rumor - 04 z06 problems ?
rumor - 04 z06 problems ? alright here is the deal, i have been thinking about getting rid of my Z28 for a low mileage C5 z06 and i have been looking around at a couple different places. I came across a car i went to look at located at a corvette only car lot, and i was talking with the guy about what i was looking for. He mentioned that i should stay away from the 2004 model year z06 because there was a switch made with the computer system or something to that effect that made them difficult to tune the 04 model year properly. I have searched around on a couple different places and i havnt found any information that confirms what he was saying. I just wanted to ask you guys since its important that i get my facts straight before i were to make a purchase.
The only problem with the 04' (and late 03's) is the FFS fuel system. This has the fuel pressure regulator and fuel filter inside the tank.
This only becomes a problem if you are going to run big horsepower such as forced induction.
There are fuel systems available that will support 1000rwhp so it really isn't a problem that can't be fixed.
This only becomes a problem if you are going to run big horsepower such as forced induction.
There are fuel systems available that will support 1000rwhp so it really isn't a problem that can't be fixed.
no problems I have heard of or found in researching the 02-04 Z06's. That salesman is a total idiot. Now that I reread your post he really is a idiot. He pretty much was telling not to buy this car from him, WTF. They want you to buy cars not try to push you away from them. I say go back and buy it from a different salesman. LOL
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Thanks for all your help and responses. FYI there wasn't actually a car there I was planning to purchase. I had seen on autotrader an 04 black z06 listed there. I drove out to look at it, but it must have been an old listing. When I got there he said he didn't have that car there. It was during general conversation of what I was looking for that he mentioned the "problems" with the 04.
This is why I thought maybe it could be true, I had never encountered a sales person talking you out of a car ?! and it was a small lot that only sold corvettes, so you would think that a person working there would know more about the car....go figure 
Thanks again for all your help
Originally Posted by scramblerman
Now that I reread your post he really is a idiot. He pretty much was telling not to buy this car from him, WTF. They want you to buy cars not try to push you away from them.
Thanks again for all your help
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