mods to beat c6?
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Staging Lane
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From: mocksville NC
mods to beat c6? A good friend of mine has a stock 05 c6 6-speed. Ive already taken the car with the TA my question is whats it gonna take on the c5 to pull him. My car is a bone stock 99 vert 6-speed. Thanks
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Should put you in roughly the same HP range as a stock C6.
Heck if you're going to go that far you might as well do the heads at the same time.
Were going to do something similar to my bro's FRC this winter.
Going to beef up the drive train with a Textralia single 0700, Z06 torque tube, 3.42 rear with DTE brace, hardend axles and clutch pack.
The suspension / braking is going to be upgraded with Pfadt coil overs and sways, VBP poly busings, New rotors, calipers, pads and steel braided brake lines.
Motor is getting ported LS1 heads, ECS Cam, LS7 lifters, oil pump, Katech rod bolts, LS6 manifold and Dynotech Headers with Ti Exhaust.
Hoping for around 450 RWHP.
Were going to do something similar to my bro's FRC this winter.
Going to beef up the drive train with a Textralia single 0700, Z06 torque tube, 3.42 rear with DTE brace, hardend axles and clutch pack.
The suspension / braking is going to be upgraded with Pfadt coil overs and sways, VBP poly busings, New rotors, calipers, pads and steel braided brake lines.
Motor is getting ported LS1 heads, ECS Cam, LS7 lifters, oil pump, Katech rod bolts, LS6 manifold and Dynotech Headers with Ti Exhaust.
Hoping for around 450 RWHP.
Last edited by BlownVette 2001; Dec 26, 2007 at 03:58 PM.
Heck if you're going to go that far you might as well do the heads at the same time.
Were going to do something similar to my bro's FRC this winter.
Going to beef up the drive train with a Textralia single 0700, Z06 torque tube, 3.42 rear with DTE brace, hardend axles and clutch pack.
The suspension / bracking is going to be upgraded with Pfadt coil overs and sways, VBP poly busings, New rotors, calipers, pads and steel braided brake lines.
Motor is getting ported LS1 heads, ECS Cam, LS7 lifters, oil pump, Katech rod bolts, LS6 manifold and Dynotech Headers with Ti Exhaust.
Hoping for around 450 RWHP.
Were going to do something similar to my bro's FRC this winter.
Going to beef up the drive train with a Textralia single 0700, Z06 torque tube, 3.42 rear with DTE brace, hardend axles and clutch pack.
The suspension / bracking is going to be upgraded with Pfadt coil overs and sways, VBP poly busings, New rotors, calipers, pads and steel braided brake lines.
Motor is getting ported LS1 heads, ECS Cam, LS7 lifters, oil pump, Katech rod bolts, LS6 manifold and Dynotech Headers with Ti Exhaust.
Hoping for around 450 RWHP.
Blown & I just spent all your money but we have your best intrest in mind
We want you to win by several lengths if your going to bother with a race.
Pit-man
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A manual C5 will need only...
a Vararam CAI
long tube headers and X pipe (with high flow cats or no cats at all)
tuning
possibly a better/newer clutch
drag radials or ET Street slicks
3.90 or 4.10 gears would certainly help but might not be necessary
and a good driver
...to beat a stock C6, a REALLY good driver might even be able to do it without one or two of the items listed above.
a Vararam CAI
long tube headers and X pipe (with high flow cats or no cats at all)
tuning
possibly a better/newer clutch
drag radials or ET Street slicks
3.90 or 4.10 gears would certainly help but might not be necessary
and a good driver
...to beat a stock C6, a REALLY good driver might even be able to do it without one or two of the items listed above.
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Verdad Gallardo A manual C5 will need only...
a Vararam CAI
long tube headers and X pipe (with high flow cats or no cats at all)
tuning
possibly a better/newer clutch
drag radials or ET Street slicks
3.90 or 4.10 gears would certainly help but might not be necessary
and a good driver
...to beat a stock C6, a REALLY good driver might even be able to do it without one or two of the items listed above.
a Vararam CAI
long tube headers and X pipe (with high flow cats or no cats at all)
tuning
possibly a better/newer clutch
drag radials or ET Street slicks
3.90 or 4.10 gears would certainly help but might not be necessary
and a good driver
...to beat a stock C6, a REALLY good driver might even be able to do it without one or two of the items listed above.
Pit
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Just for thought....what if the Stock C6 shows up with tires and possibly a Vararam or other CAI (also has a tune he isn't talking about) and say's he is still basically stock....and the C5 has no gear as you mention. He might say...well you have CAI and tires so why can't I ? What will it take then ? As you can tell, I want the C5 to win.
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I have a 99 6spd targa car with a tune, blackwing, corsa catback, thermastat and I am hanging with my buddies automatic C6 targa car (05 LS2) and all he has is a vararam and no mufflers. he is only beating me by a fender and we are both on stock tires.
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Staging Lane
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The race would be from a roll and his car is stock as well and he would tell me if he had anything done. Pittman i appreciate that you have my best interest in mind but i cant do that until i sell the trans am, its paid for so i could do some damage after its gone! Until then its gonna be part by part. The best his car has ever ran in the 1/8th is 8.8, not spinning off the line. I think it would be a good race with a tune, cai, and full exhaust but i could be wrong.
45 minutes ago....
I just raced an '02 WS6 6 speed/headers while I was driving a stock '06 A6 'Vert....
He had a 3/4 car jump... by the time the auto downshifted and he was pulling...
I could hear him go through 2nd, 3rd.... and I was starting to gain by that time... he banged 4th a touch short and then let off. I was pulling pretty hard by then. I blew by him right as he was letting off....
You'll need more than headers in an even race.... My $.02
I just raced an '02 WS6 6 speed/headers while I was driving a stock '06 A6 'Vert....
He had a 3/4 car jump... by the time the auto downshifted and he was pulling...
I could hear him go through 2nd, 3rd.... and I was starting to gain by that time... he banged 4th a touch short and then let off. I was pulling pretty hard by then. I blew by him right as he was letting off....
You'll need more than headers in an even race.... My $.02
The race would be from a roll and his car is stock as well and he would tell me if he had anything done. Pittman i appreciate that you have my best interest in mind but i cant do that until i sell the trans am, its paid for so i could do some damage after its gone! Until then its gonna be part by part. The best his car has ever ran in the 1/8th is 8.8, not spinning off the line. I think it would be a good race with a tune, cai, and full exhaust but i could be wrong.
Pit
That C6 only went 8.8 in the 1/8th?....thats terrible.....my 99 z/28 m6 went 8.52 with only slp lid flowtech lt's and full catback on 18" c6s with hard *** falken high mileage road tires.....thats crazy