View Poll Results: c5 or firebird
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C5 or Firebird
After selling my Formula a few years ago I got the bug to buy another car to play with and bought a 99 Z28. Put a new motor/trans in it and drove it for a few months and then sold it and bought a Z06. Now I wonder why I ever wasted my time buying an F-body again. It was just "too easy" to make it go fast because I knew everything about how to make them fast and I got bored with it.
The Z06 is just such a better car all around (except maybe at the drag strip)
The Z06 is just such a better car all around (except maybe at the drag strip)
Bro as a Vette owner-the only way you'll be happy with it is if you go Turbo 400. I have broken 4 transmissions and 3 differentials and I don't know how many hardened shafts and this is with the DTE brace too and no more than 440rwhp. Vettes are awesome but getting them down the track is anohter thing. Then you have to deal with the corvette tax.
do a 2 gen firebird pro-touring, you have just about everthing you need cept a nice 2 gen... or just a pro-touring anything.......
Then we could be like brothers or something and hang out, talk on the phone , get matching tattoo's , and rule the world........
i have no idea where that came from..
Then we could be like brothers or something and hang out, talk on the phone , get matching tattoo's , and rule the world........
i have no idea where that came from..
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David, I'de get another bird. When I saw your car at the track I
was way more impressed with it then any corvette ive seen.
heres a completely different scenario. Build a pro-touring 69 camaro. Thats something youll be able to get your money back out of. Run a Detroit Speed and Engineering rear 4 link and a wayne due c5 front clip or a 21st century front clip. Drop your turbo ls1 in there with your t56 and you can ......
have a badass head turning car
carry 4 people
have something decent handling
get a car you can get your money back out of
I did a similar car for a customer of mine and he loves it.
was way more impressed with it then any corvette ive seen.
heres a completely different scenario. Build a pro-touring 69 camaro. Thats something youll be able to get your money back out of. Run a Detroit Speed and Engineering rear 4 link and a wayne due c5 front clip or a 21st century front clip. Drop your turbo ls1 in there with your t56 and you can ......
have a badass head turning car
carry 4 people
have something decent handling
get a car you can get your money back out of
I did a similar car for a customer of mine and he loves it.
I bought an 02 Z06 and had it in conjunction with my 99 TA... I ended up selling the Z06. Beautiful car and ride, but got sick of every old man and school bus driver waving at me.. seriously though, it musta been in my sub-concious..and the vette is gone. Every part costs more, and its "expected" to be fast, and its just not unique ...so why flip the bill for it. I like the Turbo Gen 2 pro-touring idea as much if not more than a 4th gen f-body.
We had a 640 HP Nitrous vette 2 years ago built by APE, and after we fianelly got a good motor in it we went through 2 trannys, 1 by RPM , two carriers, half shafts and a torque tube. Okay, so the vette was easier to change plugs in and it got a little better milage...
IF this is ONLY gonna be a strret cruiser and not a modified beast, I would strongly consider the vette though. I dont think it willbe though. From your posts, I think yur vette shopping. We'll all support ya either way.
We had a 640 HP Nitrous vette 2 years ago built by APE, and after we fianelly got a good motor in it we went through 2 trannys, 1 by RPM , two carriers, half shafts and a torque tube. Okay, so the vette was easier to change plugs in and it got a little better milage...
IF this is ONLY gonna be a strret cruiser and not a modified beast, I would strongly consider the vette though. I dont think it willbe though. From your posts, I think yur vette shopping. We'll all support ya either way.
Thread Starter
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 10,018
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From: Virginia
sorry for stringing anyone along, all please hear that i am freezing any buying or selling of anything at this moment. hanging on to everything until i spend more time deciding what i want to do
i backed out of a great deal on a corvette just now.
i am still very interested in all offers for firebird or vette roller cars, or complete cars of either.
i plan to sit the rest of this season out to get rid of the 'urge' which may have me jumping the gun on the next car.
i searched for 3 months to find my last car, i owe it to myself to give it more than 6 days this go round
thanks so much again to everyone's support.
i backed out of a great deal on a corvette just now.
i am still very interested in all offers for firebird or vette roller cars, or complete cars of either.
i plan to sit the rest of this season out to get rid of the 'urge' which may have me jumping the gun on the next car.
i searched for 3 months to find my last car, i owe it to myself to give it more than 6 days this go round
thanks so much again to everyone's support.
Originally Posted by MIGHTYMOUSE
sorry for stringing anyone along, all please hear that i am freezing any buying or selling of anything at this moment. hanging on to everything until i spend more time deciding what i want to do
i backed out of a great deal on a corvette just now.
i am still very interested in all offers for firebird or vette roller cars, or complete cars of either.
i plan to sit the rest of this season out to get rid of the 'urge' which may have me jumping the gun on the next car.
i searched for 3 months to find my last car, i owe it to myself to give it more than 6 days this go round
thanks so much again to everyone's support.
i backed out of a great deal on a corvette just now.
i am still very interested in all offers for firebird or vette roller cars, or complete cars of either.
i plan to sit the rest of this season out to get rid of the 'urge' which may have me jumping the gun on the next car.
i searched for 3 months to find my last car, i owe it to myself to give it more than 6 days this go round
thanks so much again to everyone's support.
Thread Starter
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 10,018
Likes: 51
From: Virginia
my plan 'today' is to get some seasoned frame guys over to see the car and give me a thumbs up or down to a straigten or sectioning
if thumbs down i would at this point be looking for a roller or running 98+ formula
anyone that knows anyone please put them in touch with me, i can provide any photos necessary, thanks!
if thumbs down i would at this point be looking for a roller or running 98+ formula
anyone that knows anyone please put them in touch with me, i can provide any photos necessary, thanks!
Originally Posted by FormulaFire
Sorry not too familar with vettes. But what are the disadvantages. I know IRS. But what's up with the tranny? Not front mount? any other disadvantages?
PM SR71 regaurding this info he went 5.76 at 126(good enought for 8's in the 1/4) on his 00 vette forge shorty ported stock heads and 2 t67s minitubbed front mounted tranny th400 and a 9in
cracked the block hes now doing a 402 with 2 t76's
[QUOTE=MIGHTYMOUSE]i plan to sit the rest of this season out to get rid of the 'urge' which may have me jumping the gun on the next car.
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I think that will make you more successful in the end... instead of rushing and making mistakes... being deliberate and precise
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I think that will make you more successful in the end... instead of rushing and making mistakes... being deliberate and precise