How quick is a C5 vette?
 

with a cam, built valvetrain (stock valves) headers and intake. no nitrous.

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

if it has some tuning done as well its probably pretty fast, i see them run mid to high 13's all stock here at 5000 ft. elevation all the time, so at closer to sea level with those mods if it has tuning done i would venture to say its a mid to high 12 second car, why did you put your foot in your mouth about a race???

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

mid to high 12's? thats all?

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

yeah thats all, but i dont care if you have a 10 second car, mid 12's is still a fast car....

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

lol... probably :P

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

last Z did 12.7 , boring ZZZZZ

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

new vett bone stock seen it run a 12.4against a 11sec civic

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

local guy has nitrous on his and gears, tranny, and a few other things and runs high 10's

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Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

Gotta be a Z. Normal ones are for the old farts that wanna impress; that one sounds like the true road demon.


Scott, make sure it's not a Z. Not too hard to make it look normal...

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

actually if its a c5 vette its a 5.7 liter that makes 350 hp, if its a c5 z06 its still a 5.7 that makes 405 hp, but if its a c6 vette, its a 6.0 that makes 400 hp, or a c6 z06 that is a 7.0 and makes 505 hp. the c5 can run mid 13's stock, the c5 z06 and c6 can run high to mid 12's stock, and the c6 z06 can break 11's all stock, so there is quite a difference between some of them...

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

That could be pretty quick.It doesnt take much with a LS1 to make some pretty good numbers.I would guess mid to low 12's with a good driver etc.

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

Ok scottacus. heres the deal..

properly build c5 vette with heads, assuming your talkign about the coupe and not the hardtop (hardtop's come with less options and weigh about 300lbs less), assuming the best of everything you listed (long tube headers, not shorties), the car should go roughly 12.20@120. Thats my estimate. Give or take edepends on tire/suspension. You just need to watch out becasuse those cams can make a LOT of power. Theres the magic stick which a lot of the lsx guys are using and the gains are rediculous.

And to know it all below me, the 01 z06's came with 385hp while the 02, 03, 04 z06's came with 405. Different variations of the ls6. c5 coupe on stock rubber with the right driver will go high 12's all day long. who are you kidding? an auto z28 ls1 pig will do mid 13's.

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

is the c5 a 2006-07 model? becuz i beat one with my turbo b16 hatch at the track this summer it was an auto and an old guy but i have bragging rights he was only pulling 13's haha his bad i guess..

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

c5 model is 97-2004. c6 model is 05+

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

he never said it had heads, in fact he said it had stock valves.
and im mostly basing my time estimates on what i have seen, and i live in colorado, the track elevation is 5,200 ft. and auto ls1 z28's run low 14's here, and a gs-r with bolt ons runs high 16's cars are severly affected by the elavation, unless they are boosted, this helps reverse the altitude effects... ;)

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

I was under the impression that the c5 was the base model vette, then again i dont know ---- about gm engines.

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

okay well it was a c6 and he was only running low 13s
i'd take that vette and sell it for 6 hondas

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

haha i think its funny when people talk about nitrous like its not much at all. Ive seen some of these domestic guys running 300+ hp shots of nitrous in a stage or 2. Some guys even run fogger systems and a plate system

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

actually its not, I did'nt list all his mods but its pretty mild stuff, I've gone racing with him before its just a c5. Very nice and stock looking car, its also cammed.

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

cam headers and intake?

low 12s on slicks

z06 with cam headers and intake?

mid 11s

why dont you ask on a corvette forum where someone actually owns one

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

stock lsx motors, mainly the ls1 are running 100 shots on stock everything, down to the fuel system. :y

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

can you please pass the gravy?

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

I really want to put a LS1 in something :y

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

i actually thought about buying a z06 but would like one with the last gen look with latest gen engine :P

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

so your saying you want a new z06. coulda just said that. or are you saying you want a c5 with a ls7 in it

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

I don`t like the way the new one look, wanted the one with flip up headlight but equipped with that 500 horse engine LOL
BTW i don`t even know what a LS7 is :P

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

im assuming you mean the c5. even though the c4(late 80s early 90s) and the c3(stingray, late 70s early 80's) all came with flip up headlights. they also were less stable at high speeds than the new c6 headlights.

the ls7 is the motor your referring to thats in the new z06. although if im not mistaking its the same engine code that the '63 split-window vette had. 427 ci if im not mistaking.

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

7.0L, 505 hp, restricted :o

Quotes of 100+ HP from freeing up airflow to & from engine are rumored

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

wouldnt doubt it. that motors been touched by god. GM just needs to forget about putting the sunroofs on them. :S

derr
 

What's ridiculous is that that's worse than typical ricer claims for hp/mod, and this is true!

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

my friend jonathan has a 2000 c5, it made 406 to the wheels just on motor with cams and some header...i'll have more details later

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

no you wont!

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

tell me about it =\

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

The LS7 was named the international motor of the year. 2.20 ti intake valves stock!

Randy

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

ls1 in a z32, more power, almost twice the displacement, and you actualy have room in the engine bay to work on it :)

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

that would be a bastard swap. z32 doesnt take much to be quick, and they arent that difficult to work on once you've done it for quite a while. but yes ls1 > vg30, i wont argue.

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doesnt look much easier to work on than a vg. i bet its fun as hell to drive though. personally i like import high end rpm power vs domestic midrange insane torque power. to each his own. a fast car is still a fast care regaurdless of where it makes its power at

Re: How quick is a C5 vette?
 

People put LS1s in almost anything. I've seen a Mk4, 240sx, RWD conversion Prelude, Datsun Z cars, RX7s, Z32/33, Tacomas, Jeeps, All generations of camaros. Ls1s are the hot ---- in this area, everyone seems to have one.