[Augusto]

Hi, everybody. I'm really excited to go for an all out track car project.

I'm really puzzled at this dilemma: could a 98 Z28 be modded to match or surpass the handling of a C4 with Z51 like susp (Crossmember and camber brace mods)?

I may be able to trade my 98 LS1 Z28 for an auto '95 C4 (and like 3K of cash, and I would swap a ZF6 and mod susp). C4s are not so cheap to get in my country (as opposed to fbodies), let alone C5s. I was just about to swap a T56 (with relocation crossmember, Z06 clutch, etc) on the Z. Before I just do either of it, I want to make sure to know if I can achieve handling capabilities of a Z51 C4 or close through modding (shocks, tires, rims, sfc, kmember, a-arms, torque arm, lcas, panhard, strano swaybars, rollbar, a little diet, etc). Guys please be honest.

I've seen biased opinions on the C4 side by people who do not really focus on track improvement (and take stock form as a reference) so I thought this would be the right place to ask.

I want to make sure to invest time and effort on the car with better handling potential (modded) on the following couple of years. (Ultimate purpose: Road Racing and a little of AutoX).

[wannafbody]

Let me throw some fun day autocross numbers out there from beaver Run. On a fairly fast sweeping course with a couple tight corners and a very tight dogleg with cars running 44-47 seconds, here's a comparison.

C4 Vette with factory electronic adjustable Bilstein shocks (L98 engine) 6 speed on R compound tires- 40.25 to 43.5 seconds.

00 LS1TA with 1LE fronts on Strano Bilsteins, 114# rears with Koni's, 35mm front swaybar, Avon 275/40/17 street tires- 42.5-45.5 seconds (3 different drivers).


Based on those times the cars were running pretty close to each other. The vette has the advantage of being smoother and flatter while the TA has the advantage of 500 extra RPM and some extra HP.

This post has been edited by wannafbody: Jul 5 2009, 01:23 PM