corvette owners think they have the greatest car ever made. most of em are dumb and are nit picky and demanding..... "oh god...theres a tiny chip in my paint.....gotta get it all totally repainted now." "you didnt fix the break pulsation" tech: "its normal" "oh no its not....i know everything about a c5 cuz im a corvette owner and part of a corvette club."

 

Well, its proven that the IRS in the Vette seems to rob a bit more HP than our solid rear axles... But then again its also 200 lbs or more lighter..


Actually, I've heard Vettes IRS are pretty good for drag racing too.. Its good a good design that doesn't have camber toe problems under load thru suspension travel.. Hence the tires stay nice and flat on launch..

Also, I think the stock vette rears are stronger than our stock 10 bolts...

Anyways, when it comes to straight lines, the C5 does have to watch out for the F-bod. Now if what they say about the new C6 having 400 hp stock........

 

 

with both being the same trans a c5 will be faster.besides it being ALOT lighter it has a lesser restrictive exhaust.in a street race with both cars being stock it can come down to whoever gets the jump first.


ask how many

 

C5 owners have broke their rears. WTF didnt mean to send that msg. yet.

 

With my cars SLP options and my own additions I am not even close to impressed with my buddies C5.

And don't forget the C5 doesn't use a T-56 it uses a trans-axle mounted over the rear wheels thus the reason a C5 IRS is better than others.

 

Wasn't a white SS and had a SLP sticker in the back window by chance? I remember one down there back in 98 or 99.

 

No.

LMAO, you're so right. I didn't expect much more from my Vette when I bought it but, I though it might be slightly more reliable than my '97 SS which had a cronic opti-spark problem (went bad 7x because dealer wasn't putting on the vacuum line), but corvettes are just as much of a piece of crap like everything else GM makes, there is nothing like getting in your car and having a steering column that won't unlock (pull key, wait 10 seconds" kiss my @$$!!) or the greatly anticpated "reduced engine power" mode. Nothing like driving a V8 running on 4 cylinders w/40 hp . Capn Pete keep your F-body, I wish I had kept mine. Last week I saw 3 guys pushing an '03 Escalade though an intersection to a gas station, funny thing they didn't push it to a pump . I refuse to buy an import though, and mustangs just aren't that appealing to me.

 

It definitely is sad that GM's quality is pretty unimpressive. Sometimes I see something on my car that just makes me bow my head down and put my hand on my forehead at how cheap it is. Try putting in clear corners, why would gm make blinkers so $#%&ing hard to get out? One side was fine, the other I wanted to beat the car with a baseball bat. At least it hauls ***...