I Just Bought the Most Overlooked Performance Car of the Year: Here’s How Little I Paid for 350 HP! 

Watched the first video you guys uploaded. Was a killer video! Love to see thise video

I have a 1997 sunfire coupe that I absolutely whip the fck out of and a corvette is totally what I would aim to purchase

5th gen corvette - fd rx7 for tuners 🤷‍♂️ both great 👍

What jacket is the other dude wearing?

Exactly, where that guy came up with 18-20 mph on the highway I don't know. It should be known to a car reviewer that they get really good mileage on the highway.

Dang that's insane 😳

You can get 32mpg if you set it at 65 and the car is in great mechanical shape. alignment/wheel balance issues will kill the mpg quick

Hell yeah, nice.

@@darinvee4980 18 - 20 was GM's estimate on gas mileage but you are easily able to go well over that

He tuned it to also have ZO6 power. It might’ve been as much as 400 at the wheels

I have a 2K auto with 3.42 gears from a manual, knocked down 31.6 mpg last weekend on a 170 mile trip averaging 50 mph for the whole trip. Get around 23 in the city.

Done it a few times. Unbelievable.

@@fuze3522 You won't get 400whp out of a stock C5 with just a tune.... more like 300-310w

@@highlanderc idk maybe the dyno was converting to crank hp. But it was making Zo6 power. Probably 330 wheel

man that's a steal!! can you post a short video of the car so i can see?

@@taronate I have a video of it on my shorts . Let me see if I can copy the link

😳😂😂I had a 99’ FRC……..true story I just moved about 2 months ago and found my old hypertech power programmer…….it’s yours if you want it?! 🤷🏽‍♂️

@@dennissmith7214 I have a 99 frc as well. How much are you asking for it?

@@dennissmith7214does it work with a 98 I’ll take it yolo

Yeah, MOOG makes some steel ones that are greaseable....

Had a 99 and a 2000 FRC - best cars of their day!

The same kid on a airplane sitting behind you, kicking your seat repeatedly.

i love the z06 see them beat scatpacks all the time and are significantly cheaper and a better platform imo

@@MrTumbleweedthehandsome I have a very clean 03. Great car. Still very respectable performance car 20 years out.

Have an 03 50th Anniversary Special Edition for gum. Also had a 69 . Fun

I love my six speed convertible

Yup and the RU-vidrs are going to ruin it for everyone now. Just like the old JDM cars

Yes they are going up and will keep climbing.

I just bought my second Vette (2001 vert 6speed). It has the F45 option, will that option make it a headache to basically install all those components you mentioned on it? I came from an 89 6speed with the Z51 option and that car basically had 0 body roll and was probably the stiffest, best handling car I've driven. I want my C5 to get closer to that C4 Z51 stiffness.

@@alenzach My 2002 Vert had the F45 suspension (of course non functional) All you have to do is get the aftermarket F45 shock simulators sold by several vendors (Corvette Mods is one) and the car will think you have the F45 shocks installed, thus no warning lights on the DIC. Then you can bolt on the C6 Z06 shocks, or any other shock you want. Another option is if you have access to a GM Tech II programmer, you can program out the F45 option in the cars computer, then you'll get no warnings lights, etc when you remove the old F45 shocks. HTH.

Bought my black-on-black 2002 C5 Base six-speed 'Vette a month ago with 39K miles on it. Loving the nostalgia!

That LS6 is an awesome engine!

@@jesterokjones4954 Mine held a lot of abuse... now has a 8L motor in it....

Me as well!

The C5 is arguably my favorite Corvette of all time! Those coke bottles curves and popup headlights are simply gorgeous. The original 84-89 C4 was cool looking, but they ruined the styling with the hideous blockly look with the '90 model.

Since my initial post I bought an 05 C5 Z06. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING CAR!!!! 👍🏾👍🏾❤️

Was waiting for someone to talk about MPG. I drove from Denver to Kansas once and averaged 31 mpg.

C6 & C7 look better than a C5. I have a C7 now. C5 isn't in the same league. I've had C4,C5,C6,C7. I think the C6 is the most fun to drive.

C6 C7 are just copies of the c5. The c8 is a Camaro not a corvette

I had one back in the day too, a Pontiac though. A lot of people thought that it was the same engine tune as the Corvette, they just rated the horsepower a little bit lower on paper. I remember a lot of people were dyno testing stock F-Bodies and getting almost 300 HP at the rear wheels, which would work out to about 350 at the crank. My buddy broke into the 12s in his M6 Trans Am with just drag radials and an exhaust cutout. And that's not hearsay either, I literally saw him do it at the racetrack. These LS1 cars were beasts at the time.

I think the difference was limited to air cleaner and exhaust system restriction vs the Vette. If it were a cam difference, GM would have had to recertify the engine for the SS. Being a low-volume car, I doubt GM would have done that. Besides, before I ordered my 98 C5 back then, I got about every car magazine possible relating to the new LS1, C5, and Camaro and I do not recall any mention of cam change. One difference from the 97-98 C5 however, was the switch to smaller injectors and a returnless fuel line system for the 99 LS1, with a corresponding change in the engine management programming.

That's true. The passenger can also select the desired temperature - it's just the offset to the driver's temperature setting :-). You just have to look in the manual

C5 jacket and C5 mousepad here in Ohio 😉

Oh really? I thought the c5 came in 98 no?

@@str8upkills60 97

I've bought corvette shirts and hats...and nearly a watch too, and the corvette boat seemed kinda cool.

With winter tires they are. I daily mines. It's beautiful year around 🥰

when my 99 FRC was stock I used to average 44MPG at a steady 65 MPH cruise

Yeah, the manual cost premium is real. They're also much rarer and usually modded/beaten on pretty good.

Where did you find a z06 for that cheap? In Florida every Z06 that's not ratty is 30k and up.

@@alenzach I live in Phoenix AZ and bought it here. My friend's coworker was selling it. He was an old man and was the original owner.

I almost bought a silver 2000 with mileage in the mid 60,000s. Couldn’t get the cash in time. $9500. 😢

01-04 actually has more EBCM failures. The early ones were epoxy potted and later ones weren’t, what you fix in the later ones is solder joints that vibrated loose due to lack of epoxy potting. The earlier ones rarely fail. Both types can fail and need replacement for other issues as well. Not a deal maker or breaker either way.

@@nunyabusiness896 interesting, been a while since I researched the years. I thought a couple parts on earlier ones were ebay/junk yard only at this point. As long as it has pop up headlights and a manual, I'm a fan.

@@EngineersHomestead Most sources misrepresent it or don't understand it when it comes to the EBCM. They just read that 01-04 are repairable and don't research further to understand why that is and what is being repaired and the failure rate differences. I've seen polls where it seemed like half of the 01-04 had an EBCM repair in the past whereas only 1 or 2 respondents of 00 or older had an issue that required replacement. Many parts for all years are ebay/junk yard only, but that's fine considering 250k of these were made and more get wrecked and parted out every day. I almost exclusively put eBay parts from scrapped cars/bikes on my cars/bikes and I've had a great experience every time and saved a ton over what they want for new parts. People think eBay is a horror show of untrustworthy junk, but the reality is eBay is stringent as hell and I can't even remember getting something that was poor condition or didn't work, and, if I did, the refund was expedient and without question. You have to keep like a 97% positive review ratio to even stay listed, so people don't mess around, it's customer service #1. Corvettes also have a very strong aftermarket as they age, you can get reproduction parts for 1950's Vettes still, so you just gotta give the aftermarket time to tool up when the OEM stuff runs out. Most of these Vettes are so well kept, though, that having to search a little harder to get one part over 5-10 years of ownership is really not a big deal. I'd overwhelmingly buy the best kept one at a reasonable price over any specific year every time.

@@nunyabusiness896 thanks for the info. Sounds like I can expand my search scope for a C5, the manual trans is my lone hold out.