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 Oct 12 2009, 03:19 AM
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A guy at work is selling his bone stock (down to the wagon wheels!) 6 spd 98 C5 with 61K miles. He is asking about what I could sell my car for (02 Formula) so I am considering it. I like having the back seats for kid hauling duty though and am not crazy for the RED color. Anyway, I am wondering if there would be much, if any, performance gained in going to a Vette vs my car with the suspension mods I have (Strano F/R sway bars, Springs, SFCs, Koni 4/4s). I run about a 13 flat in the 1/4, so I figure I'd be losing some straight line acceleration. I am more interested in track days these days anyway. How do base C5s track? Do they wear out expensive parts (like F-bodies and front wheel bearings)? I don't really think I want to get rid of my car - it was the first car I bought myself when I finished school, but if a Vette is that much of a better starting place for a track car it might be worth it. Any thoughts?
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Oct 12 2009, 03:26 AM
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Experienced Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,936 Joined: 26-September 05 From: Youngstown, OH Member No.: 896 |
Howdy,
My thought is that equal prep to equal prep, an fbody sucks big huge donkey balls compared to a c5. Hell, my ESP car sucks big huge donky balls compared to a stock class c5 z06. No, I don't know why I run one either. Mark |
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Terp 98 C5 or 02 FBody Oct 12 2009, 03:19 AM
Mojave C5 is absolutely worth it. The two biggest proble... Oct 12 2009, 03:33 AM trackbird I can't add much to what was said already.
Bu... Oct 12 2009, 12:09 PM BigEnos Wow, you'd never know this is an F-body forum... Oct 12 2009, 12:35 PM Terp Wow, thanks for the replies... I asked on here fir... Oct 12 2009, 03:24 PM
marka Howdy,
QUOTE (Terp @ Oct 12 2009, 11:24 ... Oct 12 2009, 04:16 PM CrashTestDummy Another issue appears to be the headlight motors. ... Oct 12 2009, 03:28 PM Terp I am looking to have my decision swayed one way or... Oct 12 2009, 04:22 PM 00 Trans Ram I think that brake rotors (from Autozone, etc.) ar... Oct 12 2009, 04:57 PM sgarnett Supposedly the 98 fbody ECM is harder to program o... Oct 12 2009, 05:21 PM roy QUOTE (sgarnett @ Oct 12 2009, 07:21 PM) ... Oct 12 2009, 05:35 PM Blainefab Piling on here - After my 94Z28 went to ITE/AIX tr... Oct 12 2009, 09:13 PM Terp That is pretty telling, sounds like they take trac... Oct 12 2009, 11:13 PM Mojave QUOTE (Terp @ Oct 12 2009, 06:13 PM) That... Oct 12 2009, 11:59 PM Rob Hood I don't think doing a clutch job by yourself o... Oct 13 2009, 04:57 AM Blainefab QUOTE (Rob Hood @ Oct 12 2009, 09:57 PM) ... Oct 13 2009, 08:34 AM GaryK A little off topic but...does anybody have any inf... Oct 16 2009, 08:42 PM |
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