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Old May 23, 2012 | 11:48 AM
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Well me and buddy have been building his 2003 C5 coupe. When he picked it up the car was all black 6 speed targa top car. The car already black/polished C6 Z06 deep dish wheels on it, a procharger P1 blower, Long tube headers and borla exhaust. Other then that the car was stock and seemed like it needed a better full system so he took it to Dallas Performance and had them add 42lb injectors and a bigger fuel pump and do a custom tune the car made 550hp on that set up. He drove the car for about six months and decided he wanted to start building a motor and upgrade blowers. So he came a cross a polished D1 with like no miles on it. The motor was starting to tick a little so we built a full forged 370 for tons of boost! The motor has JE pistons, H beam rods, full ported heads, custom BulletRacing boost cam! Then we got a set of ARH 1 7/8 headers to upgrade the small ones that were on it already. We then ordered an ESC intercooler and custom pipeing all done by us. The car also got a sheet metal upper intake and edelbrock vic jr lower intake. Twin disk Mccloud clutch. Dallas Performance full fuel system with dual pumps. Then we ordered a Alky Control Meth kit for the car. The tune and meth kit was installed and done by Bret BLOWNBLUEZ06 !The car was totally disasembelled and custom paint and body work done by the owner Brent. The car is painted GM Inferno Orange and Black! We also added a cowl hood to clear intake and wide body rear fenders. We also put a cage in the car. The motor was built to handle around a 1000 plus hp and we think the car should be making around 700-800 hp right now (has not seen dyno since new build) so we are in the market for a F1 blower now and custom wheels. Now for some pics from start to where the car is now. I'm sure I left out some details, so just ask if you wanna know anything else!

car first day he bought it!





motor when the car was bought


new headers


new hood had to put it on before the build lol


new blower


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new intake set up



new coolant tank


motor swap


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new L5 fenders


new intercooler and custom flow threw plate he made from scratch


more custom work shaved the corvette leters and took some off a C6


new paint being made
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Old May 23, 2012 | 11:57 AM
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Now on to painting the car and finishing the motor setup


















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Old May 23, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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That car is coming together very well!
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few shots of motor finished up for now, have coil relocate kit and valve covers ordered and few other things to do



just a cool pic a friend took, doesn't have graphic on the hood anymore


couple of different wheels we have tried so far but not happy yet





how it is now, fixing to do a real photoshoot with it soon


The new project, changing car to FRC targa top in next couple of weeks! trying to decide if we are still gonna have the roof black or all orange/
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Car looks outstanding.
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Old May 23, 2012 | 12:21 PM
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Thanks guys. The car also has a C6 shift ****, C6 Z06 sway bars, and pfadt motor mounts!
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Also added same screen as Z06 inserts in the front plate
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Sweet
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Where can I get an Intake like that?
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great build
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Wow awesome work! Looks great!

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Originally Posted by Borrega
Where can I get an Intake like that?
That set up came from Dallas Performance.
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Originally Posted by Jay_Rich
Wow awesome work! Looks great!

Jay
Thanks, I'll post more pics and info as we do more work to it
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Originally Posted by calivette805
great build
Thanks
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That car is totally badazz. Absolutely love the color.
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You guys do very nice work!
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Awesome car, it sure would look good with some orange Pfadt suspension parts under there too!
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Originally Posted by Pfadt Racing
Awesome car, it sure would look good with some orange Pfadt suspension parts under there too!
Wanna make us some good deals? We already got some solid mounts with ya'lls name on them
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Originally Posted by 2002ZMY
You guys do very nice work!
Thanks, he is a Bad a$$ when it comes to body work!
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