work_truck

Tried to drive to work today but the battery was dead (hasn't been driven in a long time and we just got hit with a cold snap)

so this is my latest mod

VetteDrmr

Whoops, should have mentioned that earlier to you. Yep, you need some kind of battery tender if you don't drive her a good 15-30 minutes every 2 weeks or so.

Have a good one,
Mike

C908

I'll second that on the battery tender. I don't drive my car much so I keep it hooked up all the time. I have my connector coming out by the wiper so I don't have to open the hood.

work_truck

Just ordered a bunch more parts:








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radar502

I had an issue, could not drive my 04 Z ,felt like it was on ice . You might not have the same .. Great ride and find .. Love the 99 FRC Corvettes ..

work_truck

I'm 3 autox days and almost 10k miles into my square setup without a hiccup.

radar502

Cool, my 04 just did not like the same front to rear set up .. It drove like it was drunk or something .. Well it drove Ok but just felt funny like something was way off.. I guess some or different than others ??? I wanted to be to rotate the tires form back to front ,NO not on this one..

work_truck

maybe!

Sabre34

Great story, I love the car!

meadowz06

Great story. The FRC/Z06 C5 will go down as one of the best Corvette’s of all time.

work_truck

Thanks!

I really appreciate the kind words

work_truck

so, in the interest of safety, I decided to go ahead and order a different steering wheel release.

I ordered a Lifeline FIA cert quick release, which means I could no longer run the NRG short hub. So I also ordered a Flaming River billet adapter.






So if anyone wants to buy an NRG short hub/ 2.0 QR combo, I'll have it for sale shortly.

work_truck

went ahead and pulled the trigger on some torch red seat belts.

work_truck

Seats are backordered from the seller I chose, but the good news is that they will be sending 2018 seats instead of 2017 dated for the FIA cert

nsogiba

Where did you buy the belts? C6? Used?

work_truck

i actually found them on e bay. I can get the PNs if you’d like, they are C5 belts

nsogiba

I appreciate it but I would need C6 belts due to the S2000 seats in my car. Didn't know they made C5 belts in anything but black, gray, and tan

work_truck

What is the difference between the two with relation to your S2k seats? I thought you were running stock belts?

nsogiba

The C5 belts have retractors both at the bottom of the seat in the sill, and on the B Pillar. The C6 belts only have it in the B pillar, and are fixed inside the sill. The reason for the swap is that the C5 retractor in the sill is far too big to allow the seat to fit in there.

work_truck

that is awesome to know, I'm worried about that second tensioner as well since I'll need to pass the belt through the lap harness hole in the seat. So at least it sounds like there will be a work around if necessary.