RAM option?
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Racer
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From: Bolton Ontario
RAM option?
There is a 2002 Coupe listed for sale, on the Canadian Auto Trader site, by a dealer. It apparently has "RAM option of about 400 HP !!!! This is a factory option only available in the U.S."
I've done a fair bit of research and never heard of this. Before I contact the dealer, is this real or is it BS.
thanks,
Rick
I've done a fair bit of research and never heard of this. Before I contact the dealer, is this real or is it BS.
thanks,
Rick
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Racer
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From: Bolton Ontario
I talked to the dealer and he said that he had never heard of this option either. The car came into Canada from the US a year or 2 ago and the person that brought it in told him about the option. He did tell me that it has large exhaust tips on it and the exhaust is fairly loud. Personally, I think that a previous owner has done some mods and tried to pass them off as factory. By the way, from the picture it's a coupe, not a Z06.
I may go by and see it, since I am in the market for a C5 of around that vintage, but cars that have unknown mods done to them worry me.
The link is:
http://www.trader.ca/Search/Details....ategory=&CAT=1
Rick
I may go by and see it, since I am in the market for a C5 of around that vintage, but cars that have unknown mods done to them worry me.
The link is:
http://www.trader.ca/Search/Details....ategory=&CAT=1
Rick
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Racer
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From: Bolton Ontario
maybe this link will work better (this is the 2nd longest link I've ever seen!):
http://trader.ca/search/Results.asp?...ategory=&CAT=1
http://trader.ca/search/Results.asp?...ategory=&CAT=1
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Well, definitely NOT a Z06.
Maybe the dealer used memory shorthand. If the guy told him the car had 400hp and a RAM air mod. Check under the hood and see if he installed a CAI.
Maybe the dealer used memory shorthand. If the guy told him the car had 400hp and a RAM air mod. Check under the hood and see if he installed a CAI.
Drifting
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That dog won't hunt
tell him the car is a fake and offer 5-k less that he has it listed for.
Maybe somebody installed a vari-ram and left a sticker behind. Take it to a NJ dyno and it will make at least 400hp
tell him the car is a fake and offer 5-k less that he has it listed for.Maybe somebody installed a vari-ram and left a sticker behind. Take it to a NJ dyno and it will make at least 400hp
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Don't you guys know? Haven't you figured it out yet?? It's obviously got the Canadian Export version of the hood seal, and due to the lighter air in Canada the hood seal option brings it up to 400 horse! I'm surprised no one figured this out
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Racer
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From: Bolton Ontario
...and due to the lighter air in Canada the hood seal option brings it up to 400 horse
Rick
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