duh09
Legend
Well... I got a deal I couldn't pass up and I figured I'd post it here, because a few of you might appreciate it and really, I needed an excuse to go through all the receipts and get a build list together for this car when I will likely post it for sale like I do everything I own.
A little background on this car and how I ended up with it... a close buddy of mine bought my mom's 06 Trailblazer SS. Truck was clean, pretty much ticked every option box available for that truck except for AWD, and was relatively low miles with around 90k on it we sold it. Before we bought it, it had never even seen rain, but my mom bought it for a daily and it did pretty good for a couple of years. It had minor bolt-ons, little bit of trans work, but mostly stock. Eventually the rearend started making noise and it went in the shop for a couple of months getting a new gear set and after it came back, everything seemed to be falling about on the truck. It developed a problem with the brake system, charging systems, and after bouncing around a couple of shops for a couple of years, we finally had the truck back... and it quickly developed a new noise from the bottom end. In true thank god this shitbox is out of a shop, we did a true old fashioned pro street burnout to see if that knock was going to be a real problem and to our surprise, she held together for a few miles down the road until the rear diff decided to lock up. We had already purchased a replacement truck for this so we decided to sell it cheap and get it out of life and my bud bought it. He slapped a Eaton locker in it and started driving it occasionally. Another friend of ours reached out to him because he had sold a guy a black TBSS in much rougher shape, and that guy wanted another one - this time white and with a very particular list of options and this one happened to tick every box. My buddy reached out to him to try and arrange selling the TBSS to him, but he had another option, and that was trading for this car. The old guy spent a ton of money over the last few years building this car but simply was tired of climbing out of it and had a true LSX sitting on a stand that he wanted to put in a white TBSS to have a pair of opposite trucks. He knew that his car was worth more, but didn't want to deal with trying to sell it so they swapped keys with no cash being handed over.
My buddy enjoyed the car for a few months, took it on the Hot Rod Power Tour with us this year, but decided to do the responsible thing and sell it and make some money off of it as he's working to get debt free. He had a few tire kickers, but he got a little in his head about it and was afraid of selling it to someone that would get killed in the car, offered it to me for a song, and I about ripped his arm off to get the deal done before he changed his mind.
I'll list a full build list, but the TLDR; car is a 03 Base Corvette with 97k miles and sports a top end, East Coast supercharger kit, and a handful of other things putting down 675hp and 555lbft. The car has been a ton of fun so far, and I have some plans to make the car my own and would love to get it out to some AutoX and track day events.
Anyways, on to the pictures and full breakdown.
Ended up hauling the car home as rain was in the forecast and I didn't want my first trip home in a 675hp car to end wrapped around a tree.
Advanced Induction 232CC Cylinder Head work w 2.055" Intake Valve upgrade and roughly 62cc
Advanced Induction Cam - 230/238-113+2 .605/.605
LS6 Intake
East Coast Supercharger Kit - Novi Paxtion 1500L
60# Injectors
ATI Super Dampner
Tuned with HP Tuners
Dewitts Aluminum Radiator
MGW FlatStick Short Throw
MightyMouse Catch Can
Twin Disc McLeod
Z06 Transaxle
Z06 Wheels w NT555R tires
Lowered on stock bolts
Wheels and tires will likely be the first thing I do mod wise. The NT555R do OK hooking up, but they're getting some age on them and really only work on very warm days with a very warm road. Some hood louvers to help get some of that underhood heat out will be coming soon as well. Car really doesn't need a whole lot, other than some maintenance. I've put a couple thousand miles on it already, everything works well and I'm excited to get it around some cones hopefully by the end of the month.
A little background on this car and how I ended up with it... a close buddy of mine bought my mom's 06 Trailblazer SS. Truck was clean, pretty much ticked every option box available for that truck except for AWD, and was relatively low miles with around 90k on it we sold it. Before we bought it, it had never even seen rain, but my mom bought it for a daily and it did pretty good for a couple of years. It had minor bolt-ons, little bit of trans work, but mostly stock. Eventually the rearend started making noise and it went in the shop for a couple of months getting a new gear set and after it came back, everything seemed to be falling about on the truck. It developed a problem with the brake system, charging systems, and after bouncing around a couple of shops for a couple of years, we finally had the truck back... and it quickly developed a new noise from the bottom end. In true thank god this shitbox is out of a shop, we did a true old fashioned pro street burnout to see if that knock was going to be a real problem and to our surprise, she held together for a few miles down the road until the rear diff decided to lock up. We had already purchased a replacement truck for this so we decided to sell it cheap and get it out of life and my bud bought it. He slapped a Eaton locker in it and started driving it occasionally. Another friend of ours reached out to him because he had sold a guy a black TBSS in much rougher shape, and that guy wanted another one - this time white and with a very particular list of options and this one happened to tick every box. My buddy reached out to him to try and arrange selling the TBSS to him, but he had another option, and that was trading for this car. The old guy spent a ton of money over the last few years building this car but simply was tired of climbing out of it and had a true LSX sitting on a stand that he wanted to put in a white TBSS to have a pair of opposite trucks. He knew that his car was worth more, but didn't want to deal with trying to sell it so they swapped keys with no cash being handed over.
My buddy enjoyed the car for a few months, took it on the Hot Rod Power Tour with us this year, but decided to do the responsible thing and sell it and make some money off of it as he's working to get debt free. He had a few tire kickers, but he got a little in his head about it and was afraid of selling it to someone that would get killed in the car, offered it to me for a song, and I about ripped his arm off to get the deal done before he changed his mind.
I'll list a full build list, but the TLDR; car is a 03 Base Corvette with 97k miles and sports a top end, East Coast supercharger kit, and a handful of other things putting down 675hp and 555lbft. The car has been a ton of fun so far, and I have some plans to make the car my own and would love to get it out to some AutoX and track day events.
Anyways, on to the pictures and full breakdown.
Ended up hauling the car home as rain was in the forecast and I didn't want my first trip home in a 675hp car to end wrapped around a tree.
Advanced Induction 232CC Cylinder Head work w 2.055" Intake Valve upgrade and roughly 62cc
Advanced Induction Cam - 230/238-113+2 .605/.605
LS6 Intake
East Coast Supercharger Kit - Novi Paxtion 1500L
60# Injectors
ATI Super Dampner
Tuned with HP Tuners
Dewitts Aluminum Radiator
MGW FlatStick Short Throw
MightyMouse Catch Can
Twin Disc McLeod
Z06 Transaxle
Z06 Wheels w NT555R tires
Lowered on stock bolts
Wheels and tires will likely be the first thing I do mod wise. The NT555R do OK hooking up, but they're getting some age on them and really only work on very warm days with a very warm road. Some hood louvers to help get some of that underhood heat out will be coming soon as well. Car really doesn't need a whole lot, other than some maintenance. I've put a couple thousand miles on it already, everything works well and I'm excited to get it around some cones hopefully by the end of the month.
