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07-25-2023, 8:51pm | #41 | |||||||
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So yeah, for a price nearly 1/3 in today's dollars, that is a bargain. |
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That’s some used car salesman talk right there.
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Get the red one. Torch red.
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I'm partial to 04's ....(Commemorative)
with low miles.....has not been a vette since that I would want. |
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Short shifter may mean even more attention has been paid to the transmission? Shift forks were supposedly fixed in mine by the previous owner under warranty. First thing that broke after I got it was a big flat washer that sits between the transaxle and the tranny. Allows the rear tires to rotate at different speeds while turning corners. Very thin piece of steel that didn't last long. A broken one makes a clicking noise in the rear end while driving. Replaced that part with a thicker washer of similar diameter, great fix. That's pretty much it for the transmission mods that I know of. Other than the carbon fiber drive shaft but who knows if they even still make those? I might have bought the last one |
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Well a third option has come into play.....another "blue" one with only 55k miles but has a couple perfomance mods:
Updated GM Valve springsGM Valve Cover GasketsTexas Speed Long TubesCorsa X PipeCorsa Xtreme Axle BackARP 12pt Header BoltsNGK Spark PlugsMSD Spark Plug WiresSpark Plug Wire Heat SleevesGM OEM Header GasketsAFE Cold Air IntakeC6 ShifterMGW Shift Knob.... This one has had a "tune" done to it so chk eng light does not come on due to cats being removed. Has BIN price of 27k. My last C5 had the cats removed and it sounded badASS!! |
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I envy you. I got mine because reviews said they were reliable and at the time my wife hated Miatas. I could never get clear picture of what other tires would fit, so it's good to know it's not as much an issue as I had. Think the last set of tires cost me around 3k for just the tires. That's far worse than the huge mud tires on my truck! The windows have always leaked, wasn't aware f it early on because I was in California and it rarely rained. Florida is another animal completly. The water literally pours in. Seems to be around windshield, rainrails and side window gaskets. I blobbed silicone all over the rails hoping to stop/ slow it and nothing changed. Just realized that somebody should scan the damn rails and sell the info to 3D print them to people. Maybe even improve the damn things. My issues started with the steering ram brackets breaking. No new part available, so paid 3k for a used one. Another grand to install and it's ZO6 only. Then the electical started acting up. Window leak ran under dash to steering position sensor, f'ed it up and I had to replace it. Later the safety start switch on the brake pedal died for the same reason. Then the clutch slave cylinder died, and I no longer had a lace to work on it. Between parts and install went another 4500 bucks. Countless other minor issues like LED readout on heater panel died, seatbelts wore out (still less than 100k on car), tranny/ rear end leaky seals, water pump died (twice GM parts), driver seat base died, and probably a half a dozen other things. The car runs 2 or 3 months, and then sits 6 months trying to get parts/ time/ effort to fix. Sitting now as I can't work on it to remove a broken threadchaser to finish a waterpump install. Pint is f'ed from sitting in sun and have hood/ trunk deck to replace and paints to d other issues...but sickness says "NO" until ???. I really want it running to justify all the expense and grief....wife hates it and wants it gone. Thinks we should sell it and use money towards new ND Miata. |
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Buy them all, list them all for profit, and keep whichever one doesn't sell.
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Listing on CF, runway car, much MUCH faster than a C5Z, doubles as a coffin:
TWIN TURBO 1998 Corvette 1998 Corvette with 71000 miles 422 ci 6.0 block solid rotor cam set up for twin turbo TTI twin turbo kit with upgrades Full Roll cage This setup is been together 8 years The transmission was redone with all hardened parts and the heads were rebuilt 300 miles ago.. it has QA1 8 way adjustable shocks CCW Wheels 12" Wide 315/35/R17 Mickey Thompson on the back. Runs on pump gas This has been a very reliable fun car for me.$28000 or best |
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Not so easy with that cage.
In a cageless one, no full-size staff bag allowed, and pull all the woods out before loading, and then lay them across, either diagonally, or parallel along the tail lights. I can get two staff bags in my C7Z, no problem,,, depends on how much you want to play golf while owning a Vette. Actually called mid-staff bag: |
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Of the two choices you posted, I would go with the higher mileage car. |
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