Okay, so, this is post #2 for me. I need some info on exactly what has been done to my Vette in the 56k since she's left the factory. All I have is what the salesman at the Chevy stealer told me, and he was pretty vague since he didn't really know the car.

It's a 2003 Coupe w/ 6spd, in Z06 livery (fender badges, motor covers, etc). I know its had the cold air intake, also (and this is a quote from the salesman) "Z06 headers, Z06 titanium exhaust." Other than that, I am uncertain, and I don't yet know enough about these babes to tell just from looking.

First off is a pic under the hood, if anyone sees anything that would be out of place under a 2003 Coupe, please point it out. If there is any place you would like me to point the camera, please say so and I will try to get a pic of that (might take most of a day, but I'll get there). I can also take video if anyone would like. If there's anything considered a 'standard' mod, let me know so I can look into it and see what's been done on my car if anything.

I am pretty sure it has not been tuned, or was set back to stock by the stealer, as my 1-4 shift is still engaged. That's something I want to rectify as soon as I can justify spending the cash on it to my wife, as I would imagine that the stock tune is not doing this car justice.

I thank you all for your patience in dealing with this n00b, I tend to learn quickly and would love to learn so I can share that knowledge with other n00bs down the road!

 

BBK SSI Intake manifold and kinda looks like the BBK throttle body, and the CAI. Does it have headers? Or manifolds? I do see something silver that looks like a set of headers. No corvette came stock with headers. Got a better pic of the "headers"? All of those are very normal mods. Looks good!

 

It's impossible to know with one picture.....other than restating the obvious....that the intake manifold has been changed, and the cold air intake. Other than that.....who knows.....without more pics.

How do you know it's a real ZO6?

 

Yep, I think 0331 has it right. Aftermarket CAI, air bridge, throttle body, intake manifold. I think Z's had the red/orange fuel rail covers and coupes and verts had black. Engine bay looks nice and clean, congrats on your new ride !

 

Good find from the looks of it. Post pics of the whole car and the exhaust.

 

If its a Coupe it should have "241" on the heads "243" for the Z06. And yes they are Z06 FRC's the LS1's had black FRC's but again its not hard to swap the covers.

 

I believe he stated that the car is not a Z06 but is a coupe with a few Z06 parts.

Looking at the BBK manifold, throttle body, cold air intake and what appears to be a shiny header flange you should definetly think about getting a tune if the dealership put a stock one in. If that throttle body is larger than stock you may have issues with the idle and possibly some bogging. How does it drive?

 

I never said it was a real Z06, I know for a fact that it isn't. I said it is a coupe (guess I should have specified as a targa, w/ clear & body color top). It is badged as a Z06, and according to the salesman (yeah, I don't necessarily believe him either) it's got 450hp. I would certainly assume it has the wider gearset of the coupe instead of the Z's close gears as that'd be a pain to change for a relatively small gain, and the calipers are not red either.

I only have the one picture at the moment, and frankly I've already learned more than I knew before. I can't get pictures right now as the lighting in my garage is out, so it will have to be tomorrow in the sunshine for more pictures. Just keep the requests for directions to point my camera coming, and I'll get a photo shoot going.

 

The K&N filter sticker isn't stock

Looks like the spark plug wires were changed, the wire showing by the alt is red instead of black.


More than likely it has a tune with the aftermarket intake and the belief there may be headers. If you bought an extended warranty you might check to see if it covers a modified motor because that is what you have....

More pics would be helpful, front/rear/side and dash.

 

Fast, but my wife said it actually died on her right after starting it up last time she drove it, seems to idle okay for me though. Honest, my butt dynometer says it could be doing better, but I haven't driven any other vettes so I'm kind of at a disadvantage here.

Please forgive my ignorance, but I'm really new to this (used to wrenching on old diesel trucks, this is very new to me) but how would I tell the size of said throttle body?

 

If it had a tune, wouldn't one of the first things the tuner disabled be the 1-4 shift?

I do have these, they were taken by the dealer so the quality isn't as great.

 

Oh so its a Z0Coupe?......and yeah dont believe the 450HP unless its got a crazy head and cam set-up on it, and yes the shift skip should have been tuned out. Are the rear brake ducts real or stick on?

 

OK, so I braved the darkness with a flashlight and checked.

80mm BBK throttle body. BBK headers. The brake scoops are fake.

 

from the money spent under the hood visible from 1 pic, i'd wager they're functional. looks like a pretty good stealing of badges/appearance. only way i know (maybe others are sharp enough to point out external parts) to check TB size is to pop off the air bridge and check it with a slide rule, etc. i'd say get it tuned and enjoy it - car looks tastefully modded.
*edit: posted the same time as me! surprised they're fake, sucks. rest of it looks great though.

 

Ill take a guess again, they are shortie headers arent they? Just my .02 I would lose the fake scoops and the fender badges.

 

What tires does it have front and rear and what sizes? Your car should have a tire pressure monitoring system which you should be able to see the tires if you press the gauges button enough times. The Z06 didn't come with the tire pressure monitoring system but a lot of us activate it. The original buyer may have done it right and bought the wheels, installed sensors and then had the tires mounted. If he did it half-assed he bought the wheels with the tires already mounted and then just bolted them on so your TPMS wouldn't be working right now as there are no sensors in the tires. Lets hope he did it right..


The rear looks like it could be the Z06 titanium exhaust, your license plate black plastic frame is missing $35. You have aluminum gauge bezels so the instrument cluster has been out of the car. Stock shift ****, maybe stock shifter. Any ipod connector in the panel below the HVAC controls?

 

personally i'd lose the fender badges, and make the scoops functional. too many Honda's with bigass R's on the trunk lid and too many 6 cylinder Mustangs with cobra's on the sides for me to steal badges.

 

You are correct......time for bed....

 

They look like these: http://www.bbkperformance.com/produc...r-systems.html

 

265/40ZR17 front, 295/35ZR18 rear. TPMS works great, 31 31 32 31 PSI cold.

Give me a break on the license plate frame, I've had the car all of 24 hours.

No iPod connector, just a cig lighter which appears to have never been used (by the smell of the car at least).