Picked up my c5z this weekend
11-14-2011, 07:07 PM
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Picked up my c5z this weekend Sold the z28 early last month after owning it for 14 years, I had been looking for a C5z for a while now, finally picked one up over the weekend from a small car dealer about 30 min north of NYC. Got a BONE stock 2003 c5z, 36k miles, 1 owner car in Millenium yellow with mod red interior. Car is in very good shape, only 2 minor paint nicks that I want to get fixed, interior in very good condition with no rips or anything. This is my first LS vehicle and man does it pull hard for a stock engine and really handles amazing. I only want to do the usual boltons: shifter, air intake, LT's, x-pipe. I dont plan on touching the cam or any internals for a while. Hoping to do some autox and hit the strip with it a few times next year to see what it will do. I hear of people breaking drivetrain parts at the strip with them so Im a little leary of running it all out there. Here's a few pics, I plan on removing the old school 'stinger' hood decal that the original owner put on, I hate it, lol...
11-14-2011, 07:58 PM
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Beautiful car and the mel yellow with mod red was a pretty rare combo if i remember correctly. Never really went together that's probably why. You only need to be afraid of the track if you plan on running with street tires. If it wheel hops you need to get out of the throttle that can break parts easily. But on drag radials i never really had any hop. On the stock clutch you shouldn't have many problems. C5Z clutch is a great clutch and will take some serious abuse stock or with light mods, never really glazes much. It has a sweet spot when you hit it you will know. Car is good for 11s bone stock. Should be a good bit quicker then your old z28 in just about every category.
11-14-2011, 08:15 PM
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Yeah I have a set of 16" mt dr's from my old car that I want to use, heard they should fit ok. Figure they should help cushion the launch pretty well over the 18's. Heard about the clutch fluid issue, and it really needs changing. Thats a weird issue, still dont understand why that happens. Never had any issue ever with clutch fluid in the camaro. Going to change pretty mutch every fluid in it this weekend.
11-14-2011, 08:22 PM
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Yeah I have a set of 16" mt dr's from my old car that I want to use, heard they should fit ok. Figure they should help cushion the launch pretty well over the 18's. Heard about the clutch fluid issue, and it really needs changing. Thats a weird issue, still dont understand why that happens. Never had any issue ever with clutch fluid in the camaro. Going to change pretty mutch every fluid in it this weekend.
11-14-2011, 08:43 PM
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Yeah I checked into it and was told they will clear the calipers but there was some minor grinding required on the suspension components. If it requires any serious clearancing I just won't use them. They are on 16" camaro 5 stars. Thanks for the warning.
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11-15-2011, 08:12 AM
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I'm planning on doing just boltons for a while, I'd like to get the trans/diff brace before I run it, heard they help a lot to prevent breakage. If I ever break the stock rear I'd definitely look into a C6Z diff.
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I'm glad I listen to him and did mine .. I've been launching at 5000+
11-15-2011, 07:37 PM
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Pffff that a ly right there. I got a diff and a cradle for and the suspension for a c6z06 for 2K. I paid 2K for a brand new TR6060... So thats 4K sunshine. And I had RKT56 go through the entire setup check clearances and do a couple little things.
