edcmat-l1

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WOW, Brian. you do got some Large Testes!! I know it'll come out first class!! Still planning on the green?
BTW, is the procharger in the mix?

kenp

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I had not seen a targa z06, but there was a z06 at the Corvette Museum that the owner purchased new and had converted to a convertible. Good luck with it.

Cobra4B

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Haha... we'll see. It's a spare P1SC gary has at the shop from when he upgraded to a D1 on his 402. The car started making an awful squeeling and we suspected the blower took a ****. Combine that with the fact that the P1 wasn't enough to feed the 402 anyway and you get a new D1. Turns out the LS2 takes some kid of spacer ting on the end of the cam between the cam gear and Gary didn't install that. The backside of the cam gear was hitting the cam retainer plate bolts causing the squeeling

So the short of it is the blower should be perfectly fine! That, and my crank pulley is allready pinned, I have a racing radiator and oil cooler, and 42 lbers all ready... so it'd be a stupid simple install
A company in Canada called Caravaggio will do the conversion or sell the kit w/ a pre-modded roof to a body shop. However it's expensive and well I'd rather do it myself w/ the help of a few friends.

Here's an example of their work:

IROC403

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Thats freakin awesome!!!! took some ***** to make that first cut I bet,
I'd need at least a 12 pack first. looks like you got it covered. make sure you
post up the finish pics. ken

phantomzer0

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Awesome work so far man! If it turns out like the red z06 above you will have a very unique car! Not like it isn't unique already though Keep up the good work!!

8ALTNG

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Looks killer man

NHRAMAN

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That is going to be great---We love out t-tops...couldn't do w/out them--------open air driving is the best....good luck..keep us posted...

_JB_

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Got some ***** man!

BOTTLEDZ28

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awsome work. now what where saying in the first few post? Something about Gm already had the holes or mountng areas for this setup on the regular C5s and it was just a matter of cutting along the dotted line?

jpticar

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That red vette is gorgeous. I look forward to seein pics of your car like that Awesome job so far!

Cobra4B

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No... not a dotted line, but the windshield frame has the mounts for the oem targa latch points, and the underside has the clip holes for the oem trim panel that the vert/targa have. On the rear "roll hoop" aka b-pillar hoop it has all the threaded holes for the center rear latch mount/striker, and the areas on the corners for the locating hole mount brackets. Basically Once I customize the roof w/ the front lip of the roof section from a coupe it'll all be plug and play.
Thanks me too!

chavez885

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omfg i cringed when i saw the picture of you cutting the damn top LOL...looks like it's coming along great...a buddy showed me a company that converts it for you for like 12grand? Looks like you'll spend quite a bit less doing it yourself. Good luck!!!

Cobra4B

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Tonight's Update: Thanks for the help Mike and Gary

Removed the rear window molding for a proper repaint. Maybe it's because it has been in there since 2001, but it didn't come out nicely. It will not be reusable but no worries, I'll get a new one. I'd rather have the roof painted right.



The legendary Gary Ballard (GBVette) took a break from shuffle board and bingo to chop the rest of my roof off! I was going to measure it, but he just grabbed the jigsaw and did it while I was looking for a marker Waiting on my coupe exterior panel to finalize the roof body work.





Mike worked on filling in the holes in the hood. The frame seems to be oem and has the holes for a hood liner. Since one is not used and never will be we decided to counter sink the holes and fill them. Also removed the light and began filling in that area for a cleaner look.






Removed the headlamp doors and begain the sanding... still need more work on them, lots of factory orange peel in the clear.




That's all until tomorrow night.

F-117HWK

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Looks great! Good luck and keep with the updates

motoo344

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This is gonna look killer in the end. Thanks for the info on the sound deadening.

EVERETTDREW

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looks great.. keep us posted

F-Bobby

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Rock the **** on dude. I'd love to see a Real Targa Z-6. I see the Hatched around here all the time with the brake ducts and the wheels and the bumpers, but of course they are all fake. Nice to see a real Targa Z-06

CrazyCamaro

Lookin' good man.

CULATR

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now thats a sweet zo6 (with making it a vert too) thats nice man keep us up to date on pics, im loving this awesome job!!

irbs

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Have to give you a lot of credit for being so diffrent.