Nice car. I love a good road trip.
Here It Is, Bought My First GT500.
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Awesome. Love seeing people get cars they have waited forever to get.
Nice car and good for you flying to it and driving it back. I've done that buying cars a few times with my dad and its always a great road trip coming home with your new toy.
What kind of mods are you thinking?
Nice car and good for you flying to it and driving it back. I've done that buying cars a few times with my dad and its always a great road trip coming home with your new toy.
What kind of mods are you thinking?
I've done the same, flown out and drove her home. Nothing beats that time on the road in your new hotrod.
Just ordered a set of Koni’s, BMR Handling springs, and LCA relocation brackets.
Starting there on suspension. Any other handling recommendations?
Feel free to throw ideas my way.
I just wonder if the 16-18lb weight savings is worth the $560+.
Only power train mods I’ll do is a Whipple 2.9, tuning, and an o/r midpipe.
I'd skip the k-member honestly, have done them before and you will get better results from reducing unsprung rotational mass like the wheels. I dropped 11lbs a corner by going to forgestar cf5s over the factory wheels, let me tell yah, night and day! An aluminum DS is another good way to drop some lbs that you will feel, plus its a good idea for the whipple you have planned. FWIW you can get 13-14 TVS takes offs pretty cheap, have seen them go anywhere from 1300-1600 in most cases.
FWIW I like the Raxiom LED tails on these older S197s. I put these on the 09.
I get your thinking on the k member..Didnt know they would only drop 18lbs...? I thought UPR made one that was a lot more than that (possibly at the sacrifice of quality?)
Wheels are an excellent way to save weight. I just put 18x11 and 18x13 Finspeed F110s on my c6z. But good wheels are EXPENSIVE.
That’s pretty much with everything though. If you want to read it will cost you money.
Just went back online and ordered an adjustable panhard bar.. almost forgot haha
I know it sounds absolutely ridiculous, but the reason I’m going to a 2.9 Whipple is because it’s CARB approved..
I will also get an O/R mid pipe, but at least at that point it’s an easy switch to go back to CARB compliant when I need to get the GT500 smogged every two years..
vs. having to reinstalling the OEM Eaton.
Good ol’ Comiefornia...
Good reason, that it it's a darn good blower for the GT-500. The conservative mods you're planning will make it much more fun to drive.
I think I know this car from my days of living in Madison...meaning that I had seen it around town once or twice every summer.
Looks great...keep the stripes.
Looks great...keep the stripes.
A 388ci Aluminum 5.3 LS with a big single would be amazing. I plan on grabbing a GB GT500, de-striping it, and once the engine goes do the LS. Make 1,200 on pump for a few grand.
Do it!
Congrats dude, i miss mine! I found mine 2 years ago, also a 1 owner, with 6k miles when i found it. Damn thing was virgin virgin virgin! I miss the car... i invested a TON of my time and money into her. It ran hard!
Below is my build thread... everything from a TVS swap, to exhuast, wideband install, bigs and littles, N2MB 2 step install.. lots of good info.
https://www.svtperformance.com/threads/2007-gt500-build.1149231/
Below is my build thread... everything from a TVS swap, to exhuast, wideband install, bigs and littles, N2MB 2 step install.. lots of good info.
https://www.svtperformance.com/threads/2007-gt500-build.1149231/
Congrats. When it comes to getting something you really want no distance is too far. I have to say, you made great time.
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