Post your pictures from the C5 heyday
03-26-2019, 08:57 PM
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Post your pictures from the C5 heyday
Original pictures when these cars were new. Circa 2006 and older please.
Here are a few that I took.
2003 Petit LeMans @ Road Atlanta
2003 Petit Lemans Corvette corral
My 2003 Z06 Back in 2003
The BEST my garage EVER looked!!!
Here are a few that I took.
2003 Petit LeMans @ Road Atlanta
2003 Petit Lemans Corvette corral
My 2003 Z06 Back in 2003
The BEST my garage EVER looked!!!
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03-06-2020, 07:35 PM
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The C5 is still one heck of a good looking car.
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03-06-2020, 07:43 PM
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03-06-2020, 09:34 PM
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2006 was when I purchased my 99 the first time. Couple pics from that year in order:
Bone stock in May 06 nose to nose with my 93 Trans Am
Corvette's at Carlisle in Aug 06
Heading out to the Kerbeck Chevy Toy's For Tots run in Nov 06
Bone stock in May 06 nose to nose with my 93 Trans Am
Corvette's at Carlisle in Aug 06
Heading out to the Kerbeck Chevy Toy's For Tots run in Nov 06
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03-07-2020, 02:26 PM
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What the 98 looks like now - 22 years young
Still own, currently 44,652 miles.
What the 98 looks like now - 22 years young
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03-07-2020, 04:28 PM
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16'-'17-‘18-'19-'20-'21-'22-
'23-'24
and I thought I had a lot of C5s
I would guess 2003 or 2004
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03-07-2020, 05:51 PM
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C5 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019
Circa 2005
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03-08-2020, 07:05 AM
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I have a video from October 2005 with a lot of C5 action. At the time I was into Ford Lightnings and our club along with a corvette club rented Milan Dragway in SE Michigan.
Most of this video was not taken by me so sorry for the poor quality.
The Silver lightning is me and I was running 12.5 - 12.4 on a 100 shot and in full street trim. (on slicks it would run 11.8's). On those all season tires I had to launch at 1100 rpms, roll to the floor slowly and then ramp the nitrous up from 30hp to 100hp over a 0.7sec timeframe. (I had a very high quality progressive system). It's funny.. It didn't look strong off the line but the power would come as I increased speed and I could pull past anything on regular street tires.
Most C5's at the time could pull me of the line by 2-3 car lengths but then I'd reel them in and we'd have a pretty good race.
What left a massive impression on me was in 2003 I was running 12.8's w/o nitrous and on slicks. At mid-michigan I once ran a Z06. I took him off the line hard and won. BUT... just a hair after we crossed the line he went by me so fast it surprised me. I knew that those things had power and were FAST. That's always left an impression on me and is in part why I have a C5 Z06 now.
Most of this video was not taken by me so sorry for the poor quality.
The Silver lightning is me and I was running 12.5 - 12.4 on a 100 shot and in full street trim. (on slicks it would run 11.8's). On those all season tires I had to launch at 1100 rpms, roll to the floor slowly and then ramp the nitrous up from 30hp to 100hp over a 0.7sec timeframe. (I had a very high quality progressive system). It's funny.. It didn't look strong off the line but the power would come as I increased speed and I could pull past anything on regular street tires.
Most C5's at the time could pull me of the line by 2-3 car lengths but then I'd reel them in and we'd have a pretty good race.
What left a massive impression on me was in 2003 I was running 12.8's w/o nitrous and on slicks. At mid-michigan I once ran a Z06. I took him off the line hard and won. BUT... just a hair after we crossed the line he went by me so fast it surprised me. I knew that those things had power and were FAST. That's always left an impression on me and is in part why I have a C5 Z06 now.
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03-08-2020, 11:36 AM
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04
21 years ago.
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