LTx vettes
Husband wanted it gone. He never liked the car. He is into rice and made her get a Mazda SUV: barf: That car was flawless no chips in the hood or bumper no scratches pristine, with new tires too. I think she should have to him to **** off, but thats not any of my business.
I bought a 1992 Black Rose Metallic (purple) A4 vette back in 2002 with 98K for $9800. I freshened up the bottom end, bought some shitty ported heads from More Performance, put in a hot cam, 2400 stall, shorty headers, flowmaster force II catback, lid and K&N. Car ran consistent 12.9s@107-108 with stock street tires, 2.1-2.2 60's with the stock 2.59 gears. Added 3.73s to it later. On the first pass the car spun and trapped 114.2. On another warm humid night at Commerce, put some sticky tires on it after it had made SEVERAL hot passes. Car ran a 12.5@110. In good weather, with the car cooled down, it would have probably ran 12.2-11.9s@112-115.
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cool, my main search will begin around the end of december because thats when I'll have all of the money...are there long tube header options for these cars?
C4 are the most areodynamic corvette ever made and you can feel it the fast you go when the car just sits lower and lower to the ground. The handling is amazing, my friend will leave stock c5 in the twistys. We have been change direction many times doing 80.
If you want more info check out corvette forums, im sure they can help you out better on pros, cons and what to look for.
If you want more info check out corvette forums, im sure they can help you out better on pros, cons and what to look for.
About the only thing you got right is join corvetteforum and learn about the cars. That being said, to the OP, buy as new a car as you can afford.
They do but they are EXTREMELY expensive. When I had mine, I was looking for some and the only ones I could find at the time (2003-2004) were TPIS Headers that cost $700+ dollars. That is why I bought my Hooker shorties at the time and they cost about $300. There MAY be more options now but I don't think there are many.
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Verdad Gallardo They do but they are EXTREMELY expensive. When I had mine, I was looking for some and the only ones I could find at the time (2003-2004) were TPIS Headers that cost $700+ dollars. That is why I bought my Hooker shorties at the time and they cost about $300. There MAY be more options now but I don't think there are many.
That is what's called the "Corvette Tax", as in be prepared to pay two to three times as much for any and all parts because it's for a Corvette. A simple cat back for both my C5s cost me around $750. Same amount of money bought me a whole LT exhaust/Y Pipe/Magnaflow for my F body.
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The hooker headers 2149s or 2151s for the L98 cars work very well if you want longtubes. They run about $550coated.
A good late C4 driven at 9/10ths is as fast as a C5 driven at 8.5/10ths but the C5 is a better car, even if it is a bit more generic IMO.
A good late C4 driven at 9/10ths is as fast as a C5 driven at 8.5/10ths but the C5 is a better car, even if it is a bit more generic IMO.
How many people here on tech have LTx vettes, and what mods do you have? I am considering selling my formula to get a 92-96 vette, not sure bout auto or stick yet? can most performance parts from an f-body be used on them( i assume they can, with the exception of intakes)? What kind of quarter times does a stock LTx vette run, and does it have more capabilities than an f-body? Just wondering if selling my bird for one of these would be a trade up or down. Please don't suggest any sort of LS1 right now, I am only concerned with the LTx cars...my price range is low, and I don't want a high mileage f-body with an LS1...I would like to try out the vette LTx versions...Any weight specs?
I know the auto's come with shitty 2.59s
...do the LTx vettes have a better build quality than the newer f-bodies? I am sick of every little ****** thing in my car rattling, and I drove a 2000 trans am WS6 with only 55k, and it had almost the same problems, just slightly less...When I drive over train tracks, it sounds like the bitch is gonna fall apart...
anything 92-96 is cool with me, as long as its 10g or less...and has an LT1 or LT4...
And a large % of people who road race/autoX C4s convert to coilovers.
Nope.
The handling is amazing, my friend will leave stock c5 in the twistys.
The dana 36 is good up to 400rwhp at the track.
A C4 is alot smaller then C5s but it give you this fighter pilot feeling.
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I love all of the misinformation that has been espoused on this thread. Do yourself a favor and take a ride in a couple of C4s and even check out some C5s. I'm 6'3" and I fit in my 95 but not my buddies 92, due to the seats and halo bar. Most C4s squeek and rattle, in 95 GM went on a noise abatement program to eliminate them.
If I were starting over I'd skip the C4 and jump into a C5 it is so much easier to squeeze power out of the LSX.
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I restore vette's, believe me you don't really want an lt1 vette, they suck to get in and out of. And after 50k miles the interior falls apart. Nice looking car though, and they can be fast, but seriously man, save your money, because they have all of the downfalls as your current car, and the digital gauges suck to fix and to read imo. they are four bolts though
I'll have to make a note to replace my interior, since it has 80k on it, even though it mostly looks new.
When I was shopping for my car 5 years ago, I drove about 25 LTx vettes, and one or two of them were a little ragged inside. None were "falling apart." I've since seen a lot more LTx vettes, some with 150-200k on them, and most of them are in better condition than your average GM product at 30k.
Interior condition on any car is primarily a function of the owner. In comparison with F-bodies, vettes were purchased new by older people with a lot more money and were generally taken much better care of. If you can get a one or two-owner car it will most likely be in better condition than any other GM product with similar age/mileage.
Perhaps you are thinking of the early C4 with the digital cluster.
The LTx vettes have a very nice analog instrument cluster, and in the 4.5 years I've been on corvetteforum I don't recall any threads on LTx cluster failures. Which isn't to say there haven't been _any_ because I might have missed them, but it sure isn't a common problem.
If a cluster did break, the "sucks to fix" would consists of 30-60 minutes to R/R with a used cluster, which would cost $150-200. I haven't looked recently, but brand new clusters were still available a few months ago from GM for somewhere in the $250-300 range.
When I was shopping for my car 5 years ago, I drove about 25 LTx vettes, and one or two of them were a little ragged inside. None were "falling apart." I've since seen a lot more LTx vettes, some with 150-200k on them, and most of them are in better condition than your average GM product at 30k.
Interior condition on any car is primarily a function of the owner. In comparison with F-bodies, vettes were purchased new by older people with a lot more money and were generally taken much better care of. If you can get a one or two-owner car it will most likely be in better condition than any other GM product with similar age/mileage.
... and the digital gauges suck to fix and to read imo.
The LTx vettes have a very nice analog instrument cluster, and in the 4.5 years I've been on corvetteforum I don't recall any threads on LTx cluster failures. Which isn't to say there haven't been _any_ because I might have missed them, but it sure isn't a common problem.
If a cluster did break, the "sucks to fix" would consists of 30-60 minutes to R/R with a used cluster, which would cost $150-200. I haven't looked recently, but brand new clusters were still available a few months ago from GM for somewhere in the $250-300 range.
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The kid is missing the big picture. Just cause you can buy the car,doesn't mean you can afford the car.Every thing on the Vette is gonna cost you 2x what it would on a F-body.Take tires,My car has 315's out back.You don't go to mom's and pop's rubber and say ya got these on the shelf. bottom line tires for vettes are $.Are you prepaired to pay $300 plus just for a water pump.How about When the waterpump leakes and trashes your opti. Unless your a good wrench your talking mega cash.Say you need breaks,My front pads from GM are $125 a piece.Ok The Vette has power windows right? let the motor go south.Don't forget the headlight on the Vette are ran by actuaitors (sp) Guess what They coust $$$. From what I read your 19yrs old INS is gonna kill ya.Hears a VETTE fact for ya The C4 cost more to INS than the C5. This thread shows how little people know about the Vette in general.
And for the vette fact The C4's hood and fenders are one.Smash the fender ya gotta buy a hood and the other fender.That why its more to insure.
And for the vette fact The C4's hood and fenders are one.Smash the fender ya gotta buy a hood and the other fender.That why its more to insure.
