New pics for the new forum

[SonofaBish]

Well, since all i had were some exterior pics of the new car, i decided to take some of the car all around.... enjoy :D

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I was standing outside, where it was snowing, so that's what all the white dots are in this pic

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Don't mind the LCD guage hanging below the steering wheel... it velcro's on top of the steering column but i don't like looking at it all the time so i let it hang

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Nitrous toggle switches

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[scott5]

Looks good bish.. cant wait to see this thing in person..

Get everything figured out?

[INSANELY CRAZY]

sweet ride bish...

[John4cam]

That thing looks clean by the pics. I didn't realize it was modded. Those ls motors love the juice, how does it feel?

[SonofaBish]

That thing looks clean by the pics. I didn't realize it was modded. Those ls motors love the juice, how does it feel?
yup, definitely has its fair share of mods.... from my original post when i first got it, below are the mods....
car feels absolutely awesome!... b/c of the weather, i haven't gotten the car on Wolfpack's dyno yet, but prev owner said it made just over 400rwhp N/A and just over 530 rwhp with n2o..... haven't used the n2o yet for 2 reasons: 1 - the weather and 2 - for the longest time i thought it was setup/wired wrong, b/c the nitrous controller was reading a 2nd stage of nitrous... after tracing and verifying a million times that the wiring was right, i found out that it was just setup wrong in the software of the nitrous controller... i "unchecked" a box on the controller's LCD screen and viola! its perfect!!

i'm outrageously pleased with the transmission... i never thought i'd like an auto tranny, but this one is fully setup for a TON of power and has a high stall converter! Its a blast... and i can't possibly say enough about the handling... Vette's are amazing handling cars stock, and with the QA1's all around, its absolutely awesome!


1999 Chevy Corvette - LS1 motor with the following mods:
- LS6 heads
- Cammotion 228 cam
- Fast 92mm intake manifold
- LS2 throttle body
- Vararam intake
- TSP 1 3/4" long tube headers
- TSP O/R X-pipe with no cats
- Z06 titanium exhaust
- SFI bellhousing
- aftermarket flexplate
- newly refreshed RPM level 6 transmission
- RPM built diff with hardened shafts
- DTE trans brace
- Vigilante 3600 stall converter
- QA1 fully adjustable shocks all around
- drilled and slotted rotors
- Nitrous Outlet single stage plate (150shot)
- Twin 10lb nitrous bottles and mounts (the guy planned to have a dual stage in the future)
- Nitrous Outlet standalone nitrous sytem
- NOS LCD progressive nitrous controller
- Wolfe racecraft 6pt. cage w/ removeable door bars
- Chrome Z06 wheels with NT555 extreme tires

[SonofaBish]

Looks good bish.. cant wait to see this thing in person..

Get everything figured out?
yup, everything is top notch.... only thing i need to do is have a brake line made for the purge, and verify that the tune has enough timing pulled... i'd just like to verify for my own comfort that the tune is up to snuff

[John4cam]

Nice, somehow I missed the mods. Sounds like an awesome machine for sure. Are you going to see what it does on the strip or just street cruise it?

[u1arunit]

Looks good Bish! You need to put up a video once the weather gets better. I would like to hear that cam.

[SonofaBish]

Nice, somehow I missed the mods. Sounds like an awesome machine for sure. Are you going to see what it does on the strip or just street cruise it?
yea, i'll take it to the track.... its not going to be a priority of mine, as i'm not a die-hard track guy... i bought the car to have a ton of fun with it on the street, but i won't be able to resist seeing what it can do at some point this summer! :)


Looks good Bish! You need to put up a video once the weather gets better. I would like to hear that cam.
I will definitely do so... it makes itself well known :D

i guess it would be considered a medium sized cam... most guys going for the good combination of very nice street manners and good power, go with a 224/224 cam.... this obviously is a little bit bigger than that, but my opinion of "streetable" is a little more wild than most... i would rather have something bigger/lopier, in the high 230's range, but for now it'll hold me over :)

I'd also like to get some cutouts put on the car sometime before spring... but i'm not 100% i'm going to... i wouldn't mind it being a little louder, as the z06 exhaust is a middle-of-the-road noise level exhaust at idle... although, with the LT headers and o/r x-pipe, it makes LOTS of noise under WOT, so thats why i'm not sure if i'm going to bother!

[03 OW SVT]

Car looks good Bish. I hope to see and maybe even run it at the track when i get the juice in the Cobra working correctly.:thmbsup:

[scott5]

yup, everything is top notch.... only thing i need to do is have a brake line made for the purge, and verify that the tune has enough timing pulled... i'd just like to verify for my own comfort that the tune is up to snuff

after all this snow bring it down and we will hook ya up:goodidea:

[SonofaBish]

after all this snow bring it down and we will hook ya up:goodidea:
you got it my man!

[SonofaBish]

Thanks again all.... its too bad my camera is such junk..... i see spots on almost all of the pictures... i guess the lens needs cleaned... o well... my fiance has a 10x better camera, so when summer comes, i'll definitely get some good pics with it

[SonofaBish]

after all this snow bring it down and we will hook ya up:goodidea:
do you have any 110 down there? or know where to get some?

[scott5]

do you have any 110 down there? or know where to get some?

i know a place to get it:goodidea:.. Its in the YZ250f right now:rotflol:

[Viper_ed]

Looks good Bish! Think it would look alot better if you remove the door guards from the middle of the doors. I always hate when I see those on cars, Vette's and Mustang's especially.

Good luck keeping that thing clean!

[John4cam]

I like the look of them on c-5's..

[SonofaBish]

Looks good Bish! Think it would look alot better if you remove the door guards from the middle of the doors. I always hate when I see those on cars, Vette's and Mustang's especially.

Good luck keeping that thing clean!
Yea, i see a lot of vettes with those removed, yet i never knew they were considered "door guards" .... i thought they were just a styling que ...

Like i said, i see a lot of vettes on the net with them removed, but i haven't really compared pics side-by-side to see what i like better.... this is partially because i'm afriad that if i remove them, that the paint underneath them will not match the rest of the door, particularly since the body has 105K miles on it.... yea, it could be easily stuck back on with some of the 3M automotive double sided tape, but it seems like one of those things that would never look totally right again....

I'll have to do some pic comparisons and see what i like... thanks for the suggestion! :goodidea:

I would absolutely love to put the C6 Z06 Spyder wheels (see below) on the car, but i can't afford that right now, and i love the look of the C5 Z06 wheels anyhow...
http://origin-chevrolet-prod-iad.pnangis.gm.com/assets/en/images/model/2009/corvettez06/gallery/exterior/masthead/chevy_corvette09_pg_ext_09CHCR01083.jpg

[SonofaBish]

I have one other pic from the day after i got the car.... i really don't like the angle, but the car looks mighty shiny! lol

[SonofaBish]

The only other thing i may consider doing is putting on a set of Z06 rear brake screens (see pic below, infront of the rear wheel)... i think its a cool styling cue
http://www.z06-corvette.com/media/Black-Chevrolet-Corvette-01.jpg

[scott5]

z06 wannabe. hehe

[John4cam]

we're you out in Robinson last night with this car? I was at the Golden Corral and saw one just like this sitting across the street in the Dicks parking lot. I drove around it to check it out..

[SonofaBish]

we're you out in Robinson last night with this car? I was at the Golden Corral and saw one just like this sitting across the street in the Dicks parking lot. I drove around it to check it out..
yup, that was me!! :goodidea:

did you notice that only one side has a door guard (see Ed's suggestion above)?? lol.... i took the passenger side off early in the week, and just haven't had time to take the driver's side off... it was so nice out this weekend, i figured screw it, no one can see both sides of the car at the same time... lol

[John4cam]

yup, that was me!! :goodidea:

did you notice that only one side has a door guard (see Ed's suggestion above)?? lol.... i took the passenger side off early in the week, and just haven't had time to take the driver's side off... it was so nice out this weekend, i figured screw it, no one can see both sides of the car at the same time... lol

Lol, I couldn't even notice, since it was dark. Love the car with the z wheels though.

I told my wife I was pretty certain I knew whose car it was. The funny thing is, she said oh there's one of your cars. I looked over and saw a black new edge mustang a couple spaces in front of you not even seeing your car. I just said oh.....yeah, then she said no over here....I was like oh sweet. A c-5. Wait, I know this car.:rofl:

[SonofaBish]

Lol, I couldn't even notice, since it was dark. Love the car with the z wheels though.

I told my wife I was pretty certain I knew whose car it was. The funny thing is, she said oh there's one of your cars. I looked over and saw a black new edge mustang a couple spaces in front of you not even seeing your car. I just said oh.....yeah, then she said no over here....I was like oh sweet. A c-5. Wait, I know this car.:rofl:
haha.... i saw that black mustang as well... didn't see it until i was driving by and saw his door closing out of the corner of my eye.... i slowed down hoping he'd wanna come and play, but he never came so oh well.... haha

thanks for the compliment! :goodidea: I love the car! i couldn't imagine myself being more pleased... they really are exotic looking cars... and i gotta tell you, this car attracts SOOOO much attention - 10 times as much as my T/A did.... it only attracted attention from people who love cars... the 'Vette has everyone from 70 year old grandma's to little kids staring and pointing! lol

[Silverhatch]

Looks nice!:goodidea: Love the look of the newer vettes. Drove an '06 auto and that thing felt strong, and handled like it was on rails.

[John4cam]

haha.... i saw that black mustang as well... didn't see it until i was driving by and saw his door closing out of the corner of my eye.... i slowed down hoping he'd wanna come and play, but he never came so oh well.... haha

thanks for the compliment! :goodidea: I love the car! i couldn't imagine myself being more pleased... they really are exotic looking cars... and i gotta tell you, this car attracts SOOOO much attention - 10 times as much as my T/A did.... it only attracted attention from people who love cars... the 'Vette has everyone from 70 year old grandma's to little kids staring and pointing! lol


Glad you got something that makes you miss the t/a less. I know what you mean though. Most people in general like vettes, well not around here, Lol. Luxury just mentioned newer vette. Thats what I like about the c-5's, that car will always have a sort of moderness to it.:goodidea:

[scott5]

haha.... i saw that black mustang as well... didn't see it until i was driving by and saw his door closing out of the corner of my eye.... i slowed down hoping he'd wanna come and play, but he never came so oh well.... haha

thanks for the compliment! :goodidea: I love the car! i couldn't imagine myself being more pleased... they really are exotic looking cars... and i gotta tell you, this car attracts SOOOO much attention - 10 times as much as my T/A did.... it only attracted attention from people who love cars... the 'Vette has everyone from 70 year old grandma's to little kids staring and pointing! lol


im telling the fiance on you!!!!