'05 Vette build thread

[bonecrrusher]

Time for some updates to this thread - its been a crazy couple of weeks.

This past weekend I particpated with my local SCCA club - and autocrossed @ Zmax dragway again.

I got 4 runs in on Saturday - and my first run was an 84.xx, and my last run was a 76.xx - not a bad way to drop almost 10 seconds.

I do not think there where any photographers there - but I got a couple pics - and vids.

Run 1:


Run 2:


Run 3:


Run 4:


Some pics:





Second update - since I have the Hot Rod Power Tour coming up - and I am long hauling to Dallas TX and back to Charlotte - I have decided to rebuild the seats in the Vette.

They only have 40k miles on them - but after 5 Power Tours - they are showing there age and trust me after 8 hours the padding starts to suck horribly and gets uncomfortable.

So I ordered new 2013 seat leather skins, and foam from GM. I also ordered a seat rebuild foam kit that I am going to put in that adds a bit more padding as well.

The seat skins are black leather with Alacanta black suede inserts - also these have titanium stitching to match the rest of the interior - and have the C6 flags on them.

Pics:






Third update - I have decided that this car will not be see boost in the immediate future - those Edelbrock blowers are in no way affordable - and are too rich for my blood.

So I am going to build up the LS2 that I have with the following:

CNC ported L92 heads.
LS9 camshaft.
GM LS3 intake manifold.
Lunati upgraded trunion bearings on brand new LS3 intake/exhaust rockers - on order.
LS3 intake valves - still need to order these.

The intake just came in - I ended up ordering it from Amazon - and got it for about 200 to my door.

More pics:



I also ordered this - not sure where I will use it - but this is the new Chevrolet Performance badge that comes on the new 2013 Camaro ZL1.

[bonecrrusher]

It has been a very very BUSY spring!

I actually found a guy that took some pics of the Auto-x @ Zmax Dragway:



A few weeks back was the Food Lion Autofair @ Charlotte Motor Speedway - its a huge car show that encompasses the entire speedway.

I entered my car with the Corvette club that I am in - and brought home some bling.

A few select pics:







Link to the rest of my pics:
http://s305.photobucket.com/user/bon...ir Spring 2013

I also went to the Detroit Speed Southern Slam last week - and talked to a number of folks on here at the event. I had a blast hanging out with everyone and seeing all of the cars hit the road course.

Some select pics:






Rest of my pics are here:
http://s305.photobucket.com/user/bon...ern Slam 2013/

As for the Vette - the interior is currently in pieces.

I am 50% done with the seat swap - and doing upholstry work is a total PITA! Between the airbags, the heated seat element, lumbar support - these seats are stupid complicated - and it doesnt help that I am putting in upgrade/rebuild kit all in at the same time making it even more complex.

I am probably 40% done on the second seat - but I am going to have to take a break for awhile as I am going out of town this weekend and headed up to Nashville TN for some vacation time.

Seat pics:

[bonecrrusher]

So after starting on this seat project for what seems to have been a month ago - I finally got the last seat installed tonight.

I picked up some 3M 90 adhesive from my local Lowes to glue the seat heating elements to the new foam.

I also used it to glue the fabric and new extra cushion pads to the bottom of the seat foam as well.

Overall I would rate this project an 8 just because I have never torn apart seats before - and getting everything back together was kind of a pain.

Now for teh pics!

[tones2SS]

Very nice. New seats look killer!

[Payton King]

You will be riding in style on the power tour.

[Jay Hilliard]

Very nice job on the seats. Seems to be an excellent upgrade.

[bonecrrusher]

Thanks guys!

The seats are a ton more comfortable! I actually look forward to driving the Tour in them!

Another update for the Tour - I finally got those 345's mounted last night.

I'll tell you what - these tires are much beefier then even the 325's and not having bald a## tires is nice!

Now for the pics:

[bonecrrusher]

A few updates here - I was in Austin TX a few weeks back for the V8 Supercar race.

It was pretty cool seeing the Holden race cars drive around the track.

COTA is a real nice facility - only problem was the heat - the weekend we went to Austin it was the first weekend it got hot and it was 100+ degrees the entire weekend.

Here are a few pics:





One video that I shot:



Rest of my pics are here:

http://s305.photobucket.com/user/bon...?sort=3&page=1


Last week they had a festival in uptown Charlotte called 'Speed Street' its to celebrate Nascar and all that jazz - they had a new Chevy SS in person, and the 2014 new Silverado.

Here are a few pics:




Rest of the pics: http://s305.photobucket.com/user/bon...eedstreet 2013

Car updates:

The roller rockers that I ordered like 2 months ago FINALLY arrived!

These are LS3 units that I need with the new CNC ported L92 heads that I have. They are have the upgraded trunion bearings since I have seen multiple posts with messed up rockers.



I had the car re-aligned and man was that thing off - took them over an hour to get it corrected. The swaybar install might have had something to do with that.

Also I leave for the Power Tour in the morning - so look for updates and pics next week!

[bonecrrusher]

Power Tour update....

Power Tour was awesome - had a great time - lots of miles, lots of beers, lots of rain, and lots of cars!

We drove out to Dallas TX - and back to Charlotte where it ended.

I had no breakdowns - but my buddy Matt ended up with a steel lag bolt in the back tire of his grand sport - after some real redneck patching at a near by service station - we got back on the road to Birmingham AL.

Overall it was a good time.

Now for teh pics:




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Link to the rest:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9790342...7634277187722/

Vids from my runs @ Zmax Dragway - no times as the timing system was f'd.

[bonecrrusher]

Not really much of a car update - I really haven't had the time to drive the car. I have been swamped with work and I am regularly pulling 80 hour weeks here the last few months. I won't be making the RTTH's event this year - as I will be working all that weekend. Which really sucks - I wanted to go back up to the dragon and drink some apple pie. I am glad that I made it out to the DSE event down at Carolina Motorsports Park at least this year.

Time for a shop update - I have been looking for an oil can catcher that would work with my mid rise 2 post Max Jax lift.

I picked up this unit for 50 bucks @ Harbor Freight - pretty cheap - but I know what I paid for - the construction honestly isn't all that great - but I will have no problems cutting this thing down since my lift only goes up to 44" or so in height and the lowest setting of this thing is around 38" - I will adapt it to fit my needs.



This is only my second time uploading pic's to Flickr - let me know if you think its too big. I am on dual 24" monitors at home so its not all that huge for me. I used to use Photobucket - but after 5 years of taking pics - I hit their storage limit - and I refuse to pay those morons for cropped pics and degraded resolution.

The one thing i will say about PB is that there sharing is super simple - flickr - not so much - but I work in technology so its no big deal for me to figure it out.