Ken Dahl

Seriously,

Does it mean as it left the Bowling Green plant - with Mobil 1 in the crankcase and original or stock replacement Goodyear runflats? Is it "bone stock" with Amsoil and Nittos? Is it "bone stock" with an aftermarket shifter? Tires? Skip shift eliminator? Tint? What is the tipping point from "bone stock" to "nearly stock", "mostly stock", to "modified"? If I pour a bottle of Water Wetter in the coolant reservoir am I still "bone stock"?

Or are we refering to performance mods?

Not starting an argument, just want to know exactly what "bone stock" means?

I can see it more as "nothing that could affect performance in any way",
than "nothing I would have to note if I were selling the car".

Thoughts?


KD

billybadd

To me it means no engine, drive train, or any other mod to gain performance (horsepower) from.

Painrace

I would say BONE STOCK means just the way it came from the factory. STOCK would mean changes have been made but no performance adders. Just my 2 cents!

Jim

TurdsOfMayhem

I've always interpreted it as NO PERFORMANCE MODIFICATIONS have been done to the vehicle. Whether it be a simple air intake or what have you. Like when I took my WS6 to the 1/4 before I recently sold it, it was bone stock, had no performance upgrades.

VetteVinnie

BONE stock is just that: nothing changed. Anything beyond that and the car is not stock. Change the tires, no longer stock. Change the air filter or the air intake, not stock anymore. Oil brand, though, never really played into this IMO. Just changing parts (any part) to something aftermarket makes it less than bone stock down to the paper filter.

FNBADAZ06

I agree as well, but take your definition one step further.
My car is now equiped with a factory, OEM ZR1 exhaust system, that is now STOCK on 2011 and newer Z06's. I no longer consider myself "bone stock", as my 2006 car did not come with this exhaust...but it is "stock" in the sense that I'm using factory parts that come on C6 Z06's. Same thing when I switch the tires to PS2 ZP's or MPSC ZP's......stock equipment on the new cars but never offered on my car's model year, therefore not "bone" stock.

'06 Quicksilver Z06

Bone stock means just what it implies. Factory stock. Of course consumable fluids, would be an exception.

An x pipe on a car which didn't come from the factory for that year model is not bone stock.

That said, some OEM parts, ie original Eagle F1 supercar EMTs will go out of production if they haven't already, leaving only the latest generation of that tire.

Original 2006 Z06 shocks and axles the same.

Cars equipped with updated parts due to original parts being unavailable, I'd still call bone stock.

MarkRx

hell to me if you add window tint, it's no longer bone stock, just stock

blackmagicZ

Bone stock = as it was born.

BSSN

It means 100% factory, with the exception of fluids such as oil, coolant, and the air in the tires, unless a qualifier like "Bone stock on DR's" is given. Then it means everything is original equipment or equivalent (i.e. 0-30 GC instead of Mobil 1 5-30) EXCEPT the item(s) mentioned.

Ken Dahl

I completely agree!! But he did say he would be "stock" and not "bone stock".

And Lloyds mats and a cargo cover?



Bone stock on DR's with tint and mats and an aftermarket e-brake boot and LED reverse lights and cool "427" hood badges?

Kenny94945

Bone Stock = As factory delivered.

Fluids could be changed, but no Lloyd's, different brand tires, shifter etc. Air filter, oil filter, starter motor, alternator, water pump (maintenance items) have to be OEM parts.

Stock = No performance modifications except tires. Lloyd's, shifter, headlights mods all OK.

jschindler

And just to clarify, if someone on the internet says it's so, then it must be so.....

xcutter

You are all wrong! Take it from an ex-meatcutter.

Bone Stock is the derivation of bone-stock culinary, i.e. stock made just by boiling bones and without the addition of herbs or condiments?

forg0tmypen

I've always took it to mean you own stock in the bone industry.

blackmagicZ

Bone stock? That's what she called it.

dsddcd

As with many things that depends on the context or frame of reference.

'06 Quicksilver Z06

"Bone Stock" probably comes from "Stone to the Bone, meaning pure and unaltered.

The word "bone" when used as an adverb means "completely" or "absolute".

bone   
[bohn] Show IPA
noun, verb, boned, bon·ing, adverb

adverb
13.
completely; absolutely: bone tired.

ch@0s

You are all wrong

As for stock because it comes on another Vette IDK?
For example.. My 91 has an LSX, 98 manifolds and LS6 intake. I'm running a 4L60e that came in 96 Vettes. It also has exhaust from a 93. SO that would make it stock right?
Well it's not because it has a cam and a Stall.

rapidroy

I get the impression the INTENT of a seller that refers to his car as bone stock is referring to no performance mods - whatsoever. I think one of the drawing lines is REPLACING parts with after market vs. OEM. So to me, repacing brakes, clutch, tires, filters, etc. on a "vette with 50,000 is still bone stock.

I've seen many ads where the seller will call his car bone stock, and then list all the goodies he has spent money on - just to ensure the potential buyer knows what he is getting.

Everybody is going to define this differently - which is why I believe most sellers add that laundry list of "here is what I spent extra money on", like Lloyds mats, etc.