I don't think he ever ran a slick on his fbody IIRC.

'Vette all the way. Much much much better all around car IMO. The Corvette suspension is better suited to a high HP car than an fbody is, and is a better looking car overall IMO. Running 10s @ 150 on radials is just as cool if not cooler than running 8s or 9s in a "racecar" with slicks.

He gets like that once a month, hes just like a damn woman. Almost pretty as one, too.

Shawn

 

I think you'd have more fun with a TT C5. C5's are great for cruising. Not the best platform for drag racing, but still plenty of power to have fun with.

I have a TTi Stage X kit, FWIW.

 

If you really were going to just make a street car, the C5 is hard to beat. I voted F Body, as I doubt you'll be able to stay away from the track... In my opinion, the F Body is a better dragstrip animal that the Corvette. Bob

 

I think an auto vette would be perfect, as the auto will be easier on the Irs and would probably have better street manners with that kind of boost. JMO

 

I've driven both packages for sub 10.4s passes at the track. You can't go wrong with either. The F-body has the strip advantage with a better platform for weight transfer, rears, wheels & tire combos, but the C5 has it every where else for cruising and highway play and heaven forbid... keeps the AC too hahaha.

The 800hp+ TTi X kit path is well defined if you want to go that route and George will point you to the path.

Rick

 

For me its simple, I see a vett, I don't think twice about it. Probably some gray hair. I see a t/a, formula, camaro, or mustang, I'm dropping down a gear getting ready...
gives me a funny feeling in my stomach. Sure enough there is another alfa male ready to drop the hammer. We size each other up, fat tires, fat rims, raspy exhaust....
I know it's coming, the hammer's ganna drop!

Seeing that car 65 car lengths back in 4 seconds is worth all the time, money
and chunks of life we put into out forced induction f-bodys.

Street car / drag car - go F-bod (bad *** muscle car)
Street car / road race car - go z06. (no doubt the superior all around car)

 

DAVID DAVID DAVID, you know you want a CATFISH!
I agree with Steve... think about us guys you wanna leave behind in RPM

 

At least with a firebird you and a buddy can pic up a pair of local seahags and treat them right. In a vette, ya have to ditch the buddy or the seahag.

 

'bird...

 

I have both. C5 is the cruiser for sure, but it would be a handful at the track.

 

If your going for the street mannered car I would go f body.

 

Well I am going to say C5. Not a drag car, but look at the LPE 9.4 at 151mph car. You can accomplish the same power with the TTiX kit, but stock up on hardened halfshafts if you plan on running a sticky tire. There are plenty of C5's with the TTiX kit and they are doing well. There is one in Canada with a 408ci that has made 900rwhp plus and so far he has managed to keep it together.... It's a 6 speed.

 

You might pay for the house but the kids are more of a perpetual drain. I voted bird. Never been much of a Vette guy, I don't have much confidence driving them because I feel like I'm laying down.

 

....man Dave does that just sound a little bit like your conscience or what??

 

well i voted f bucket

but i to was torn between the two an di had it settled on a c5 vette was ready to sign papers but went to slp day way back when in orlando flordia and i watched a pretty built up yellow z06 tag the wall at the same speed you did..flippy flip it tossed turned and spun saved by the cage in the car....

but i herd it tagged the wall cause of someting in the irs snapped..came home drove and picked up my TA...

yeah it could happen to any car but yours was cause of poor track prep and maintance..

so street car yes but i can see you staying away from the track!!

 

i know lingenfelter and probably other people have beef'd up IRS parts, probably not cheap

 

I read somewhere that you can do a little grinding in the case and fit 12 bolt goods in there. (for the c4's, not sure about c5's) That and hardened shafts should do the trick.

 

Well I voted Bird. On a personal level I like them more than the Vettes. I'm not saying all vette owners are holier than thou as there are some very cool owners on this very board as well as EFA. But I'd say the average Vette owner/driver does seem to think they are better than other people. That's not you Dave.

On a more practical level. You know the Bird. All the mistakes you've made on your previous F-Bodies you can avoid with this one. The vette is going to be more expensive to experiment with and there will be areas, like the IRS, rear mounted tranny and all the suspension that you will have to figure out from scratch. That can lead to expensive mistakes.

Stick with the 6-speed bro! Can beat it on the highway.

Best of luck Dave.

Mike

 

thats what i thought and when i looked at this car as it was being towed away it had the "Beefed up parts" per say...but never know

i say stick with the sold axel can find f buckets a dime a dozen

 

OR..... you could walk the path nearly no one else does and really have a sleeper in a lowly C4 vette...

I know they are not as fancy as the C5 or C6's, but it does have the front mount tranny, it has a cockpit feel like no other car out there, it handles very well, it is light, they are affordable, and it would make for one hell of a sleeper.. I can vouch personally...

not alot of them out there, but.. you do already have the LSx platform so its hard.. but for a built dart block up to 434" for around 3600 bucks it solves alot of the head lifting issue, bolts right in and you can run the BS3 with a CPC setup and make some seriously big power with some 18* or 15* heads... and an available matching single plane intake manifold.. I am building a solid axle rear end for mine that can be switched from the motor back from IRS with the stout 6 speed ZF6 transmission, unbolt it and disconnect the brake lines and unbolt the batwing and roll the tranny and rear end out from under the car and slide the built TH400 auto attached to a ford 9" rear right on in and bolt it up to the new lader bar brackets and attach the coil overs to their new brackets.. I plan on having this switchable in about 3-4 hours start to finish with minimal hardships in the process.

it would give you the best of both worlds, touring with the M6 tranny which have proven to take a hell of a beating and hold up phenominally, then strap in the track driveline. hell a 4L80E built is possible with the BS3 controller built in. I am not too far away and would be happy to help with the fabrication of the turbo setup as well!

Just throwing out a 3rd option.. a few more turbo C4's can't hurt the world!

PS.. if ya find a nice 95 6 speed car.. no more worrying about OBD2 inspections.. just find a place that is cool with the visual and roll on!

this chassis DOES lend itself to a great racer as well as seen below..

http://jobyteknik.homeip.net/corvett...LHowie490.mpeg

http://jobyteknik.homeip.net/corvett...Howie4904.mpeg

http://jobyteknik.homeip.net/corvett...LHowie500.mpeg





Chris