C5 to C6 front conversion.
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You probably already know that you can DIY or buy an after market screen to close off the bottom end beneath the radiator to road debris and roadkill. Look at supporting vendor ELITE ENGINEERING for one such product.
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But yes, the sawsall will do it. Take off 5" of the front frame rails and then reweld the cross bumper steel rail
My C5 is a front breather, but I do have a screen to keep the road clag and grass out
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Most of the World Challange c6z corvettes started life as a C5 frame.
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Allthough i would like to see what it would take to do this kinda transormation and all the pics. especially after seeing the thread about the guy who merged a wrecked C5 with a Honda civic. ( i wouldnt want to try either of them )
i must say it would be far easier to just undo the top radiator cover and the lower front radiator shrowd and clean the radiator fins on a yearly basis than to try and put a C6 front end on a C5. but.... who knows. you may have one heck of a thread to post afterwards.
i must say it would be far easier to just undo the top radiator cover and the lower front radiator shrowd and clean the radiator fins on a yearly basis than to try and put a C6 front end on a C5. but.... who knows. you may have one heck of a thread to post afterwards.
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