high mileage c5s
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high mileage c5s
Hello everyone, I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm also in the market for my first corvette, but that's not really related to my question. What are some of the highest mileage c5 corvettes you have seen? Anyone here in the 200k plus club? I'm a big fan of ls1/lsx engines, I've owned several in a few different vehicles, just never in a corvette.
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There are a number of owners here who have C5s with over 200K miles on them. Proper maintenance is a key to getting that kind of mileage from the car. Hopefully some of those owners will see this thread and give you their story and some pics.
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my 01 went to 220k miles with very little being done. I bought it with 60k on it in 2006. I changed the water pump twice, the belts, the oil pressure sending unit, changed to the LS6 PCV setup. I had the original clutch until 215k miles. not really much else. last year at the 220k mark it started leaking oil from the front main seal and both oil pan gaskets. possibly a couple of other places. I could have fixed all the leaks and still had a great running car, but I decided to put a LS3 in instead. Keep in mind this is a daily driver that I do beat on from time to time.
