters for fbodies? The x pipes, are they interchangable with all LT kit? Or do i have to heep it same company to hook up properly? I don't see many Vette guys running stalls, is there a reason for this? Thanks again!
best place for headers is the corvette forum c5 parts for sale, you can pick up a set for $500 or so and the exhaust about the same or cheaper.
Lots of stalls on the other forum.
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Thanks for the replies. I'm a little new to some of the vette terms, what is the A&A kit? As far as headers go are the OBX kits any good or are they the entry level header like pacesetters for fbodies? The x pipes, are they interchangable with all LT kit? Or do i have to heep it same company to hook up properly? I don't see many Vette guys running stalls, is there a reason for this? Thanks again!
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My next questions are ....where can i find a VIN decoder? And what years came with the HUD? What kind of dyno numbers can i expect? Is the Vararam or cold air set more beneficial in terms of overall accelleration, not really dyno numbers? Are the vararam set ups similar to the super sucker or fast toys ram air kits for fbodies?
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I've heard of a guy with a VR that was driving in FL after a hurricane. I don't think the VR poses a hydro locking problem unless the driver has no common sense, you'd need to run into a 7-8" puddle to submerge the VR, and without doing so it would be unlikely that splashed water would hydrolock the motor.
