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Aug 28, 2008 | 07:57 PM

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ps374

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Jay nobody could of expressed it better. I think you said what most of us feel in our hearts about our Corvettes.

Aug 28, 2008 | 08:31 PM

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MJinPA

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Anyone know what kind of bodykit Jay used on his C5? I'm not a big fan of the C5, but that kit dresses it up very nicely.

Aug 28, 2008 | 09:42 PM

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patsfan

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From: Swanton VT 2000 Navy Blue Mettalic M6 / 1991 Auto - Steel Blue 68,500 R.I.P

This totally fits in the c4 section. I think it was a 89 @ at about 8:36 of the video

Aug 28, 2008 | 10:35 PM

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Eakster

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Epic. What a hero!

Aug 29, 2008 | 12:56 AM

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corvettedan22

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Dieing to see that c6, z06 motor dropped into a c4 !!!!

Aug 29, 2008 | 01:41 AM

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HOOBS

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Guys I used to own a c-4 and crossed over to a Z06 and everything that he said is 110% on the money! there's nothing like it!

Aug 29, 2008 | 09:35 PM

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Trebor

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Thanks for posting I am a big fan of Jay Leno. He grew up a few towns over from me in North Andover, MA.

Not sure why he said a couple of times that the '02 Z06 had 435 hp. I owned an '02 Z06 for two years and you guys I'm sure know the stock '02-'04 Z06s came with 405 hp and 400 ft lbs of torque.

http://www.angelfire.com/hi/nicecorvette

trebor

Aug 30, 2008 | 01:50 PM

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ARMAN72

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WOW! Jay is the man in my book! VERY

Thanks for posting!

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Aug 30, 2008 | 02:15 PM

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Aurora40

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MJinPA

Anyone know what kind of bodykit Jay used on his C5? I'm not a big fan of the C5, but that kit dresses it up very nicely.

I believe it was done by Wheel2Wheel. Several years back I got to tour his garages, was really neat (didn't meet him though). That C5 was there. Though the gentleman doing the tour mentioned it had around 600hp. This was before the LS7 existed, so it wasn't the LS7 he showed was in there now. I wonder if the guy was mistaken, or if for some reason he pulled the 600hp LS6 for an LS7?

He did not have any C4 or older Corvettes. So perhaps it was the C5 that converted him?