Imagine how well this car must handle with a set of Hoosier A6s on there.

 

Bone stock, with the exception of a K&N filter, one of my friends ran 12.7 @ 114 in his C5 coupe. Street tires, Z51, layed down 290whp on a Mustang dyno...

....although, the same guy has been known to click off some 14-second passes with the same car. So it really boils down to who can / does a better job of driving. The 'vette has higher potential, stock-for-stock though.

 

My '04 Coupe (6 speed) ran 13.2@107 or 109mph stock, with nearly a 2.1 60'....and that wasn't with sticky tires or any sort of powershifting. There was definitely more left in 'er.

If you want to run with a C5, you can do it with just charge piping, a downpipe, and a tune. But, don't expect to win from a dig.

 

if its a convertible and stock it cant have the ls6...

you are going to need more than your mods to hang at the track if he can drive worth two *****. people really dont understand this whole traction thing do they? you better hope he doesnt sneeze on that vette, if he does itll gain 50whp

lol wut? you need to do some research. there are plenty of ls1's in the 12's stock

lmao, you guys must have the shittiest drivers in the world there

bingo!

 

amen to that. my first time out in my Z28 I ran shitty times, 2.4 60' 14.2 at 106, granny shifting. crappy tires too. it was a nice warm 113 degree day. so the track was really really hott. started catching up to a 13.1 cobra, really fast. I need to learn to launch the car on the track. theres a difference between track and street thats for sure.

 

i raced one with an intake and full exhaust and i beat him by a good car and a half from a 30 roll. he ran a 13.0 and he has a six speed.

 

I am going off of the official numbers...obviously a great driver with some sticky tires can drop those times below the average times.

http://www.corvettemuseum.com/specs/...erformance.htm

Gives you all the info about the 2001's...refer to the middle of the page for official 1/4 mile times.

 

Downpipe, intercooler piping, tune and a set of drag radials. If you want to purchase one other mod, probably the intake.

Catback is not a limiting factor.

 

Intake helps just as much as the DP actually, at least on my car. Chargepipes add about the same amount of power as the catback about 5-7 whp. Intake is approx 15 whp DP is approx 15 whp.

 

...point being, he ran 13.0 from a dead stop. You raced him from a roll <---not a race

 

Roll racing is still racing and actually it takes away a lot of driver skill advantage and launch weight transfer advantage. It levels the playing field so to speak and shows who really has the faster car IMHO.

 

it shows who's car is faster from a roll. drag racing shows whos car is "quicker"

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/perf...imes-list.html

that is just an extremely small portion of the corvette community

 

[QUOTE=hatrickstu;3794723]it shows who's car is faster from a roll. drag racing shows whos car is "quicker"


Weight transfer, traction, both taken out of the equation. Also less driver skill involved. Good example is slowstang who ran a 13.56 at 104 with his stock TC. Most drivers are not able to get anywhere near that time with the exact same kind of car. Is their car slower? Almost certainly not. If you raced two of the exact same cars from a roll it will be pretty much dead even but If you take them to the drag strip there will be one running faster times. that is what I am saying.

 

I have no idea why it did 4 post, it was taking for ever and I just shut the computer off

problem fixed.

 

i ran a 13.3 at 108 with a 2.3 60, he ran 13.0 at 104 with a 2.0x 60

 

I have raced 3 c5's and have pulled them pretty bad off of a roll probably around 3 cars but i think they where auto with exhaust. i say get a tune full exhaust and intake and if you learn to launch you will win. roll race i say you will pretty easy but a dig idk

 

A tune and maybe a downpipe.

That is what I had when I ran the few I've beaten.

 

intake, charge piping, intercooler, 3" catless downpipe with open exhaust

and a tune

good luck haha

 

Or a tune and a downpipe...

It doesn't take much, not saying C5's are slow, I am saying those two mods should be on every LNF's wish list because they make that much of a difference.

 

i raced my friend in his 99 c5 he got me by about a car. we did a 40 roll in second gear and we were neck and neck the whole time but he started to pull away after a while. but it really surprised him because my car was totally stock and i came pretty close.

 

keep in mind not all ls1 c5's are even rated at the same HP from the factory

 

i see a lot of posts saying intake, DP, and tune but i have read with those parts the charge piping does not hold up that good and tends to break and leak is this the case or does the charge piping seem to hold up pretty good?

 

Naws!

 

A totally stock C5 makes 305 whp (350 flywheel)... Next it's a covertable which adds 110 lbs of weight.. Just a K&N drop in and a typical tune and he'll be toast.... I know .. my buddy across the street has a 2003 coupe, manual with CAi and tune and I beat him by two cars from 40 to 120... Don't go from a standing start... the vet has far superior traction vs the LNF......

All that other crap (intercooler, Dp, intake and such) will not give you much hp... You need drag radials to run him from a standing start....

My best kills to date are 3 2004-2006 SL55's (AMG models with 4 exhaust tips and a supercharger), 1 2006 E55, A 440 hp supercharged 350Z, and standing start runs to 115 with two LS3 C6 2008 vet automatics>> Tied each... Heat soak is our friend when these big V8's roll up next to you.....

The LNF loves the heat... Makes for more complete combustion in a DI engine....

The temp on these runs was over 95* outside... just 7-12 days ago.....

 

I'd like to run against a C5, LS1 or LS6 and see what I could do, I think it'd be a pretty close race...even with the LS6, at least from a roll...you'd have to have some serious driving ability to catch up from a dig...either is going to pull hard on you off the launch and you have to make it up down the road. I'm talking with at least a tune on our cars as well.

12.7's in the 1/4 are possible with full bolt-ons, a tune and stock tires with our cars...isn't that what revhigh ran against an LS6 Trans Am and he beat him by a hair? (heavier than the vette, I know)

I've ran against my moms auto C4 with headers and a corsa catback several times (brother driving it) and I can murder it from a roll...3 cars +. From a dig it pulls about a car on me out of the hole and I make it up by the end of 2nd, I've got 2 cars on it by the end of a 1/4. I think the weight is similar to a stock C5 and it's probably got about 25-30HP less than a stock LS1 C5 with the mods it has now? I'm not sure though.