GEN 2 What else is in your garage?

[Badgertits]

Slowhawk?? I have a built 4th gen from him

yeah buddy- I’ve had a few rides built by him in the past, I do some stuff myself but major tear down, blower install, cam etc him & his guys are masters can tear down & rebuild a vette soup to nuts in 72 hrs

also- In both instances when I’ve had a car torn down by him, it was tighter, quieter, & more solid then when I dropped it off to begin with.

lucky to live fairly close by & have such a good performance shop available

 

[LBRaptor1]

Picked this up two months ago.

 

[JohnyPython]

@Logan Boute that’s a beautiful Shelby.

 

[Badgertits]

Picked this up two months ago.
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carbon fiber wheels are a must!!!!! The last mustang I liked as much as the GT500 was the 03-04 Cobra & before that I guess a 67 Shelby lol

truly a groundbreaking vehicle for Ford & the mustang brand- congrats man!!!!

I’ve been checking that thing out for a while on YouTube etc- check it out seen other guys making upwards of 750-1000whp w/ “bolt ons” (depends what your definition of that is I suppose)

I gotta ask....Altho maybe assume since you have the CF wheels- those stripes are painted on @ the factory vs vinyl correct?

 

[LBRaptor1]

The stripes are painted they are not Vinyl.

 

[DarthKickA55]

Well....was previously posted a good while ago, but what has made its way BACK to my garage after a full teardown is my ‘03Z06 - cooked a few pistons due to “hi-flo” cats in my ARH exhaust failing blowing out of their shells & plugged the exhaust only took 100 miles before she was spitting oil out the disptick & leaking from both front & rear seals. Luckily cam was unscathed as well as block etc

Got a lunati forged crank/wiseco pistons/connecting rods custom cut for blower application motor pulled balanced/blueprinted all new gaskets top end port/polished the heads, necked down to a 3.4 pulley on the A&A blower & added a 2nd methanol nozzle. On a stingy mustang dyno w/ conservative tune I’m @ 693whp/562 TQ - after 7-800 miles of breaking in this “new” engine will go in for oil change check tolerances & if all good add a lil timing & boost across the board & be good for 720-750whp on 93 octane. It puts it down fairly well too...diff has been built & braced, McLeod RXT twin disc good for 1200whp.... it’s a supercar heartbreaker ;-)

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Love the C6 - good power there for sure.

Been casually looking for a C6 ZR-1 without much luck. Something about American Muscle...

 

[Badgertits]

Love the C6 - good power there for sure.

Been casually looking for a C6 ZR-1 without much luck. Something about American Muscle...

I looked for a C6ZR1 before going full build on my 03Z06 - but it’s a C5Z not a C6Z06....as much as I like the LS7 it requires $3-4K in head/valvetrain work as peace of mind to prevent blowing it stock, & they can’t handle boost like the thicker walled LS1/3/6 blocks can.

My C5Z is unique in the vette world b/c it’s the lightest modern vette ever produced (3150 lbs stock) & it’s also the only one that DOESNT have a rear hatch/sloped back w/ all the glass. Has a fixed roof w/ a notch back like a C2 stingray

The C6ZR1 is my fav of the C6 years & only other C6 I really like is the grand sport w/ LS3 & stick shift- issue w/ C6ZR1 is they still pull all the $$$$ it’ll cost $60k to get into a decent one at least

C7s did not do it for me I’d love a C8 one day tho!!! FWIW my “old” modded C5Z will be making bout same power to the wheels that a C7 ZR1 is rated @ the crank while weighing bout 400 lbs less ;-)

 

[RaptorVette]

I looked for a C6ZR1 before going full build on my 03Z06 - but it’s a C5Z not a C6Z06....as much as I like the LS7 it requires $3-4K in head/valvetrain work as peace of mind to prevent blowing it stock, & they can’t handle boost like the thicker walled LS1/3/6 blocks can.

My C5Z is unique in the vette world b/c it’s the lightest modern vette ever produced (3150 lbs stock) & it’s also the only one that DOESNT have a rear hatch/sloped back w/ all the glass. Has a fixed roof w/ a notch back like a C2 stingray

The C6ZR1 is my fav of the C6 years & only other C6 I really like is the grand sport w/ LS3 & stick shift- issue w/ C6ZR1 is they still pull all the $$$$ it’ll cost $60k to get into a decent one at least

C7s did not do it for me I’d love a C8 one day tho!!! FWIW my “old” modded C5Z will be making bout same power to the wheels that a C7 ZR1 is rated @ the crank while weighing bout 400 lbs less ;-)

I had a cammed 02 Z06 and it was a blast! Are you going to track it?

 

[DarthKickA55]

I looked for a C6ZR1 before going full build on my 03Z06 - but it’s a C5Z not a C6Z06....as much as I like the LS7 it requires $3-4K in head/valvetrain work as peace of mind to prevent blowing it stock, & they can’t handle boost like the thicker walled LS1/3/6 blocks can.

My C5Z is unique in the vette world b/c it’s the lightest modern vette ever produced (3150 lbs stock) & it’s also the only one that DOESNT have a rear hatch/sloped back w/ all the glass. Has a fixed roof w/ a notch back like a C2 stingray

The C6ZR1 is my fav of the C6 years & only other C6 I really like is the grand sport w/ LS3 & stick shift- issue w/ C6ZR1 is they still pull all the $$$$ it’ll cost $60k to get into a decent one at least

C7s did not do it for me I’d love a C8 one day tho!!! FWIW my “old” modded C5Z will be making bout same power to the wheels that a C7 ZR1 is rated @ the crank while weighing bout 400 lbs less ;-)

Have a C5 M6 Vert that I love to drive - last of the flip-up headlights
Also a C7Z M7 Vert (last of the manuals) that according to the NCM is a 1-of-1 (ordered with R8C museum delivery) but I have to be in a certain mood to drive it. It is fun for sure.

Looking a the C8's and word around the campfire is the forthcoming Z06 will be NA so that intrigues me but not having a manual kind of turns me off a little. Always had manual sports cars but I understand the DCT is strong and fun to drive. Will probably end up with one at some point.
Manual transmissions = millennial anti-theft device.
PS sorry for the error on the C6 - whiskey goggles + titans game lol.

 

[Badgertits]

I had a cammed 02 Z06 and it was a blast! Are you going to track it?

nah I have in the past originally took it drag strip Epping NH, been to Tomson motor speedway & Palmer when it was just a cam/headers car

I got rear ended (pretty minor) in it a while back & had a legit body shop (Ron’s auto restoration) paint the rear where hit but also the underside of hood/engine bay & the side skirts, so the paint is pretty mint for its age

I’ve touched way too much on it now to risk messing it up on track....I know what it’s capable of, the mod list is a lil ridiculous - it’s essentially a “rolling restomod” - besides the built motor-

A&A vortech T3 blower w/ 3.4 pulley
Stage 2 custom grind blower cam
**** addicts twin nozZle **** injection
Dewitt rad made for A&A blower w/ tranny cooler built in
Bosch 60 lb injectors
Heavy duty fuel pump (actually 2)
New Delphi ignition coils
MSD wires
Full 1-7/8” ARH headers
Ported intake/manifold/heads
TPS billet AL tunnel plate
MGW shifter
New steering rack/pressure hose/bushings
C6ZR1 sway bars
Moog endlinks all around
Moog ball joints pressed into bead blasted/cerakoted A-arms
DBA rotors & hawk ceramic pads
Russel SS brake lines
Spindles & brake calipers also pulled blasted/rebuilt
Brand new timken bearings waiting to go on
McLeod RXT twin disc ceramic clutch
RPM built 3.42 rear
Rebuilt/reinforced TQ tube
Poly motor mounts
Custom valved Bilstein shocks w/ poly mounts
Pulled interior added some dynamat
JL audio speakers/amp
HID/LED headlights w/ rebuilt headlight motors & bronze gears
Ripped out the door control module wiring each side for new deutsch 6 pin connectors (never worry bout electric gremlins)
Pulled the EBCM & sent to ABS fixer for rebuild

I dunno....I’m probably forgetting stuff....it LOOKS mostly stock....still has stock Titanium axleback...does not sound or pull or handle or stop like stock

wife refuses to ride in it anymore

smells like gas/burnt rubber (aka freedom)

In the right hands I’m sure it’s a mid 9 second car

I just like to whip around in it & embarrass guys in Porsche’s/R8s/AMGs etc occasionally, occasional car show, and I take my good girl Zora (female dobie) for rides in it to get ice cream

for real