Brad's LS3 Vette

Just wanted to share my currently setup and thoughts due to a handful of emails and questions.

2008 C6 Corvette (19k Miles)

Suspension: Lg Coilovers Gt2 (Set on 7 (1-12) firmness)

Thoughts: Lovvveeee the handling! On the track but.. don't kid yourself, there rough as F.. I still love them but i do your research if your daily driving your vette.

Sway Bars: GM z51 sway bars

Thoughts: This the best sway bar setup IF your going to run coil over. Car is on rails and has excellent left to right weight transfer. Very predictable.


Wheels: TSW nurburgrings F:18x9, R:19x10.5
Powder Coated Gun Metal Metalic

Thoughts: Light, Strong, Timeless Design…


Spacers:
Front) .25 Billet spacers w/ extended studs
Rear) 1.25 Billet adapter

Thoughts: Track Tested, work perfect, very strong.


Tires: Continental dw's F:245 40 18 R:285 35 19

Thoughts: WOW… these tires grab the road like glue! Extremely impressed with autocross and track days.


Other Mods include: Halltech intake, bottom seat foam kit and seat track repair kit, M2W, led interior light kit, centennial edition suede steering wheel, oem Z06 booty, flares, and z06 spoiler, etc..

Hope y'all like the review! If you have a strong opinion and don't agree… i don't care lol.

Thanks for reading,
Brad






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doubledsyellow

Looks great. Hopefully mine will looks similar in about a week

Dano523

Kind of lost here,

Looks like you had the room for wider rims/tires (wide body car), but used smaller width tires and spacers to bump them out instead (losing inner space for the wider tires)????

All this seems counter productive for a semi track use car, since with the LG coil over in play, could have went to wider rims/tires, and instead of limited on what you can use the Z-51 sways for due the limited grip of the smaller tires, would have had the tire grip for Z-06 sways instead.

As for the rim spacers, not sure how well these are going to get along with the wheel hubs on a hard track pushed car before they give up the ghost. Really, looks you have the room for 255's front, and then 305" rear to match the set out without the needed of spacers ( Or even wider rears is you are really pushing the car hard out turns to justify the extra meat in back).

Brad's LS3 Vette

I was dying to find a good 255 305 setup but did want to step down to a 30 series tire. Look like rubber bands. I wasn't going to run 325s in the rear and have 245s up front… i would plow threw the turns. The z06 sway bars and coilovers would have been to much suspension and not enough tire, car still has to retain some movement to grip the ground around a rough track. Im maxed out on wheel fitment as well. Tires tuck prefect while traveling.

Brad's LS3 Vette

Yes indeed, you'll love it! 1.25 adapter in the rear is max for the TSW due to the offset. 1.5 adapter is fine for a oem offset.

My tsw's rubbed in the rear when car was stock body and lowered.

Brad's LS3 Vette

Rear fitment: 19x10.5 tsw, 1.25 adapter, 285 35 19 continental dw

Fitment is TIGHT when suspension is compressed. Not going for some hellaflush crap, but functional.

echelonphoto

With that kind of g force..have you done anything about the oiling system?

Brad's LS3 Vette

Nothing to crazy, i run a little extra oil to help prevent any oil starvation.

thedigitel

Love the garage floor, jealous.

Brad's LS3 Vette

Thank you sir! Had it done when i built the house. Its a pour on epoxy, thick.

doubledsyellow

Just finished yesterday. went with the 1.5 inch adapters.

Boomer111

Car looks great sitting, amazing really.

I can understand the harsh ride by the amount of travel you have left yourself.

Brad's LS3 Vette

Do you have coilovers? Ive actually added a little bit of preload to give the rear shocks more travel. Called LG and they are setup correctly. Great handling… just on the rough side.

Torchsport

Well done.