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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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Had a C4 before with a very built 355, but wanted a C5 and this car came up.

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It had just over 44k on it when it was delivered to our shop. It is a Artic White, with black interior FRC. It is a complete stipper model, down to a cassette player and manual AC controls. It is exactly what I wanted and when I found it I could not let it go, but got an incredible deal.

Since getting it home i have done the following:

Forgestar F14 18/19 combo with Nitto Invo's
C6 Z06 Shocks with a Zip lowering kit front and rear(thanks to pirate#3 for the help)
Smooth coupler
CCA catch can with new PCV and check valve
C6 Z06 shifter and ****
House of HID 6000k HID low beam with projector conversion
Shorty antenna
Z06 Ti exhaust

I am working on the following for winter install:

Cerra Front mount Single turbo kit with a 62-1 and required accessories
Comp 918s and retainers
02+ Z06 cam
LS6 intake
LS2 HD timing chain
LS7 clutch
80lb injectors and dual pumps to run E85.

Want to run 5-8 lbs and make 500 reliable horsepower.










Couple of snaps with the windows freshly tinted.



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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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Very tastefully done. That will be a blast to drive with a turbo.
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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 11:35 PM
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Clean FRC
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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 11:42 PM
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LOVE white frc's looks like a clean car man enjoy!!
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 07:45 AM
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thanks to all.
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 09:48 PM
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beautiful car. I'm just starting to look for a FRC. What did you give for it if you dont mind me asking? If you'd rather not say thats fine too.
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by nobreaks254
beautiful car. I'm just starting to look for a FRC. What did you give for it if you dont mind me asking? If you'd rather not say thats fine too.
very nice. look on Corvette Forum classified, lots of good cars there price very reasonably.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-c...s-for-sale-52/

i paid on the mid teens. got a hell of a deal is what i will say.
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:23 PM
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Looks nice. Can't wait to see it in person and check it out after the turbo install.
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Beautiful AW FRC! Very tastefully done and sounds like you have a beast in the making. Be sure to post pics of your build
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by performinnorman
Looks nice. Can't wait to see it in person and check it out after the turbo install.
You bet, it is a slow growing project.

Originally Posted by MT0911
Beautiful AW FRC! Very tastefully done and sounds like you have a beast in the making. Be sure to post pics of your build
Thanks, I will do for sure once I am working on it.
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 11:57 PM
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Looks like a good plan. The only things I might change is the cam and make sure you do research on e85.

If you are going to do the work of a cam swap I would look bigger. I know you are going turbo but get everything you can for the work.

There are 2 blends of e85. A summer blend and a winter blend. I have no personal experiance with this but I have read where people who did tuning said it could require 2 tunes based on the fuel blend. I dont think 5-8 lbs would require or need e85. Might be easier to do a meth kit.

Anyway just some info you might not have seen yet. The build deffinately sounds like alot of fun. Good luck.
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