Darkstar's 1998 Chevrolet Corvette

Finally a car worthy of a thread in here!!!

'98 Vette, Targa, 55K on the clock, new Kumho tires and black Z06 knockoffs.

Mods:

6000K HID Low Beam conversion

http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/Vette%20HID.jpg

Got bored and painted the hood lining…

http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/IMG_0104.JPG

Parts purchased and waiting to be installed:

Kooks 1 3/4" Headers and Catless X-pipe
LS6 Intake manifold
Vararam Intake

To be done by the end of summer:

C5 Z06 Titanium Cat-Back
3.42 gears
Mild to moderate Cam
Possible 100 shot

With all of those goodies, I’m hoping for around 400RWHP off the bottle, 500 on the bottle. hoping for mid-low 11’s on the bottle, high 11’s NA. :x:

http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/darkstarvette.jpg

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http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/vette3.jpg

http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/vette4.jpg

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Looks sweet dude!! … Good luck w/ everything

Very nice car. I love this body style Corvette, and its surprising how affordable they can be.

looking pretty good man

Before you try juice, put a Vigilante stall converter in!

You might not even want the bottle after that.

Those mods and nice stall will have Lil Kim soakin

Definitely go with a new stall converter! Form what I hear you can even toss in one from a Trailblazer and it’ll be a world of difference. I believe Laura did that on her WS6.

looks good…

oh & TrailBlazer stall is 2600 i believe

hood liner = good
engine bay = discusting. clean that bitch

ps car will be sick.

I dont think the TB stall will work in the vette.

Looking good

Definitely gonna need a good converter Mikey, or maybe a 6MT swap instead :x:

Go Vig or Yank… DO NOT, get a Fuddle!!! When it comes to LS1 parts go Mater or go home :slight_smile:

dirty but lots of potential.

Trailblazer stall would work, but its a 2600… Yuck.

Vig 3200 would be my choice

Get a custom heads and cam package from Ed Curtis, plus the stall = no bottle needed

Shit, you should have just bought my buddy’s heads & cam too, instead of just his headers/x-pipe/vararam. I think he still has them…

Do a stall & shift kit and a GIANT tranny cooler. Heat kills 4L60Es.

-TJ

Everything kills 4L60E’s

:crying:

Looking at a 4L80E swap for an upcoming project.

I thought the C5 converter was only the same as the LT1 Fbody converter and only the LS1 fbodys could be swapped directly with the trucks/TBs?

:bowrofl: :zzz:

I was on the phone with TJ about 5 minutes after test driving him asking about this. Apparantly it’s a real bitch, but it IS always an option.

It is

MAJOR UPDATE TIME

Now that all the mods are purchased, here’s whats going on.

Vararam Intake
LS6 Intake Manifold
243 Heads off of a Trailblazer SS (same heads as a z06 pretty much)
ARP Head Bolts
Dual Valve springs
Upgraded pushrods
SVO #32 Injectors
Comp Cams 230/234 .605 .613 on a 113 +4
Kooks 1 3/4" Long tube headers with cat delete
Z06 titanium exhaust
Yank 3600 torque converter
3.42 rear end with shotpeened gears out of a Z06
NX Nitrous kit
Custom Vanity plate, of my choosing.

yummy,cant wait to SPANK IT!!!