c4zr1 vs c5z06
01-19-2011, 02:17 PM
#42
01-19-2011, 02:55 PM
#43
Didn't fix my brother's 02 Z06, plus it will interfere with the GM recall that is supposed to fix it but also doesn't quite do it. I think you have to go one way or the other. I forget which leaves the column where it doesn't lock anymore at all. Electronically the car will do some weird stuff when the problem starts. It will shut itself off and make you wait ten seconds to try to start it back up etc. Mine was beginning to do that and the car only had 4500 miles and was the final production run of the C5. It made no sense at all that GM couldn't fix the C5 and waited for the C6 to solve it.
My 01Z did this, and then it would not start. I however could push start it. took it to the dealer, there was a recall. they fixed the BS with the key, then put the columb lock defeat on it. Never so much have seen a tiny issue with it.
01-25-2011, 04:37 PM
#44
Team Owner
I have owned both...they are both great cars.
The ZR-1 will hold its value better, but be harder to acquire and to sell.
The ZR-1 does not handle as well, to be expected from a much older design (C5 has a trans axle in the rear for better weight bias and is lighter), but the LT5 is much more entertaining to drive and to look at.
The C4's interior is more rattle prone than the C5, and the Chassis will flex more.
The C5 is an easier car to get in and out of for sure, but the seats in a C4 will keep you from sliding around in the corners, they are much better than C5 seats. C5's also have rubber bushing in the seats that will get old and crumble leaving you with a seat that rocks back and forth.
The C5 also has that stupid column lock problem that is a royal pita and there is NO FIX. If you want a newer car than the ZR-1 get a C6. The C6 does not have the column lock problem. The extra 100HP on the C6 Z06 will leave a stock ZR-1 in the dust. But any Stock ZR-1 can keep up with the C5 Z06.
I did think the C5 Z06 was more responsive to your initial throttle input and revs quicker (not higher). That could be more due to the gearing of the Z06 trans, something a ZR-1 could have used.
I had the 2004 Z16 with the carbon fiber hood and it would bow up real high at 150MPH.
I wish I still had both, but when financial trouble hit I unloaded the C5 Z06 Z16 and kept the 1994 ZR-1.
The ZR-1 will hold its value better, but be harder to acquire and to sell.
The ZR-1 does not handle as well, to be expected from a much older design (C5 has a trans axle in the rear for better weight bias and is lighter), but the LT5 is much more entertaining to drive and to look at.
The C4's interior is more rattle prone than the C5, and the Chassis will flex more.
The C5 is an easier car to get in and out of for sure, but the seats in a C4 will keep you from sliding around in the corners, they are much better than C5 seats. C5's also have rubber bushing in the seats that will get old and crumble leaving you with a seat that rocks back and forth.
The C5 also has that stupid column lock problem that is a royal pita and there is NO FIX. If you want a newer car than the ZR-1 get a C6. The C6 does not have the column lock problem. The extra 100HP on the C6 Z06 will leave a stock ZR-1 in the dust. But any Stock ZR-1 can keep up with the C5 Z06.
I did think the C5 Z06 was more responsive to your initial throttle input and revs quicker (not higher). That could be more due to the gearing of the Z06 trans, something a ZR-1 could have used.
I had the 2004 Z16 with the carbon fiber hood and it would bow up real high at 150MPH.
I wish I still had both, but when financial trouble hit I unloaded the C5 Z06 Z16 and kept the 1994 ZR-1.
Overall I had fewer problems over more miles with my C4 Lt1 than my FRC.
Don't forget the tq tube in the C5 they often need to be rebuilt between 80k and 100k even at stock power behind a LS1
