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Old 02-16-2018, 04:58 PM
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I am hopefully buying a black 02 Z06 tomorrow. It is in Thomasville GA. I am told Aaron Scott did all of the work on it. It is boosted and I was hoping yall could tell me things to look for before the purchase. I have only owned na cars. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Bradlyj8Z28
I am hopefully buying a black 02 Z06 tomorrow. It is in Thomasville GA. I am told Aaron Scott did all of the work on it. It is boosted and I was hoping yall could tell me things to look for before the purchase. I have only owned na cars. Thanks.
Pull the oil cap and see if you are getting the tale tale puff as it's running. Some smoke is to be expected, but just concentrate on the puffing if there is any. Also pay close attention to see if there are any skips in the motor as it is running, if so.... it's hurt. Last but not least, have the guy run the car good and hard before you commit.
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am i blind? im not seeing any form of boost in this pic
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Originally Posted by ls3fox
am i blind? im not seeing any form of boost in this pic
Butt mount maybe?
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Originally Posted by Game ova
Butt mount maybe?
when i first looked thats what i thought too but if you look closely you can see the carbon air box up front
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Originally Posted by ls3fox
when i first looked thats what i thought too but if you look closely you can see the carbon air box up front
Hmmm. I didn't see that when I looked the first time, definitely looks suspect. I've never seen a turbo car running two filters.....
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Looks NA to me. I hope you can see the obvious when you go to buy it.
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Poor fella, hope he didn't go buy that thing. Seller probably put one of those electric turbos on it and called it good.
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I see no evidence of boost at all
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LMAO. It's got a "Vortex power duct". You can see it on the side of the intake in red letters. A quick google found this.....

https://www.zip-corvette.com/97-04-c...ower-duct.html

Which led me to this.....

http://www.mamotorworks.com/Corvette...ngine-668004-1

How come I cant find people like this to sell to?

So does he think it's a Vortech or did the seller tell him a bunch of nonsensical **** about the intake? Seriously some of the funniest **** I've seen in a while.
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Originally Posted by Detoxx03
I see no evidence of boost at all
Whats even better......do I spy an EGR tube behind the alternator?
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Yikes! Maybe the seller meant "boosted" as in stolen?
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I hope you passed on it
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Originally Posted by ddnspider
Whats even better......do I spy an EGR tube behind the alternator?
Haha that’s what it looks like to me.

Maybe he thinks the alternator is a blower.
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Originally Posted by Detoxx03
Haha that’s what it looks like to me.

Maybe he thinks the alternator is a blower.
It is belt driven
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The vortex rammer lmao. Hopefully the buyer didnt get rammed on this buy!
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Originally Posted by AnotherWs6
LMAO. It's got a "Vortex power duct". You can see it on the side of the intake in red letters. A quick google found this.....

https://www.zip-corvette.com/97-04-c...ower-duct.html

Which led me to this.....

http://www.mamotorworks.com/Corvette...ngine-668004-1

How come I cant find people like this to sell to?

So does he think it's a Vortech or did the seller tell him a bunch of nonsensical **** about the intake? Seriously some of the funniest **** I've seen in a while.
In the OP's defense, the intake tube does claim: "Up To 30 Horsepower Boost For Your Base Or Z06 C6"
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Why would Bradley post this and not reply? Weird




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