Pfadt Racing

Had a customer ask us to build up (rather, fix a previous hack job) his c5 track car. He had several complaints about handling, braking, over heating, and several other issues. I wish I would have thought to take more pictures prior to today as we are halfway done with it, but still lots of cool things to see and more to come!


Before pics I took....crappy crappy exhaust work:






New Pipes Being made (C5 Tri-Y's) are coming to everyone real soon! )




The Cage: The previous one was terrible, and was only partially welded. We cut the top off and added support to the cage where needed. We also fixed up the welds:




Cooling: Relocated coolers which will get a custom shroud and scoops:


Aero: Planning on a lot here. Ditching the FRC, building diffusers, and making a custom hood/fender combo up front to fit the 345's we are planning on running on all 4 corners.






Coming up next: Suspension and Brakes....stay tuned:

bill mcdonald

_r2h

What is that silver tube with breather attach on the right used for?


+1 for the C5 tri-y's!

Pfadt Racing

breather for the dry sump....I'll get a bunch more pics tomorrow

Rookieracer

A chant can be heard in the C5 forum.

Tri-Y's,
Tri-Y's,
Tri-Y's,
Tri-Y's,
Tri-Y's,

Pfadt Racing

Headers going in:



Dry Sump and oil coolers setup:




Custom control arms:

Rookieracer

Am I the only one that fantasizes that it's my car in the picture having this work done?

_r2h

Hah, I thought it might have been some crazy awesome breather/vent deal for the diff.

YYZ06

Subscribed. I love build threads. Keep the pics coming.

m6 c5

Pfadt Racing

Testing the diffuser fit:


Preview of the front fenders:


Double Adjustable Coilovers and Custom Arms


C5 Tri-Y Installed:

Pfadt Racing

Got a little more work done on the rear diffuser, and have the front suspension installed:

Pfadt Racing

Been super busy...some quick update pics!

SaberD

awesome!! How do you plan on closing off the bell housing from the front since the dry sump oil pan leaves a bunch of open space now? any structural issues with not supporting the bottom of the inspection cover?

Pfadt Racing

Sorry...been really busy guys. I have a quick write-up and pics of the finished car here:

http://c5rcorvette.blogspot.com/2013...l#comment-form

The car turned out amazing though.... We were running lap times faster than the class ahead of us...even with 100HP less. Needless to say we were being "randomly selected" to run on the dyno several times over the weekend

m6 c5

Not really digging the front fenders but it looks like an awesome build