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UPDATE: Payment has been made and the car is sold. Thank you all for looking and the well wishes. Mods, I have had plenty of requests to keep the thread open for educational purposes. Thank you.


For Sale: 2002 C5 Race Car:

Price: $95,000

I'm no producer but did my best with the help of a friend (Short-Throw) to capture all the major aspects of the car shown in the video below.










Why the build?

I attended a driving school and was smitten by the adrenaline rush, no surprise right? At the time I owned an 800HP+ supercharged C5 that owned the streets. I joined Autobahn Country Club and learned quickly that a Normally Aspirated engine was much better and more reliable than my street monster. More importantly being a novice to the sport I was fortunate to have many members welcome and teach me the most important part of the sport was safety. It didn't me long to decide that I needed to be in a caged car built by a trusted fabricator right away.


Why this car?






I have been a car nut and Corvette fan as a youngster and love the wide stance of the C5.
I purchased a 2002 Red C5 Z06 as a donor to the project. The car was stripped down to the frame rails and built back up. Being a fairly tall person, the A and B pillars were removed which allowed plenty of headroom with a helmet on. This car will easily accommodate a tall person. After watching a friend build a C6.R with high quality parts I decided to follow suit.



Who built the car and why did I choose them?

The car was built entirely by Eurosport Racing. Eurosport Racing has been building race cars for over 30 years. Eurosport has a full service facility located at Autobahn Country Club. This was ideal as once I completed my due diligence on their safety record and history; they were a shop on site that could service the car regularly, normally a hassle for maintaining race cars. The build took 2 months and no real budget was established as I didn't want to cut any corners midway through the project. As you will see in the inventory of parts itemized, high end materials were used.






Describe the use of the car:

The car was built and intended to be used strictly as a local club member HPDE car. To this day, the car never left the Autobahn Country Club facility (except to get painted).
Being a novice, the car initially was far more than I could handle and I worked with instructors on a regular basis ramping up my skills. The car is capable of putting down some of the best times to date for a closed wheel car (with a real driver, not me) at the Club to this day. A former driving pro (Kevin Krauss) put down a 1:01 with Hoosiers on the Autobahn North Track which is faster than a Porsche Cup car.








Why am I selling?

I have been spending all my free time training for various events that consist of competitive cycling. I also donate time for philanthropic photography work.
Balancing these time consuming hobbies while attempting to be a good father/husband doesn't allow for much more in a 24 day. The past year I have not driven the car (it’s still regularly maintained by Eurosport) and although thought about it several times on and off, have finally decided to sell it.



What a prospective buyer can expect:

To be dealt with honestly and fairly. Upon payment as a final contingency of ownership, I can arrange for a ride-a-long at Autobahn Country Club with one of our track pros (Tony Kester) to demonstrate how safe, stable and quick this car is.

Anyone looking to become a member of Autobahn Country Club can discuss purchasing my membership and/or garage space ownership with the car for a discounted package deal.


Categories:

Engine
Cooling
Trans/Diff
Suspension
Chassis
Brakes/Wheels/Tires
Exterior
Interior
Safety
Driver


Engine

Less than 5 hours of light track time is on this fresh motor.

• 427 World Products Warhawk LS7X custom alum short block 4.13 bore / 4.0 stroke
• Callies crank and rods
• Diamond pistons 13-1 CR
• Bill Daley dry sump pan & pump
• ET Performance heads 2.125 intake / 1.57 exhaust
• Kooks stepped headers 1.75-2” X 36” primaries
• Comp Cam / Isky roller lifters
• 728.4 HP @7100rpm / 618.2 TQ @5400rpm
• Easy to drive wide tall torque band












Engine Management

• MoTec M800 ECU / Custom harness, Relays and fuses panel mounted for easy access
• Center console switch panel with all switch’s easily accessible







Cooling

• Ron Davis Large HD Radiator
• Two stage external oil coolers / Setrab
• Rear diff and trans coolers / Setrab




Trans/Diff



• RPM - Level five transmission -- 1-2.96, 2-2.07, 3-1.43, 4-1.0, 5-.84, 6-.56
• Tilton 7.25” 3-disc clutch & lightweight flywheel
• Hurst shifter with electronic throttle blip for effortless downshifts.
• 3.42 Diff rear end


Suspension

• JRZ Pro 3 way coil overs
• Custom upper shock mounts with spherical bearings front & rear
• Spherical bearings at all control arm connection points
• March Racing uprights allowed to lower car 3” preserve correct suspension geometry
• Spherical tie rods with bump steer minimized
• Custom tubular anti sway bars









Chassis

• 10 point roll cage with NASCAR bars and windshield barrier bar
• MIG welded 1.75” x .095”
• AP lightweight air jacks & wand


Brakes/Wheels/Tires

• Tilton Dual masters with brake bias control
• Brembo GTR 8 piston front 380 X 32 Disc
• Brembo GTR 4 piston rear 345 X 32 Disc
• Hoosier R6 tires 315-31-18 front / 335-30-18 rear
• CCW 3 piece Wheels / 2 sets






Exterior

• ACP carbon fiber louvered front hood, front splitter, plus widened front and rear quarter panels to accommodate 315 mm front tires and 335 rears, plus carbon fiber rear wing.
• ACP carbon fiber roof, allows removal of A and B pillars.
• 5 Star Lexan lightweight front and rear windscreens.


Interior:

• Ultra Shield seats
• All controls easily accessible from strapped in position
• Throttle blip on shifter (heel-to-toe not required)
• Sabelt harnesses (exp 2013)


Safety

• SPA Electronic Extinguisher system
• C5-R designed ATL Fuel cells








Driver

• Fresh Air Systems Dual Cool suits & helmet cooler



More pictures can be viewed here:

summary gallery of track shots
http://snitz.smugmug.com/Vette/track...7589&k=6GrRP2C

Photos from car build
http://snitz.smugmug.com/Vette/track...1937&k=rQSwSL2


I'm happy to make an introduction to Eurosport should you want to speak with the builder of this car directly.

Please email all inquiries to Thomassnitzer@hotmail.com


Thank you,

Tom

CHJ In Virginia

That is an amazing no costs spared build. Good luck with the sale !

SDF

I have seen this car in person....awesome!! I think it would look great in my shop....just not quite in the budget. Best of luck with the sale!!

Short-Throw

Gang,

I can personally vouch for the high end details that went into this car's build as I saw and helped throughout the entire process. After I finished building my C6R (The Beast), I shared much of what I learned with Tom. He followed suit with items like an extremely sound structural cage (the single most important part of a race car), Brembo GTR brakes (with their signature gold colored calipers) and a MoTec ECU.

I've driven this car on track and the power band comes on so smooth it's really deceiving how quick it is. It's planted in the corners staying relatively flat and the shifter mounted rev blip offers fantastic rev matching ease.

As Tony Kester mentions in the video, it's the best he's driven and anybody that knows Tony understands he would never say such words if they weren't true.

I'm happy to talk with anybody about the car as a reference. I also vouch for Tom himself being an honest guy who has priced the car fairly (add up the component's worth alone).

Here's a pic of the two fastest Corvettes among Autobahn members.





Mike

Gering

Very impressive and informative post OP. GLWS.

JDIllon

Bump for a great car!! Tom, sorry to see your selling the car! Good luck with the sale. Sorry it's out of my price range. JD

dvandentop

Wow good luck with sale the car is beautiful I have seen in before in person! High end components on a great platform!

Xymos

Amazing car... but is a motor with that much power reliable?

fcarga

The answer is yes if properly built, maintained, and driven, but do you really think that is an appropriate question to ask in the poster's "For Sale" thread?

snitz

I'm not sure what you're experiences have been, but the answer to your question is absolutely especially since that was part of the engine's design from the onset.

MAX HP was not a desired target for this engine, longevity was.

This engine is built with a Daley dry sump (massive 1.25 oil lines) running through two external oil coolers, plus a Ron Davis radiator supplied with a wind tunnel intake and louvered hood for great ventilation. The engine temps have ranged between 180-200 when pushing the car as the engine has been detuned and is capable of producing much more HP.

Additionally the MoTec engine management software allows much greater control over the tuning of the engine. We can vary the air/fuel mixture across various rpm and throttle settings. The engine mapping for the MoTec was done over a 2 day period on an engine dyno. The MoTec software also is programmed to rev limit the shift points so the engine stays cool.

Thanks fcarga!

I'm happy to answer any questions.

Tom

fcarga

Good luck on your sale; someone is going to get a great package! Wish I were a little younger and had a lot more money!

RaleighSS

what a car .... i am in Ohio on business and made a special stop at a gas station to invest in the Ohio State Lottery in hopes of enough returns to purchase your car :-)

Madkarter

Were did you get those swaybars?

heavychevy

728 hp NA

clubracer6

I have seen this in person, such a beautiful car! How much does it weigh?

snitz

The sway bars were custom made for this car by Eurosport. We looked at a few aftermarket pieces and didn't find anything 'big' enough that offered the desired adjustability. Whenever the car is up on the rack the sway bars grab most onlookers attention, they are quite meaty.

Thanks Alex!

We weighed the car empty when it was first built (without a passenger seat) and it came in at 2976lbs.

Add fuel (roughly 7lbs/gallon) and driver ballast for a total.

Tom

chuntington101

Stunning car mate! hope you find some time soon to build another monster like this.

travisnd

I hope one of you ballers at the Autobahn Garage buys an early C7 and makes it into a track car just because! Be sure to post a build thread for all of us to live vicariously through you

z06801

I want this thing bad would you take 50k plus my 2002 911 TT

snitz

Not quite but I would consider 50K plus a 2014 911 Turbo S.