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Old 10-16-2006, 12:20 AM
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Hello! I just got my first sports car... Ive been into fourwheeling and now im going to try the car thing.. Im only 20 years old so im broke!! . Well I just bought a 2000 Checy Corvette With 30k its 6spd. and it came with a borla cat-back..(but its very quiet) anyways I dont have money for heads or a cam... SO what bolt-ons can i do for now to get the most out of this car? also what do you think the fastest this car can do in the 1/4 mile with bolt-ons? lemme know. Thanks for all the help... Brad
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a intake from varram or someone else....and some headers...port your tb...just start saving for those internals
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You want to start with longtubes and intake. The motor needs to be able to breath smoothly so start with the basics. I would purchase some longtubes first. If you want better times you really do not need to focus on power as much, in the beginning, as you do traction. There is a very helpful sticky around here. I will try to find it for you.

But, for now, check out www.texasspeed.com, www.lmperformance.com, or www.fasttoys.net for some bolt-ons.
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Originally Posted by brad091703
Hello! I just got my first sports car... Ive been into fourwheeling and now im going to try the car thing.. Im only 20 years old so im broke!! . Well I just bought a 2000 Checy Corvette With 30k its 6spd. and it came with a borla cat-back..(but its very quiet) anyways I dont have money for heads or a cam... SO what bolt-ons can i do for now to get the most out of this car? also what do you think the fastest this car can do in the 1/4 mile with bolt-ons? lemme know. Thanks for all the help... Brad
if broke is being able to get a low mile C5...ill be broke any day.
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Originally Posted by OldLT1
if broke is being able to get a low mile C5...ill be broke any day.
thats what im sayin, with low miles like that there not exactly cheap, i dont care if its a c5.
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thats what im sayin, with low miles like that there not exactly cheap, i dont care if its a c5.
no no i got a great deal on it i only paid $21,900 out the door with plates and taxes
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ls6 intake and port tb. Headers. !cats. tune. short stick. drag radials if its not your DD. Im guessing low 12s. Its all in the launch.
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Start with an intake, there are several different ones out there, so it's pretty much personal preference. Then get a decent cat-back. Again it boils down to personal preference. next get a set of headers. These aren't cheap for the C5, you'd be lucky to get a set installed for under $1k. Then you'll want to get an ls6 intake and a ported tb. After that I would recommend getting a tune. You should be around 350rwhp at this point.




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