New Vette Owner
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From: Easley S.C.
New Vette Owner
Hi everyone,
I just bought an 02 Auto Vette. It's metallic blue with a targa. It's a little slower than my previous ride, but only for now!! I had an 03 Cobra w/ 17 lbs of boost and many mods. It dynoed at 475 rwhp and 515 rwt.
I have always wanted a vette and the opportunity presented itself. A few of my mustang pals have disowned me
But oh well. Here is a couple of pics. I am new to the chevy game. My last 6 cars were mustangs: 03 cobra, 00 Saleen vert, 01 Roush ht, 96 GT, S/C 85 GT, Modded 89 gt. Ya'll seem like a bunch of cool people. I have SVT Performance my home for the past 4 years. I guess it's time to move!
Nice to meet you all.
Rocky
I just bought an 02 Auto Vette. It's metallic blue with a targa. It's a little slower than my previous ride, but only for now!! I had an 03 Cobra w/ 17 lbs of boost and many mods. It dynoed at 475 rwhp and 515 rwt.
I have always wanted a vette and the opportunity presented itself. A few of my mustang pals have disowned me
But oh well. Here is a couple of pics. I am new to the chevy game. My last 6 cars were mustangs: 03 cobra, 00 Saleen vert, 01 Roush ht, 96 GT, S/C 85 GT, Modded 89 gt. Ya'll seem like a bunch of cool people. I have SVT Performance my home for the past 4 years. I guess it's time to move!Nice to meet you all.
Rocky
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WELCOME to the DARK SIDE 
you will love your vette, they are great machines 
You came to the best place on earth to learn about the Corvette 
BTW- with about 5k-6k in mods, supercharger or heads-cam you can easily get back to that 475HP that you were used to.
you will love your vette, they are great machines You came to the best place on earth to learn about the Corvette BTW- with about 5k-6k in mods, supercharger or heads-cam you can easily get back to that 475HP that you were used to.
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Nice looking C5 you bought - hope you really enjoy the car.
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Welcome to CF.
MAke sure your read the stickies at the top of C5 General called "Weights, ratios..." and the one at the top of C Tech called "column lock"
They are both musts for C5 owners
MAke sure your read the stickies at the top of C5 General called "Weights, ratios..." and the one at the top of C Tech called "column lock"
They are both musts for C5 owners
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Yo! Rocky!! Welcome to the forum and contrats on that beautiful 'Vette. This is my first one, too. 99% of the people on this forum are AWESOME.
You're going to like it here. If any of your Mustang buddies disowned you for buying a 'Vette, then they were never really your friend to begin with. 
You're going to like it here.
If any of your Mustang buddies disowned you for buying a 'Vette, then they were never really your friend to begin with.
