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Old 01-02-2013, 10:03 PM
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my sis lives in fayetteville..but I cant quite justify the drive from morganton haha..Ill def be at zmax though..hopefully they'll have something in march
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Originally Posted by Troy Trackbeast
I'd love to run that Z, it'd be a better run than that e55 sloth!
Hit me up sometime man, I'm from Raleigh too. MachXLR8, Buff, and a few other members on here are in the area too. Met up with them for the first time a couple weeks ago for some fun runs.

Nice runs OP! As stated, your Z06 sounds sick. Whats your exhaust set-up?
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Originally Posted by GtoSpd
Hit me up sometime man, I'm from Raleigh too. MachXLR8, Buff, and a few other members on here are in the area too. Met up with them for the first time a couple weeks ago for some fun runs.

Nice runs OP! As stated, your Z06 sounds sick. Whats your exhaust set-up?
It's Kooks 1 7/8" LT's with their 3" O/R x-pipe and just the stock Z06 TI catback.
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Your cuz really needs a new I/C pump for his E55.
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its a full exhaust c5z vs a stock e55... thats exactly how the race should go.
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Here's a solid C5Z buy for someone
http://www.mcjautos2.com/detail.aspx...postid=5213348
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Originally Posted by evangto87
its a full exhaust c5z vs a stock e55... thats exactly how the race should go.
No kidding. It's a ZO6 with a few grand in mods vs a bone stock 41-4200lb 4 door luxury sedan. Spend a few grand on the E55 and run em again. At the end of the day this is still a luxury tank vs Americas lightweight high power supercar of it's time. I'd expect the ZO6 to walk away faster considering the types of cars racing each other.
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It's more impressive that a boat like that can hang so well, stock.
Too bad Mercedes charges out of the *** for their high-end vehicles, they're in another class IMO.
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A nice E55 can be had for low 20s now. Maintenance isn't anywhere near what you'd expect if you're willing to turn your own wrenches.
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Ever looked at the cost of parts? How about 356 dollars a piece of shocks?
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Originally Posted by GtoSpd
Hit me up sometime man, I'm from Raleigh too. MachXLR8, Buff, and a few other members on here are in the area too. Met up with them for the first time a couple weeks ago for some fun runs.

Nice runs OP! As stated, your Z06 sounds sick. Whats your exhaust set-up?
We should meet up again soon....Maybe "Troy Trackbeats" could come out also..
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Originally Posted by audacious nick
Ever looked at the cost of parts? How about 356 dollars a piece of shocks?
More than that
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who won? it was too close to call
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Originally Posted by Troy Trackbeast
That would be sick!!!! Im down, make sure y'all post up when the time comes. Im also planning to go to a test n tune in fayettevile this saturday if anyone is interested...testing out the new drag pack!

Pics as requested and a video for good measure!! Car makes 430rwhp and 413rwtq
So what does your car actually run? I saw lots of showing off but no actual numbers posted? Maybe I missed them.

Originally Posted by audacious nick
Ever looked at the cost of parts? How about 356 dollars a piece of shocks?
$500 a corner (W/Lifetime warranty) air suspension is a small price to pay for a 4 door 5 seat ubber luxury sedan that stock for stock sits right with a ZO6 of its time I'd say. Wouldn't you? Besides the suspension the E55's aren't bad to maintain at all really. Again, if you will turn your own wrenches.

Besides, having a button to raise the car and not scrape the nose is pretty nice. Also that it lowers itself at highway speeds. I'm sure the vette guys wouldn't mind a button to help keep the front bumper from scraping everything.

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I did a lapping day with an E55 when I had H/C and we were pretty much even on the straights, I couldn't pull him but he couldn't loose me either. At the time I was trapping about 118 in the quarter.
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Originally Posted by markmatthews
hope you can do some rolls starting at around 40 ~ 60mph

the Z06 sounds freaking awesome!


Originally Posted by LS1rob00
Nice kill! That Z moves out pretty good. Pulley/tune on the E55 and rematch!
Not quite a pulley and a tune but he got a tune that supposedly adds about 50 rwhp and about 60tq to a stock set up. Skip to 10:40 to see it and also at the end there's a quick/embarrassing run against my cousin's 911 Turbo S


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Those numbers are exaggerated for a tune only. There's def power to be had, but not that much.

Here's a popular tuner and what their tune offers. I think this is slightly exaggerated to help sell the tune personally, but every company does that. No tuner will add 50RWHP with just a tune on an E55.

http://www.eurocharged.com/products/...g-cable-detail

Here's a few E55's with some mods.



The ford guys don't care for the E55's much either. lol



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Originally Posted by BIG BAD BLACKSS
So what does your car actually run? I saw lots of showing off but no actual numbers posted? Maybe I missed them.
11.88 @ 119.55, best mph of 120.64

Started a new thread with my recent PB's here:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/11-second...-into-11s.html
Old 01-06-2013, 10:39 AM
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Nice kill! Z sounds pretty good.
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Originally Posted by MACHXLR8
We should meet up again soon....Maybe "Troy Trackbeats" could come out also..
Lets do it man! I don't think I want anymore of that 427 this time though, lol. Troy's G8 looks like a good run for the SS and the Cobra though.


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