No Mods
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: Havre de Grace MD
Maybe just 1.
Stock corvettes are fine. Just wait and see... after having the car for a while and reading about all the nice things others are putting on their car - you start thinking about 1-2 improvements - and before you know it you have 1. The blackwing air intake is an easy 1st.
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Lake Elsinore, CA
Nothing wrong with that at all. I drove a 300ZX for 13 years as a dd and it never even entered my mind. I always thought it was the rebels who messed with their cars. Then I bought a vette and found this forum . . . 
I'm afraid to add up the receipts. 
I'm afraid to add up the receipts.
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Palmdale CA
St. Jude Donor '06
Believe what these guys are saying. If you really don't want to mod your car, then don't even start. I haven't had mine long, and I told myself I loved 'er just the way she was. Then that dull space between the exhaust seemed to get bigger and bigger, so I said, well I'll get an exhaust plate. Bad Idea. 
Got me to visit vendor sites and catalogs while I shopped around and now I've got a list a mile long. This forum doesn't help either, cuz you see all the pics of so many beautiful cars with great mods and you can't help but being sucked in. 
Anyway, if you can stick to your guns, more power to you.
There is certainly nothing wrong with that.
Got me to visit vendor sites and catalogs while I shopped around and now I've got a list a mile long. This forum doesn't help either, cuz you see all the pics of so many beautiful cars with great mods and you can't help but being sucked in. Anyway, if you can stick to your guns, more power to you.
There is certainly nothing wrong with that.
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: Litchfield Park Arizona
Originally Posted by Ls1Rat
I've never left any vehicle stock and I can't imagine not improving my bikes, cars, boats....etc.
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Heck no, it's your car so you can keep it original or mod it to death. A nice original car is OK in my book.
Uber Waxer
Joined: May 2004
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From: Hanover MD
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St. Jude Donor '08-'10
i say theres nothing wrong with that! i have the same mindset on my vette. not to mention that my last 2 cars, i modded to the point where it was not fun anymore.
i had a 87 GN that i dumped about 15K into and a 01 trans am that i dumped about 20K into and took a bath on both of them when i sold them not to mention all the headache i had over broken parts and such.
i had a 87 GN that i dumped about 15K into and a 01 trans am that i dumped about 20K into and took a bath on both of them when i sold them not to mention all the headache i had over broken parts and such.
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Uber Waxer
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From: Hanover MD
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Originally Posted by smacz28
Not to highjack....but is this true????
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: UNDER THE HOOD
Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Heck no, it's your car so you can keep it original or mod it to death. A nice original car is OK in my book.
seriously though...............everything I've done to mine is reversable and I kept all the stock parts.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: South East coast Florida
Keep it simple
Originally Posted by BowtieDiva70
Is there anything wrong with a person not wanting to mod her Vette? I want to keep her the same, just for cruisin and car shows! 
I think it is fun just the way it is! I know you cannot drag race a convertible!
BluAngelC5
I think it is fun just the way it is! I know you cannot drag race a convertible! BluAngelC5
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: SouthWest FL
Originally Posted by EVIL_C5
i read it somewhere. its an effort to keep drag racing off the street. its some OEM class. you have to run radial street tires and basicly no modifications that are obvious like a blower or nitrous.