Leno Cuts Up 2 C5's
12-22-2004, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ALLEYNEC5
To bad we already know. 
12-22-2004, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by CHEEZILA
I would love to know if anything special was done to the drive train to handle the power.
They had a carbon fiber driveshaft
12-22-2004, 06:23 PM
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heres one of the engine!
i thought it was a sweet car.
the guys over on realoldspower.com are crying that it isnt olds power.
i thought it was a sweet car.
the guys over on realoldspower.com are crying that it isnt olds power.
12-22-2004, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by EVIL_C5
heres one of the engine!
i thought it was a sweet car.
the guys over on realoldspower.com are crying that it isnt olds power.
i thought it was a sweet car.
the guys over on realoldspower.com are crying that it isnt olds power.
12-22-2004, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
He did the same thing to restore a 55 Buick Roadmaster. I like Jay, he is pretty down to earth for a multi millionaire.
12-22-2004, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by thevettenet CA
Those intake runners look just like the LS7 on the 2006 Z06.
they also look alot like the fast intake, only black.
12-22-2004, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by CHEEZILA
I would love to know if anything special was done to the drivetrain to handle the power.
I would love to know if anything special was done to the drivetrain to handle the power.
Originally Posted by Zilla
They had a carbon fiber driveshaft
Is there any info. on the rear, output shafts, transmission & any other parts known to break with high horsepower setups.
12-22-2004, 08:09 PM
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13
Originally Posted by LANZ06
Anyone see the show RIDES last night. Jay leno was having a Toronado custom made. He was converting it from front wheel drive to rear wheel drive. He cut up 2 C5's to complete the project. He said the hardest part of the project was keeping the Corvette guys from finding out what he did to the Corvettes. 
12-22-2004, 08:15 PM
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06
The engine in this car is a prototype 425 cu in engine which they said will be available in the future as a crate engine. The engine could possible be the one going into the 06 Z06.
12-22-2004, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by thevettenet CA
Those intake runners look just like the LS7 on the 2006 Z06.
Should be interesting if that motor would fit in my 2004 Z06.
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12-22-2004, 09:26 PM
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He said that they were scheduled to be crushed by GM anyway so at least parts lived on via transplant. They might have been GM test mules. The finished Toronado was pure art and gutsy performance too.
12-22-2004, 11:20 PM
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I made a DVD of the show. At first I was heartbroken about the Vettes, but it became clear that they were to a crushed. It is implied that the Vettes came from GM, and from the looks of them, they were probably used as body mules for C6 deveolpment, cause there weren't any outer skins on them. No salvage yard would crush such a chassis as there is a LONG waiting list for them. These were likely indeed test or development platforms that GM policy will clearly state cannot be sold as parts to the public for lots of liability reasons, hence the policy to crush them. All the car compainies crush LOTS of perfectly good [ at least to the enthusuast crowd] test platforms and mule cars every year.
I've heard they even crush buy-back lemon law cars, so that they don't ever get back into the public domain. Its too costly to part them out, so what other avenue do they have to protect the themselves in liability? Sad but true. Given the amount of GM brass associated with the project, AND the open door for 2 weeks at the super secret GM test track [ its bigger than 5 acres what the narrator said, more like 5000] I would say these exec. guys were looking for a way to keep the chassis out of the crusher too. What a sweetheart deal for both GM and Leno.... a WHOLE LOT of great PR!
If your gonna get a rope, get one to raise Lenno and the GM execs up on a pedastal, for making it possible to lend a new life to those doomed Vette parts.... Better in an old Olds than in a scrap metal smelter.
The end result was a hum-dinger! WOW
Jennifer
I've heard they even crush buy-back lemon law cars, so that they don't ever get back into the public domain. Its too costly to part them out, so what other avenue do they have to protect the themselves in liability? Sad but true. Given the amount of GM brass associated with the project, AND the open door for 2 weeks at the super secret GM test track [ its bigger than 5 acres what the narrator said, more like 5000] I would say these exec. guys were looking for a way to keep the chassis out of the crusher too. What a sweetheart deal for both GM and Leno.... a WHOLE LOT of great PR! If your gonna get a rope, get one to raise Lenno and the GM execs up on a pedastal, for making it possible to lend a new life to those doomed Vette parts.... Better in an old Olds than in a scrap metal smelter.
The end result was a hum-dinger! WOW
Jennifer
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