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c5 coupe vs. z06
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I have a coupe. The car is plenty fast for street driving.. and on hot summer nights, there is nothing like having the top off, listening to Rush - Moving Pictures.
Why don't you try to find a coupe and drive it with the top off?
Why don't you try to find a coupe and drive it with the top off?
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Yes, but it is not half-assed like many of the modded base Vettes out there. It was engineered for a specific application, it didn't just have a parts catalog thrown at it. I have seen very few modded C5s that were approached with any kind of balanced thought, usually "bigger is better" or "this looks good." Which is fine if you're into that.
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Yes, but it is not half-assed like many of the modded base Vettes out there. It was engineered for a specific application, it didn't just have a parts catalog thrown at it. I have seen very few modded C5s that were approached with any kind of balanced thought, usually "bigger is better" or "this looks good." Which is fine if you're into that.
-Alex
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St. Jude Donor '10, '15-'16
Wow, ok definitely was not being critical or personal... I have no idea what kind of C5 you have, FWIW I have a base coupe and don't give two ****s about z06 "lineage" or "heritage".
That being said, I 100% agree with you that changing any C5 into Z06 spec (or better) is trivial (minus changing out the thinner glass and the hatch).
What I was trying to say is that a lot of people (NOT SAYING YOU) lower their base suspension coupe on stock bolts, add a CAI, and headers, with no idea what they're doing or how the parts work together, and all of a sudden they have a Z06. Or they put C6Z sway bars on their car with stock C5 tire sizes and don't realize that they screwed up the balance of the car but if it comes on a C6Z it must be better than a C5Z right??
That being said, I 100% agree with you that changing any C5 into Z06 spec (or better) is trivial (minus changing out the thinner glass and the hatch).
What I was trying to say is that a lot of people (NOT SAYING YOU) lower their base suspension coupe on stock bolts, add a CAI, and headers, with no idea what they're doing or how the parts work together, and all of a sudden they have a Z06. Or they put C6Z sway bars on their car with stock C5 tire sizes and don't realize that they screwed up the balance of the car but if it comes on a C6Z it must be better than a C5Z right??
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Seems we're on the same page then. LMAO I suppose I was taking your response out of context, my apologies
. I was just comparing factory to factory not people's homemade individual "ZO6s" to an actual ZO6. But I do get your point and agree
-Alex
. I was just comparing factory to factory not people's homemade individual "ZO6s" to an actual ZO6. But I do get your point and agree-Alex
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I'm not knocking a ZO6 because I understand what it's purpose is and it does it very effectively. If I could have one also I would. I am just realistic enough to know that it does not belong on a pedestal as a completely different car, when it is not.
-Alex
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St. Jude Donor '10, '15-'16
The base models have to comply with bean counters, people who don't race their cars, etc. Each step up is like loosening the reins on what the fantasy version of the car is.
That being said, it is pretty basic to take the go-fast goodies off a C5Z and put them on a base C5. There is nothing magical about the C5Z Y-body platform.
Now a C6Z vs. regular C6... that is a majorly different car. If I were buying a C6, I would have to live with no targa on a C6Z because you can't just magically turn the frame into aluminum. But with the C5, I bought a base coupe with the intention of swapping out the suspension, brakes, and wheels. Maybe the motor, that is secondary for me.
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That being said, it is pretty basic to take the go-fast goodies off a C5Z and put them on a base C5. There is nothing magical about the C5Z Y-body platform.
Now a C6Z vs. regular C6... that is a majorly different car. If I were buying a C6, I would have to live with no targa on a C6Z because you can't just magically turn the frame into aluminum. But with the C5, I bought a base coupe with the intention of swapping out the suspension, brakes, and wheels. Maybe the motor, that is secondary for me.
Now a C6Z vs. regular C6... that is a majorly different car. If I were buying a C6, I would have to live with no targa on a C6Z because you can't just magically turn the frame into aluminum. But with the C5, I bought a base coupe with the intention of swapping out the suspension, brakes, and wheels. Maybe the motor, that is secondary for me.
-Alex
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...Now a C6Z vs. regular C6... that is a majorly different car. If I were buying a C6, I would have to live with no targa on a C6Z because you can't just magically turn the frame into aluminum. But with the C5, I bought a base coupe with the intention of swapping out the suspension, brakes, and wheels. Maybe the motor, that is secondary for me.
They should did go out of the way to make the C6Z extraordinary. We would not being having this discussion if the comparison were comparing the base C6 vs the C6Z...That being said, I think the C5 Z06 gets more "acclaim" because of the heritage and resurrected nameplate...
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