nomurci

Just curious was are some inexpensive mods for a Corvette z06 considering ive dumped most of my money into purchasing the car lol? Thanks fellow z06 owners..

seebobgo

First I would put a good shifter in it. Mine is a Hurst.

Second is un-cork it. Intake and exhaust.

SR-71

If money is really tight then try the low-no cost stuff. Zip-tie mod for the intake, cut down your stock shifter, do the radio shack resistor mod to the skip shift, and crank the bolts down on the suspension.

MY03C5Z

I hear you, I just got mine bone stock and have done the mods in my sig so far, they are all close to free or under $50 except for the shifter, it was $250 which is a really good price for such a huge improvement over the stock shifter.

I want to do a good cold air intake and LT's/xpipe and some other power mods some time soon but right now I need new tires, brakes and other maintenance type items which add up too, lol.

marty mar

Port your throttle body, while your there, bypass the TB coolant hose! FREE!

MY03C5Z

Forgot the tb bypass, I did that one too. Also, I removed the clutch pedal return spring. Makes for quicker shifts.
Two good free mods

Tj Pal

Take the ziptie mod one step further, flip the air intake 180 degrees and cut a hole in the shroud to match the filter for a true cold air intake. Works great. Free!

AU N EGL

Dyno tune

Toque

I never knew you could put "cheap" and "HP upgrades" in the same sentence when talking about a Corvette.

This sure is an expensive hobby...

Toque

JimbeauZ06

Intake and LT headers. Keep your stock TI exhaust and put the money toward your headers and dyno tune.

nomurci

Thanks Guys for the great responses! When i do some of these mods ill get back to you and let you know of the results..

dsm_mikey

There was a speed shop I went to in IL when I owned my EVO. They had a sign that said the following:

At this shop you can only have 2 of the 3 things below:

1. Fast
2. Good
3. Cheap

This is very true. And holds especially true with our cars.

If you don't have the money-don't upgrade. Spend it on maintenance. You have a quick car out of the box. I have seen so many cars over the years that have been hacked to death to make the car faster. There are no freebies here. If you hack your car to death it will be worth less when you sell it-not to mention that these hacked cars are rarely faster than stock. Usually louder, for sure-but rarely faster. People can instantly tell quality from crap.

Save your money and upgrade when you can buy quality parts.

dhouston02

Drag radials!!!

MY03C5Z

I agree that these are very quick cars out of the box. I just got mine and am honestly plenty happy with the power it makes stock for now. Thats why I just did some small mods like the shifter a few appearance items and next to free mods for now. Its going to take me a while to get bored with the cars stock performance level I can tell.

Chichi1986

Driver mod. Lmfao

momo20

while the intake part is a true statement the exhaust part is not, the OEM Ti exhaust is in fact a great well flowing system from GM, most of the time people only replace it is due to the fact they want more of an exhaust note

C5Dobie

I assume by "exhaust" he means full exhaust ie: headers.

aramz06

I'm not sure what your definition of inexpensive is, but with an Vararam intake, X pipe, and straight pipes to a stock C5Z (a total of about $500-$600), I noticed a real power difference, and an awesome sounding ride.

RedZMonte

2yr old tread... dont think the OP is going to see this again...

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