C5 Vette

[MizzyMS3]

So I'm driving home from my girl's house and I'm on the road where I've gotten my 4 races total since owning the car. I'm at a light behind a mini van, and there is a black C5 vette in the lane next to the van.

The light turns green, everyone takes off normal, and the only mods I can tell are an exhaust. The van takes a side road so it's just me and the vette for as far as the eye can see. I try to get up next to him slowly so he doesn't hit it before we can set up a legit pull, but he hits it with me at his bumper, so obviously, so do I.

I was in third doing ~45 when he went WOT. By the top of third, I had pulled back where he had inch forward from when he got the hit. FFS into fourth and nobody pulled, FFS into 5th and I start inching up to him. He let off at around 120, as did I.

I couldn't tell which year it was, as it seems they vary from 350 hp to 400, so I'm guessing it was an earlier C5. Either way, his face was priceless when his "american icon" couldn't pull my little station wagon. Mods are in sig, and I'm still "Jon tuned".
Maybe he needed driver mod. Either way, I was as surprised as I was proud.

TL; DR, Vette gets the hit, can't pull my pu.

[obijack]

Yeah man the base models from that body style (c-5) are pretty slow. only 350 hp to the fly and around 3000+lbs.

[Hoyoman]

Good kill I would have loved to see the look on his face

[Lakespeed6]

Nice kill. I've wanted to run a vet since I got my car but haven't found one willing to race.

[nukepilot]

My roomate has a stock 02 . Its not slow. Its as light as our car and geared better. after 120 you won't catch it. when we race hell can start in first gear on a 40 roll. At 120 I'm about a car behind. I have not raced him in a while. I'll try and record it next time. I'm at about 295 whp fully bolted. After driving his car for a week I gained appreciation for the vette. Shit interior thou

[Roddiy]

Originally Posted by nukepilot My roomate has a stock 02 . Its not slow. Its as light as our car and geared better. after 120 you won't catch it. when we race hell can start in first gear on a 40 roll. At 120 I'm about a car behind. I have not raced him in a while. I'll try and record it next time. I'm at about 295 whp fully bolted. After driving his car for a week I gained appreciation for the vette. Shit interior thou

It's probably not stock or not a C5. I raced an older body C5 with only an intake and took him by a half car from 70-120.

Granted he had his wife in the passenger but when I looked at the specs they put down 330 crank and weight over 3,300lbs.

[Macncheese]

Big difference if they are auto vs. m6.

I feel like my mazda was faster 40-90 but beyond that the C5 just keeps trucking. C5 (cbe/intake)

Mods of my speed where Pu with intake/hpfp/tp/dizzytuneE85

[El_Diablo]

Haha... yeah 350hp at the crank... right... most stock M6 C5's put out around 300-320hp to the tires with tuned vettes making around 340-360hp.

An M6 vette would walk a pump gas K04 Pu any day. With ethanol it would be a decent race for a stock vette with a Z kicking your ass to the curb.

[anavrinIV]

Originally Posted by El_Diablo Haha... yeah 350hp at the crank... right... most stock M6 C5's put out around 300-320hp to the tires with tuned vettes making around 340-360hp. An M6 vette would walk a pump gas K04 Pu any day. With ethanol it would be a decent race for a stock vette with a Z kicking your ass to the curb.

completely off topic but my grandpa was a biochem professor at the college of wooster for about 40 years. Just saw that's where you're from

[El_Diablo]

I actually live fairly close to the college too. Hard to believe how much biochem engineering goes on here and just down the street at OARDC.

[ArtClassShank]

I'm looking into a C5 Z06 as my next car. So cheap and so much power.

[Dash08]

Originally Posted by nukepilot My roomate has a stock 02 . Its not slow. Its as light as our car and geared better. after 120 you won't catch it.

That's the thing about American V8's, they pull like motherfuckers up top.

The faster you go, the harder they pull.

I guess that's what you get when your pistons are the size of paint cans.

[Pseudonym]

whys everyone saying nice kill?

[Dash08]

Originally Posted by Pseudonym whys everyone saying nice kill?

Because tarded?

Just spit ballin'.

[Pseudonym]

did he run the vette?

[LumberJack]

Agree'd don't understand how this is a kill. Because retard?

[MizzyMS3]

I never said it was a kill. And yes, the vette got the hit, but nobody pulled through 5th.

[Pseudonym]

i know u didnt say anything. i was wondering why all the "nice kill"s.

[MizzyMS3]

Oh, my reading fail. Carry on

[obijack]

Originally Posted by ArtClassShank I'm looking into a C5 Z06 as my next car. So cheap and so much power.

Cheap to buy but not to fix. Like old porsches. Parts are still pricey for what they are. I have been tempted many times. If you can work on them yourself you will save a lot. But I guess that is with anything.

[El_Diablo]

I wouldnt say all parts are pricey, a lot are dirt cheap in fact. You just need to know where to shop.

[obijack]

I did not say "all". I was generalizing the fact that older high end cars tend to be expensive to fix, even when they are 10+ years old. But you are right about shopping around. You certainly do not want to take a old zo6 or 911 to the dealer, unless u r ready for anal poundage.

[Dash08]

If you want major power on a seriously limited budget, a fox body Mustang is the only way to go.

The car itself is dirt cheap, motors are a dime a dozen, and the aftermarket is flooded with cheap parts that work.

I don't like them, personally. But you can't deny that they're super cheap to make big power.

Go visit Jeg's or Summit and check out the prices on some of these parts. It's insane how cheap some of that shit is.

[Payne Racing 67]

Originally Posted by ArtClassShank I'm looking into a C5 Z06 as my next car. So cheap and so much power.

You won't be disappointed. I love mine. They only weigh 3118 and are aerodynamic as fuck lol.

Of course my Cobra walks all over it

Originally Posted by Dash08 That's the thing about American V8's, they pull like motherfuckers up top. The faster you go, the harder they pull. I guess that's what you get when your pistons are the size of paint cans.

THIS. Although that really goes for any V8. Especially BMW...they rev so damn high and just keep going.

[cm8 6spd]

Nice kill. Oops.

You're fully bolted according to your sig? Maybe the one I ran at the track was auto then. Thought it was 6 speed with a mediocre driver. He beat me by ~1 tenth and had a better 60', otherwise I would've had him. I believe they are only mid 13s @104-105 cars in 6 speed form, which would make sense. See below. He went 13.62 @ 105 & I went 13.77 @ 104 on a horrid 2.29 60'. I 'treed' him by 1 tenth but he got a better 60' by the same margin, so it was a dead even run until he creeped a cock's length at the end.

Accord 6spd vs. Vette - Atco Drag - YouTube

Accord 6spd vs. Vette - Atco Drag - YouTube

[MizzyMS3]

Bolted (minus manifolds, no bigger turbo). This was also on a very conservative tune from John, (Rich said not much was changed from an ots map). Car feels much faster now that Rich jizzed on my map.

[surebOOst]

I raced a stock C6 in my old speed3. I had Tp/straight pipe exhaust, intake, Cobb ots map and some other shit. I didnt win obviously but the guy didnt pull like I though a vette should have pulled. Id say that was a spot on race for OP and outcome was as expected for a base C5.

[Monotonous ONE]

Nice kill.

[btld_ls1]

Im guessing these vette guys just cant drive. My A4 completely stock Z28 with a ton of miles went 13.7 @ 103 on street tires, 2.0 60 foot.... My car weighed 3565 with no exhaust or A/C last time I had it on the scales, so over 3600 at that time... with a decent driver that C5 should be a 13.3 car all night in stock trim. Regardless sounds like it was a good race.

[cm8 6spd]

^ The Vette I ran against went 13.6 with a 2.17 60'. With a low 2.0 he would've been around 13.3-13.4. But so would I.