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Sep 13, 2010 | 11:58 PM
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How do you know if a corvette has the Z51 package? Is there a way to tell.....
Sep 14, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Look for "Z51" on the white sticker in the glove box.
Sep 14, 2010 | 12:12 AM
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Look for "Z51" on the white sticker in the glove box.
ok thanks! any other ways?
Sep 14, 2010 | 12:49 AM
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Z51 equipped cars have 13.5" cross drilled rotors.
Sep 14, 2010 | 12:54 AM
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Z51 equipped cars have 13.5" cross drilled rotors.
So do 2008 and newer F55-equipped cars. And 2011 J55-equipped cars.
Sep 14, 2010 | 12:59 AM
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So do 2008 and newer F55-equipped cars. And 2011 J55-equipped cars.
Z51s have a slightly manlier presence.
Sep 14, 2010 | 01:02 AM
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So do 2008 and newer F55-equipped cars. And 2011 J55-equipped cars.
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Sep 14, 2010 | 01:12 AM
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Look for "Z51" on the white sticker in the glove box.
The glove box will show all option codes the car originally came with from the factory.
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Sep 14, 2010 | 01:19 AM
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The glove box will show all option codes the car originally came with from the factory.
ok thanks guys
Sep 14, 2010 | 11:00 AM
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The easiest way is to look under & behind the front bumper, on the driver side.
Sep 14, 2010 | 11:04 AM
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Z51s have a slightly manlier presence.
I had my '08 JSB Z51 coupe parked next to a '08 JSB Z06 and my friends let me know they thought the two cars were a "His and Hers" matching set.....
Sep 14, 2010 | 11:22 AM
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The easiest way is to look under & behind the front bumper, on the driver side.
Learn something new every day. Didn't know that was easier than looking in the glove box.
Sep 14, 2010 | 11:26 AM
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The easiest way is to look under & behind the front bumper, on the driver side.
Um, I don't think I have a cooler located there. IS yours an A6? My M6 doesn't have that cooler.
Here is that area on my car and it may have a super charger coil there, it doesn't have an oil cooler.
I think the glove box is way easier!
Elmer
Sep 14, 2010 | 11:58 AM
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Also, any of the Z51 features can be added by the owner except for the Z51 code on the glovebox sticker.
Sep 14, 2010 | 11:07 PM
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Sep 15, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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Quote:
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car2fast4you
The easiest way is to look under & behind the front bumper, on the driver side.
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Learn something new every day. Didn't know that was easier than looking in the glove box.
The oil cooler is installed only on the manual tranny cars.
We had a 2006 Z51 A6 and now a 2009 Z51 A6, no oil cooler on either one.
Sep 15, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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Z51s have a slightly manlier presence.
except for the ghey emblems the manly men put on it.
Sep 15, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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If I'm getting the OP's intent of the question, "is there a way to tell if a Vette is Z51 equipped by a casual glance of the exterior of the car"............nope (barring aftermarket badges).
Sep 15, 2010 | 03:36 PM
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The oil cooler is installed only on the manual tranny cars.
Hey, I'm serious now!
I was just under the car when the super charger coil was installed. There was NO oil cooler sitting separate from my radiator. I supplied a picture. I have the 2007 Z51 with the MZ6. No separate small cooler found. We did not remove ANY cooler for this install. I was given a bracket to use HAD WE HAD the cooler. Did GM short me a cooler!
Back of radiator
Front of radiator
Front of radiator
Elmer
Sep 15, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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I think the cooler is right there in the first picture...it's in front of the engine just ahead of the front crossmember....Yes?
The glove box will show all option codes the car originally came with from the factory.
I was just under the car when the super charger coil was installed. There was NO oil cooler sitting separate from my radiator. I supplied a picture. I have the 2007 Z51 with the MZ6. No separate small cooler found. We did not remove ANY cooler for this install. I was given a bracket to use HAD WE HAD the cooler. Did GM short me a cooler! 
