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What's the difference?
I just purchased a 2000 vert 2 weeks ago. I don't klnow if I have the popular zo6 or just a c-5. I do know the car has z06 wheels. It has a slp mass air flow sensor, A donaldson ( blackwing) air filter. It also has a performance exhaust system. I don't know the make. The car was a lease before I bought it. The dealership I bought it from could'nt tell either. I was at a hyundai used lot. 
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Originally Posted by Gmlover
I just purchased a 2000 vert 2 weeks ago. I don't klnow if I have the popular zo6 or just a c-5. I do know the car has z06 wheels. It has a slp mass air flow sensor, A donaldson ( blackwing) air filter. It also has a performance exhaust system. I don't know the make. The car was a lease before I bought it. The dealership I bought it from could'nt tell either. I was at a hyundai used lot.
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FYI, Z06 is a hardtop designed body which resembles the vert(top up) in silhoette. It has the body style of the FRC(fixed roof coupe). The Z06 has a bunch of lightweight goodies, and a LS6 engine, ranging from 400-405 hp. There is a bunch of info on these guys. Pricing is VERY similar to OUR verts...2001+ especially. Hopefully, someone will post a pic of a gorgeous Z06, or FRC.
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Welcome to the Forum 
...and congrats on the C5.
All corvettes produced during model years 1997 through 2004 were C5s, whether they be coupes, convertibles, hardtops or Z06s. The Z06 made it's debut in model year 2001 and could only be had as a hardtop:
NEW Z06 Model Debuts
...and congrats on the C5. All corvettes produced during model years 1997 through 2004 were C5s, whether they be coupes, convertibles, hardtops or Z06s. The Z06 made it's debut in model year 2001 and could only be had as a hardtop:
NEW Z06 Model Debuts
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Originally Posted by Gmlover
I don't klnow if I have the popular zo6 or just a c-5. ...The dealership I bought it from could'nt tell either.
Hmmm. You bought a Corvette but don't know what you have and no one at the so-called "dealership" knew either 
By the way...a Z06 IS a C5.
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If it is a vert, then you do not have the Z06. The Z06 has a fixed roof on it. Congrats on the new car.
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Hmmm. You bought a Corvette but don't know what you have and no one at the so-called "dealership" knew either By the way...a Z06 IS a C5.
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The Z06 came out in 2001, it has the same body as the FRC, 1999-2000, the picture of white vette above. They body is commonly known as the hardtop, vs coupe and convertable. All vettes from 97-04 are C5's
Anyway, welcome and enjoy
Anyway, welcome and enjoy
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Originally Posted by Gmlover
I just purchased a 2000 vert 2 weeks ago. I don't klnow if I have the popular zo6 or just a c-5. I do know the car has z06 wheels. It has a slp mass air flow sensor, A donaldson ( blackwing) air filter. It also has a performance exhaust system. I don't know the make. The car was a lease before I bought it. The dealership I bought it from could'nt tell either. I was at a hyundai used lot.
It's all in good natured fun. Look for a thread about Coupe vs FRC vs Vert. It's sure to be a little better explained in there!
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Welcome to the Forum! As the others have said, be sure to bring your sense of humor and your flame suit.
Here's a web page that will tell you more about your '00 convertible. It is not a Z06 regardless of wheels. There's a lot more to the Z06 than the wheels, aside from the fact that the Z06 came out in '01. Before that it was the FRC (Fixed Roof Coupe, a.k.a Factory Race Car).
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/.../features.html
There's alot to know about these wonderful cars, do some research on the 'Net and the more you know the better off you'll be.
Here's a link that will tell you the good, the bad and the ugly about the C5 - http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...7&forum_id=103
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Here's a web page that will tell you more about your '00 convertible. It is not a Z06 regardless of wheels. There's a lot more to the Z06 than the wheels, aside from the fact that the Z06 came out in '01. Before that it was the FRC (Fixed Roof Coupe, a.k.a Factory Race Car).
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/.../features.html
There's alot to know about these wonderful cars, do some research on the 'Net and the more you know the better off you'll be.
Here's a link that will tell you the good, the bad and the ugly about the C5 - http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...7&forum_id=103
Miles and miles of smiles to you
.....and don't forget to wave to the other Vettes, regardless of generation!
