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Mar 23, 2020 | 10:09 AM

joew94th

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Best Performance Mod?

If you could do one, and only one, performance mod to your stock/base C5, what would it be?

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Mar 23, 2020, 10:25 AM

Moto One

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Mar 23, 2020 | 10:25 AM

Moto One

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Mar 23, 2020 | 10:51 AM

DBS99MagRedCoupe

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If it’s an automatic with 2:73 gears I would swap them out for a set of 3:42.

Mar 23, 2020 | 10:57 AM

oharal

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Modern high performance summer tires. Everything that made the C5 good in its day is still good EXCEPT tires.

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Mar 23, 2020 | 11:45 AM

C5 4 ME

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Originally Posted by DBS99MagRedCoupe

If it’s an automatic with 2:73 gears I would swap them out for a set of 3:42.

Mar 23, 2020 | 11:47 AM

Toys4Life C5

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Quote:

Originally Posted by joew94th

If you could do one, and only one, performance mod to your stock/base C5, what would it be?

It is an expensive one, but my first upgrade to the C5 was this.

Mar 23, 2020 | 11:51 AM

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MGW shifter, the most used !!!!! (although the stock exhaust sucked, and the wheels and tires sucked)

Mar 23, 2020 | 12:30 PM

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I agree with toys4life, if you want to go fast that is one of the best things you can do... I modded my car quite a bit before I went with a supercharger and was never really impressed, after the blower went on the car was transformed into a completely different animal which is exactly what I was looking for

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Mar 23, 2020 | 12:55 PM

Kmcoldcars

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I agree with the supercharger. I had a 2002 Z06 slightly modified to about 440 HP at the crank. I bought a 1991 that was pretty much stock except for a supercharger. It went from 250 crank HP to 375 HP. But the important thing was it made more HP and torque below 4500 RPM than the Z06 did, which was great for street use.

Mar 23, 2020 | 01:23 PM

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DDaaryl

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Without a doubt getting rid of the OEM run flat tires will make it a different car for little money

Mar 23, 2020 | 03:04 PM

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RSbeast

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For sale sign 😅

Mar 23, 2020 | 03:36 PM

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Hitman227

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Lots of great suggestions - no one mentioned full exhaust (including long tube headers with xpipe) and a tune.

Mar 23, 2020 | 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Hitman_396

Lots of great suggestions - no one mentioned full exhaust (including long tube headers with xpipe) and a tune.

Probably the best answer considering we don't
know what the OP wants to spend.

Mar 23, 2020 | 04:03 PM

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jpm995

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Never been a big fan of it but isn't nitrous considered the best bang for the buck?

Mar 23, 2020 | 04:34 PM

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jd_black_00

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IDK, a car with only one mod wouldn't do anything for me but if performance is your goal I'd have to agree with upgrading the tires first & foremost

Mar 23, 2020 | 05:01 PM

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Sydwayz

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Of all the things I did to my C5, the C6 Z06 sway bars, shocks, and lowering it with Zip Bolts was the biggest seat of the pants and fun factor for the dollar.

Mar 23, 2020 | 05:32 PM

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ChiliPepperGarage

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jpm995

Never been a big fan of it but isn't nitrous considered the best bang for the buck?

Maybe for drag racing and then as long as you don't blow up your motor. I've never been a big bottle fan and would rather do mods that can be used more often or more continuously.

Mar 23, 2020 | 05:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiliPepperGarage

Maybe for drag racing and then as long as you don't blow up your motor.

well he did say "bang" for your buck

Mar 23, 2020 | 09:01 PM

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wydopnthrtl

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First off... who in their right mind would buy a C5 and then limit themselves to only "one mod"?

Either get a part time job... tell your mom you want your man card back... or take back the pants from your wife!

Now that your a man again.., you can afford five mods on your base C5 w/auto:
- Full exhaust
- CIA
- 3.73 rear gear
- Tune
- Tires

Mar 24, 2020 | 12:48 AM

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02torchred

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Assuming it has 3.15 gearing:

LS3 or LS7

More realistically? A cam or 243 heads.

While not performance in terms of HP, the most money-to-fun ratio would have been my thicker sway bars

Last edited by 02torchred; Mar 24, 2020 at 12:49 AM.

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