Soon to be corvette owner.... Few Q's
10-15-2010, 11:07 PM
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Soon to be corvette owner.... Few Q's Do any of the z06's from 01-04 have the sticky clutch? or aluminum fork like the f-body's? (weak tranny)
what about just a normal ls1 vette? do they have those problems as well?
Looking for a z06 at the moment, so I just had a few questions.
emo
what about just a normal ls1 vette? do they have those problems as well?
Looking for a z06 at the moment, so I just had a few questions.
emo
10-16-2010, 05:04 AM
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Well to be honest it really depends on the previous owner, miles, condition of the car. Being a used car it may or will have issues, going to happen with any car. There are plenty out there just take your time. Get a Z06 with the prices I have seen on them lately, why not.
Oh and yes you can get the pedal sticking to the floor, that is pretty normal for these cars, but a new master should fix it. Tranny's are pretty strong, over 700 whp in my FRC and the tranny was stock for a long time.
Oh and yes you can get the pedal sticking to the floor, that is pretty normal for these cars, but a new master should fix it. Tranny's are pretty strong, over 700 whp in my FRC and the tranny was stock for a long time.
10-16-2010, 07:36 AM
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I bought my car with 75K miles about 7 months ago and it currently has 90k miles on it. The clutch pedal was strong through and through until I hit the 85K mark. I got the clutch replaced 2 months ago before I deployed and saw that it was the original OEM clutch that it came with. I would say, given how I drive and beat the **** out of my car every day the clutch held up pretty well and I didn't encounter a sticky pedal until months of repeated abuse and that was only after a hard WOT run (140+mph 
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As far as getting a base C5 vs a C5Z I would personally say go with the C5Z, and when you get it get an 02-04. For the extra cash you pay you get extra hp & torque a more rigid chassis due to it being a hard top, and its lighter and much better for the track. Now if you are building a straight line monster out of your vette and don't plan on using a stock motor, cam or trans I would settle with a 99 FRC and build it up from there.
Just my .02.
)As far as getting a base C5 vs a C5Z I would personally say go with the C5Z, and when you get it get an 02-04. For the extra cash you pay you get extra hp & torque a more rigid chassis due to it being a hard top, and its lighter and much better for the track. Now if you are building a straight line monster out of your vette and don't plan on using a stock motor, cam or trans I would settle with a 99 FRC and build it up from there.
Just my .02.
10-18-2010, 10:12 AM
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As far as getting a base C5 vs a C5Z I would personally say go with the C5Z, and when you get it get an 02-04. For the extra cash you pay you get extra hp & torque a more rigid chassis due to it being a hard top, and its lighter and much better for the track. Now if you are building a straight line monster out of your vette and don't plan on using a stock motor, cam or trans I would settle with a 99 FRC and build it up from there.
Just my .02.
Just my .02.
The Z06 is a great factory package. If you plan on buying the car and leaving it alone or doing a few simple bolt ons, it's an excellent choice. If you plan on doing serious mods (heads, cam, etc) then the premium for the Z06 will be largely wasted.
10-18-2010, 11:00 AM
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With that in mind, I would strongly recommend an FRC (from your response I'm guessing you prefer the styling). You'll likely save around $5k vs. a Z06 which will pay for the clutch (any C5 making 400+rwhp will need one), headers, cam, heads and nitrous.
