A beautiful, fast American sports car with a freshly built , upgraded motor and clutch for under $34k? I’ll take that any day! Great job. Love how it came out!
@PushingGears Since when is working on a corvette wasting your life? 16 years ago I bought a 68 charger and worked on it literally every weekend for 2 years. I missed every event to get the car done. My goal was to get it done so I could give my dad a ride in it before he died
Dude,.. I feel your pain. Being a car guy for around 55 years now ( I'm 63 ) I went through many obsessions with them. It's like someone with the same affliction he said,.. " I love them, and they hate me back " Food for thought.
2013 C6 GRANDSPORT CORVETTE OWNER HERE !! I'm with you bro!! Bought mine brand new in 2013 and it only has 60k... 10 years later so not bad, after a few MODS I can say definitely worth it !! Nothing like owning a CORVETTE and being part of the family.. You have and Awesome C6 BRO ! Love da channel 💪🏿💪🏿🇺🇸
Good job on the rebuild. You paid $25K for the car + $8300 for a new engine that you know is done right. Doesn’t seem unreasonable. Friend of mine has a saying, ‘It’s only money, we’ll make more.’
Awesome car! Super impressed that you did all that work yourself. Best of luck on growing this channel. That Corvette will really help grow it for sure. I just sold a C7 and I am in the market for a C6 Grand Sport myself. I look forward to seeing more videos of this car. Enjoy it =)
@@FredFlintstone21 I actually bought a fully built H/C/I C5Z that is making around 500 whp but I am trying to sell that now to buy another stock C7. I want the newer tech from the C7 right now. I sold my last c7 because it was costing $630 payment and $120 insurance a month. Was looking to get into something cheaper but now I have a bigger down payment to off set that. Just need to sell the C5Z first.
Thanks for the honesty and determination to get it Done. Fantastic build. I feel your pain in the money Dept. I have to work a 2nd job to pay for my addiction. Better than drugs though.
Man U got my sympathy. I watch Ur videos and Im imprest how U rebuild that car with little mechanic knowledge at Ur driveway. And U know what... This car is worth it... Good job... Wish U luck.
I bought an ls3 base manual a few years ago for 27k w/ 20k miles on it. Fun cars, wish it was a grand sport but out of my price range. I'm very impressed you performed all the labor yourself, daunting project. It looks like you did it by the book. In a few years the financial pain will be a distant memory. Good luck young man.
Thanks for mentioning about replacing everything oil touched with failed lifters, that metal is embedded to all the bearings and oil pump. Some people think that you can cut corners and reuse things
You're 100% right bro, you're going to spend money on something so you might as well spend it on what you love, it only makes sense!!! I tell everybody that when they get upset about spending money on things other people have told them they shouldn't be buying. I'm the same way bro, most of my money goes towards my Mustang!!!
Dude you have one of the cleanest c6s I’ve seen. I love how it looks OEM+. 33k total isn’t horrible. People buy Kia and Hyundai crossovers for 40 these days lmfao
I did a 416 stroker build on mine. I also had to do a rebuild on her and it crushed me as well. Failed lifter. Mine cost slightly more being that I paid for the labor. By no means I'm rich either but when I got my emotions under control I started falling in love with her all over again. Hope you continue to feel and see the joy of owning some really special like I do. And by the way very nice vette brotha!
You are now a true car guy, congratulations . I'm impressed with your drive and determination . Hope you enjoy your Corvette to the fullest. It's a beauty. And i have subscribe so i'm looking forward to more of your videos.
Bro you should’ve simply went on eBay and found a good engine rebuild shop ahha. I just got a fresh rebuilt ls3 from Ross automotive with ported heads, custom cam, holly high ram, hi flow oil pump, sensors, fuel rails, coil packs, built internals for 10,300 . A bit more but made 670 horse. And didn’t have to piece or deal with the headaches, best part is warranty.
I feel your pain Bud. For the $25k you spent for the car, the dealer should have known (& actually probly did) the engine had problems. For one, they could easily have found the metal in the oil. Another, they could have checked the valve lash and that would have revealed there was a lifter/pushrod issue. Finally, a compression test would have shown any variances with rings/valve seals. However, what's done is done and you can tell that dealer to f-off and you'll never give them another dime of your hard-earned money! The rebuild you did was just awesome so now you have the peace of mind knowing what you drive now is damn straight reliable. If I had the money, I'd refund every dime you spent just to get you back to break even my friend. Much happiness and joy.
Awesome video! I was on the fence about tracking my c6 and dumping my Fox body track car. You helped me decide the c6 is gonna stay a street car. The Ford 347 is slower than the Chevy 6.2, but it's super easy to fix when it breaks.... and a track car will break!
@Pushing Gears Amen brother. I've been watching your videos since you bought the grand sport. Great content, sucks that you had to get so deep into it, but hey, you have a new c6 grand sport now. Major respect for all the work you put in!
Bro I salute you I have an LS three Camaro as well and LS engines are really reliable and make great power it’s just idiots out there who don’t take good care of them a lot of people just buy them and throw a giant cam in there never do the maintenance or buy the wrong parts and expect the car to perform I think you got a bad deal when you bought this car but on the bright side you turned it around and made it work You sure have earned my respect and all categories if you ever start a GoFundMe page to pay back all the money you spent on the car I would contribute a small portion I’m not rich but it would be a way of letting you know that we appreciate real car enthusiast
I really appreciate all the support! Watching and sharing this video is a great way to help sponsor this build. Stay tuned for the coming content with this car
I spent all my retirement money a long time ago, so I'm watching you go through all this instead. 😆 🤣 By the way, I drive an old man's car. A 2001 e320 mercedes, and I'm not going to rebuild the motor or anything. I did that sort of stuff 50 years ago. That would be when your grandfather was a kid. I do like you vette though.
Damn bro you basically have a brand new car!!! And now most c6 Grand sports cost around 40 grand. One question. When you started your rebuild did you have any experience rebuilding engines at all??
Really sucks that you had to put all that work in on the LS3 but glad you were willing and capable to do most of the work yourself. In the end, you have a vehicle that can handle more, get you more bang for the fuel you use, and put an even larger smile on your face. Now then, how much power did she make?
That’s not bad man that’s a decent budget for a corvette build. If you have a Z06 then you could definitely resell for 35-38k with no to low miles. LS engines are some of the best when it comes to handling a beating. I have the LS2 but wanna swap to an aluminum block LSX or built bigger LS
Hey brotha awesome videos I’m waiting to get my C6 engine rebuilt soon hopefully. The worst happened to me lol I have a 2010 C6 manual. Feel free to use my car for content 😅
Just remind yourself, you would have just spent it on eating out, partying which make you fat, or vacations that you'll just forget about. NEVER SELL IT!
Great video. I love the rear spoiler and would like to add that to my C6. I have a “spider web” crack in the paint, and it looks like your spoiler would cover the cracks nicely. Are you able to provide the manufacturer and model number for the spoiler? Thanks - James
C6 BASE MODEL AERODYNAMIC BODY KIT | ZR1 EXTENDED PACKAGE mine is the carbon fiber version, but there is also a cheaper non carbon fiber kit. It comes in a kit with splitter and side skirts
For 9 thousand you could have gotten brand new long block with just about all the upgrades you did you could have gotten a new GM performance LS3 495 horsepower crate long block part #19420384 for 5500 dollars and made some upgrades to it unless you know someone or have a trusted person at a machine shop it's hard to trust someone Scoggin-Dicky parts center will upgrade a GM performance LS3 and are good to deal with and it will be put together right by professional people in the industry everything needs to be perfect or your going to have problems or it won't run right and I'm not saying yours isn't right but like l said trusting a machine shop sometimes doesn't work out well seen other's have headaches and problems that end up costing more than just buying a assembled crate engine you seem to have did a very good job your car sounds amazing
Those crate engines are cast iron blocks, i wanted to keep the aluminum block like the engineers intended, and its arpund 13k for a stock aluminum block. By building my engine i knew exactly what parts I was putting in, and I also got a glorious cam sound now!
@@PushingGears GM performance LS3 495 horsepower part # 19420384 is a new all aluminium LS3 crate engine it has a GM hot camshaft it's a long block only no coil packs or plug wires no intake no water pump it's 5500 dollars you could have purchased the aftermarket camshaft valve springs and rocker arm trunion upgrade and hardened pushrods and installed it in this all aluminium crate engine for about the same price and transfered all your old engine accessories on it for less than 9000 dollars and have a brand new engine it's a new all aluminium GM crate engine
Stop crying bro you're in a good spot I'm shopping for a grand sport and I can't find anything . The only grand sport I found under 30000 was a 2010 with 95000 miles and its an automatic.you have a 2010 grand sport with a brand new engine add in performance. Enjoy
"Its complicated and it dont really make sense" LOL and his facial expressions to this im 19 and looking into a 350z as a first project car, Or a c6 (Im able to probably do over 50% down payment on a c6 towards December if i save) still debaiting great video for reference Problem is with a 350z for $15k probably, id prob do $10k+ in mods (Which cost as much as a c6 like yours and this is if im able to even sell it for $25k, so makes me lean towards c6 now
I am estimating to spend about $20,000.00 on having someone pull out, rebuilding the motor and installing the motor on my 1990 vette. 10,000.00 will just be paying someone to pull engine and transmission, then reinstalling engine and transmission. Wanna come down to Maui and rebuild my Vette? Lol!
Bro, everyone lies about this being the "perfect car", the "perfect engine"! I got oied to as well and am still bitter. You are right, that is how much one would spend on a Camaro SS engine or a Silverado with the 6.0 L to rebuild it, and yes they do break. Even if you don't do anything crazy to the engine, no supercharger, no sport camshaft, no nothing they just break for no reason, even if you baby the car and do maintenance on schedule. Thats what happened to my 2011 Camaro SS. I loved that stupid car, meanwhile my wife's Roush is 17 years old 150,000 miles.
@@PushingGears so I bought the car. I hear ticking upon acceleration. The last owner said that was normal it’s the fuel injectors spiraling up. Do you think that’s true. It’s not a loud chirping sound like yours but just a settle ticking upon acceleration. Thanks for the help man love your channel
The LS engines will have loud ticking if the engine covers are missing. I dont think the fuel injectors are that loud stock since it doesnt have a high pressure fuel pump. Unless they are aftermarket. Or if it has an aftermarket cam it will tick from the valve train.
@@FredFlintstone21 I got an 06 Z51 6MT for 20k. Been looking for one since covid and they've all been around 30k until recently where prices are finally coming down a bit.
@@Motorsportsgeek it's interesting what prices are out there, what people think their car is worth can be right in there on price, and others are much higher. We bought a '13 gs and love it! Previous owner smoked in it, since we don't smoke, I worked on it pretty hard getting it super clean and fresh. Then there were a couple cigarette burns in the carpet. I fixed them as well. Then a squirrel raised hell under the hood, storing away all least 60 nuts all over the place. Today I filled in a couple very small paint nics with touch up paint I got off Amazon. I found it interesting it takes 10.5 quarts of oil, and when I did a brake fluid flush, each caliper has 6 pistons and 2 bleeders! Car is awesome to drive but I need to be careful or I'm going to get a ticket! Quite a bit of power on tap!
shit what about if you can't do all the labor....you might as well get another corvette.. yours look good good thing you could you could do all the fucken work wow...i almost stop watching the video...lol
how much was the car... when you purchased it....really ok made it to the end shit 33k it's worth it but the time and labor,,,nope i gave you a fucken thumbs up just for the pain.
