'00 FRC Hardtop - moar LS/Murica/long distance high speed cruising

[C2_mad]

i dont think its about making it look like something its not, it just about modernizing it a bit... same thing you did with the wheels.

[nsogiba]

I'm not into the "put a newer bumper on it to try to make it look like something it's not"

Picking up a lightly used bumper in Toronto this weekend

[LCG]

have you considered de 2F bumper? I know the owner, he is super gay.

[nsogiba]

Been driving this thing a ton, trying not to work on it too much, it has needed nothing other than whatever I decide to tinker with for fun.

IMG_1653[1] by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

IMG_1655[1] by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

IMG_1681[1] by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

IMG_1682[1] by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

Front camber/toe wear finally ruined my front tires

IMG_1666[1] by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

IMG_1667[1] by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

So I picked up a new set of Hankook Ventus V12 Evo2, had them on my old BMW and liked them. They are 18/19 compared to the old 17/18, but the overall circumference is the same and will keep the active handling happy.

IMG_1695[1] by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

I also ordered some Corvette wall art for the garage and an OEM GM tail light lense to replace the one aftermarket one that was a slightly different shade of red than the other 3.

Next up - figuring out how to plumb the vacuum. Been playing with some EGR solenoids. More to come. Also need to pick up a new bumper.

[nsogiba]

Thanks!

I got an estimate yesterday for the repair, I think I can get it fixed for less than the total amount. Then I'll slap the some new tires on the new wheels and will be good to go. For some reason I was under the impression that the C6 wheels are 17/18 staggered like the C5, but no - they are 18/19.

[cblock406]

Bummer!

This is a really cool build, I caught it over on corvetteforums. I really dug the magnesium wheels, don't really care for many multi-generational mods. Everything else is excellent though, this is a badass FRC!

[nsogiba]

got that sweet bumper mod going


photo by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

Coworker was waiting to leave the parking lot onto the street, when a kid on a bike comes whizzing down the sidewalk. Coworker decides to back up to let the kid pass in front of him. Coworker doesn't see my low car and crunches up and over my front bumper.

I hope the bumper can be saved, if not, oh well. This is why we have insurance. If I can buy a used cover I'll toss that on and use the rest of the dough for new tires

I think it's time to get those cutouts finished up so people know where I am, even if they can't see me!

[btns44]

Here is the startup from our Z06! Hope you enjoy.

https://youtu.be/fJPRy6T0TLA

[nsogiba]

Interested to see how this works. Will it get loud when you lay in the gas or be loud at idle?

I'd love a cutout on my M3 but I would want it to be on or off because I do like making noise sometimes, but it kicks ass to be able to nail it and not attract attention...

It will be loud whenever I push a momentary pushbutton to "on". Could be idle, under load, whatever, because I'm using a vacuum canister.

You can do it however you want. Boost actuated, or vacuum actuated. Normally open, or normally closed.

I got normally closed, vacuum actuated - meaning with no vacuum applied, they're closed. Only under vacuum conditions from the engine, do they open - which is on decel and at idle. The opposite of what you'd want...except that I did it that way on purpose.

The NPP cutouts on all the newfangled GM stuff are normally open, and as soon as a vacuum is applied, they slam shut. This means they're open on cold start, and when vacuum builds a few seconds later, they shut. I did not want this situation since I leave for work early in the morning and wanted to maintain some sanity for my neighbors. I could have gotten around this by using a check valve and a vacuum canister but that's added complexity, and I have no idea if the vacuum canister would hold a charge for sitting a week at a time (which is a reality if we have a couple days of nasty weather). The last item that turned me off from the normally open was that in the event of any vacuum fitting/line failure the valves would fail open, and I'd have to drive around with the car stupidly loud until I got it fixed. I would much rather they fail in the normally closed position.


The only thing that I would have liked to have using the normally open system would be the feature of the engine vacuum on idle and light driving conditions to keep the valve shut, and then valves opening up when you hammer on it, removing vacuum. It makes for a nice "automatic" mode but again I wanted the failsafe to be in the closed position.


Last night I disconnected the actuator rods and zip tied the valves open - fun drive to work this morning

[DER E30]

Plan on starting to plumb up the cutouts tonight. Grabbed a few Ford EGR vacuum solenoids over the weekend at the JY.

Interested to see how this works. Will it get loud when you lay in the gas or be loud at idle?

I'd love a cutout on my M3 but I would want it to be on or off because I do like making noise sometimes, but it kicks ass to be able to nail it and not attract attention...

[190Evan]

you coulda made the e39 wheels work. BUT I like the look of the C6 wheels far more. In for this.

[nsogiba]

E39 M5 wheels on C5. offset means no go. Otherwise looked nice, minus the ratty finish.

image by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

C6 wheels
image by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

Quick test fit. They really modernize the look of the car, the champagne/pewter color of the magnesium wheels is period correct but hasn't aged well...
image by Norbert Ogiba, on Flickr

Plan on starting to plumb up the cutouts tonight. Grabbed a few Ford EGR vacuum solenoids over the weekend at the JY.

[nsogiba]

New front spring in. Only slightly scary jacking up this stiff ass spring while the car is on the lift and watching it all bounce around. Front bolts removed, only lowered it a bit as the old stock front adjusters were cranked as low as they could go. Ride quality is the same. I'm happy with the suspension now. Need to buy new tires for the C6 wheels, the current runflats are so loud that it's like riding around in a Z71 on big boggers.

Also need to adjust the cutout rod ends and start to plumb them up.

[190Evan]

That's racist.

I just tried it once...

We all did.

[LCG]

Mexi-poke

That's racist.

I just tried it once...