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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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Most of my posts were in the Drag Racing section when I had the T/A so I figured this would be a good place to show the newest car in our driveway.
Not having some sort of performance car in my driveway for the past 3 months has been driving me nuts..My wife was totally against me running my ZX-14 at the track and wasn't sure that's what I wanted to do either..I looked at several different race cars that just didn't do nothing for me...

I found this 2000 C5 on Ebay that was going to be sold without a reserve to the highest bidder..I had someone who lives in Houston take a look at the car and said it was in very good shape for a car with high mileage..Well long story short I won the car for $16,000.00..

It's a one owner car loaded with every available option for the 2000 coupe..It's as stock as the day it rolled off the assembly line and that is sort off what I was looking for when I started looking at the C5's..All I've done so far is clean it up, change plugs, wires and fluids..I've also replaced the very nasty brake rotors with a set of Brembo stock replacements..But I'm very glad to get back into a LS1 car so here are a few pics of the car...





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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 01:24 PM
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Very nice Tim It will be going 10s by next year
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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it looks so.....so.....stock

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cool car. can't wait to hear what you do with it. good luck!
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 03:27 PM
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Congrats Tim,

The car looks clean!


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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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sniff sniff do I smell major mods coming to you around christmas time LOL
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 07:06 PM
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Nice C5! I love those cars. I had a 2002 Z06, but I had to sell it because I spent too much on my house
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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Oh **** Tim! It wont be long till that thing gets some goodies on it.
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Old Dec 9, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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Time to start the mods...

When do you plan on running it at the track?

Glad to see you back in something you can go race!

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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by PaiN
Congrats Tim,

The car looks clean!


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Hey Larry good to hear from you !! Hope you and your family have a great Holiday season..

Matt D I appreicate it very much...
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by 1fstTA
sniff sniff do I smell major mods coming to you around christmas time LOL

Its already started...
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Jason99T/A
Time to start the mods...

When do you plan on running it at the track?

Glad to see you back in something you can go race!

Jason
Hey Jason good to hear from you also..As far as I know the 402 is still alive and kicking with over 200 runs on the motor..The new owned has been running the crap out of it at several 1/8 mile tracks in Texas..

I plan to start running no box at Evadale as soon as they open back up after the 1st..I'm going to run for points this year so we'll see how it goes..But I'll give you a call in a few days to get caught up..
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by JaSSon
Oh **** Tim! It wont be long till that thing gets some goodies on it.
Hey JaSSon tell Gerald that I'm going to beat up on his new Z-28 project next time you see him..I'm sure he's going to love to hear that !! Hope to see you guys after the 1st once everything opens back up...
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Congrats Tim on the new ride. Please keep us updated on the build up & racing next year.

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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 12:16 PM
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I like it! I have a burgundy C5 I got for $16,000; and am looking for another cheap one as well! Dang, I must be crazy wanting to own 3 LS1's!!
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Old Dec 10, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Coach 02 A3 Z/28
Congrats Tim on the new ride. Please keep us updated on the build up & racing next year.

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Thanks Coach...
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Congrats Tim, I knew you couldn't stay away from racing. Maybe you & I can race our street cars. I have a bolt-on 02 camaro that runs 11.80's stock heads, stock cam. I don't know if Brian told you but I hit the wall in my race car @ State Capital. I've been talking to diff people about buying a rollling chasis after the holiday,I just asked my girlfriend to marry me & the ring set me back a good bit. But it was the best decision I will ever make in my life to find someone to put up me & my addiction to racing is rare & I am blessed.



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Old Dec 12, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 504 Strokr
Congrats Tim, I knew you couldn't stay away from racing. Maybe you & I can race our street cars. I have a bolt-on 02 camaro that runs 11.80's stock heads, stock cam. I don't know if Brian told you but I hit the wall in my race car @ State Capital. I've been talking to diff people about buying a rollling chasis after the holiday,I just asked my girlfriend to marry me & the ring set me back a good bit. But it was the best decision I will ever make in my life to find someone to put up me & my addiction to racing is rare & I am blessed.



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Man sorry about the T/A..Your car is silver right ?? There was a video posted on the LA section at the other site of a car hitting the wall at SCD..I didn't know that was yours...Hey congrats on the getting married thing I had to go through one just to find one that would put up with my drag racing habit !!

We'll have to hook up at SCD after the first because I'll start hitting the local tracks then...
Thanks Again on the compliments on the car..
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