2005 Corvette C6 Coupe - 600+hp/575+tq Lingenfelter 427 - Only 29,247 Orig Miles on 2040-cars
Shavertown, Pennsylvania, United States
UPDATE 11/18/13: OK, super duh! Forgot that this also has a Dewitts dual row aluminum radiator with oil cooler. Oil cooler is setup with the stock LS7 oil adapter and lines running the oil to/from the radiator/cooler. Also, uploaded couple new pics - forgot I have the stock, unpainted front grill and the radiator shroud. And pics of the aforementioned GM Service Manuals (the massive ones - not an owners manual the shop manuals!!!) and pic of the stainless front grill that I painted JSB - can prob take a wire brush and get back down to the orig stainless). UPDATE 11/6/2013: Adding over 111 pics, including the ones on here, at the links below: LINK TO CAR PIX: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=35D6EE7EACBF1DF6!403&authkey=!AGnLbJSZBVkIiVM LINK TO PARTS PIX: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=35D6EE7EACBF1DF6!404&authkey=!AMlh-JG0zpYBpug I neglected to mention, but think it's assumed, this is listed on multiple sites and for sale locally. So I reserve the right to end the auction early if it is sold via other means. I am sorry if you see some strange characters when you see the text below...I dont know how to get rid of it as when I go into edit it doesn't show them. =========================================================================================================== There is NO balance owed on this car - I have the clear title in hand and can sign over immediately upon payment received and verified as cleared. The original owner is a professional photographer - the car in the pic is the car, not doctored or rendered. Background images were changed (orange color, etc). Well after having the C6 for five years and three months, and putting a whopping 14k miles on it other forthcoming obligations, and the fact that I don’t use it very much, have helped me reach the conclusion to part ways and sell it. As a discerning individual like myself you will want to know
all there is about the car, so this will be long indeed. However, it will be comprehensive and
beneficial to us both as you will get your info and I will be left with a handful
of buyer-specific questions instead of a million. What better way to get it ready to sell then to have the
heads rebuilt, new double roller timing chain (I broke it), brand new FAST
intake in black (old white one was cracked), new belt. All work was done at/for Berwick Chevrolet in
Berwick PA and I have the receipts. Note
they have just been bought out by 4 local Chevy dealers and now do business
under Berwick Professional Auto Group.
But the same Service Manager is there and if need be you can chat with
him. $4600 bill. And what better way to get it ready than fix the nagging
clutch issue I had (thought it was a trans which was why the extra parts
include a 25k 2006 Z06 trans). One night
had the clutch pedal stuck on the floor when starting. Brought to Cottman in Wilkes Barre (hey, car
was stranded not a lot of choice and no speed shops around here). Found out that the shop that installed the
Spec Twin Clutch 7k miles ago did it incorrectly and the front input of the
torque tube was worn down. I just don’t
see it if you see the pic of the original torque tube which is included with
all the parts in this sale. So brand new
OEM torque tube, new Z06 clutch, slave, t/out, master and flywheel all
done. Guy knows Rockland Transmission
who, even for my power levels, recommended and personally use the stock Z0
clutch. Surprised me but so far seems like the right call, good
pedal feel, no complaints – have all receipts.
$3500 bill. So YOU get to avoid $8k in bills and get all that NEW as of Nov 3 having under 2k miles (I broke the timing chain less than 48 hours after
getting the car back after the driveline work – pissed is not even close to the
word for it but that’s why I quote the miles on both major repairs as the
same. In reality the driveline might
have 120 miles more on it than the heads, etc.) OK lets get into the weeds on it… 2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Coupe with Z51 Package with a
Lingenfelter/Cartek 427 putting out 520hp/500tq to the wheels (607/588 at the
motor). DSOM – Daytona Sunset Orange
Metallic. Purchased in August 2008. Original Owner had the
motor, suspension, headers and driveline, head unit (audio/video), interior
upgrades installed appx January 2007. I
bought the car with just shy of 15k miles.
The car now, as of November 4, 2013 sits with just 29,247 original-odometer-matching
miles. Recent work done (have receipts) and reasons include: ·
Driveline:
Coming out of winter storage the past two years I heard a
steadily-increasing vibration at low speed and some high-speed
whining. I thought I’d enjoy the car in
this summer, not put it up for winter storage, and have the repairs done in the
winter. No dice. One Sunday in April having the car out of winter storage all
of 2 weeks I start it and the clutch pedal is on the floor. The repair shop diagnosis- improper clutch
installation (Spec Twin) which caused the input shaft to be worn in half also
damaging the flywheel. $3500 repair –
all brand new GM parts including the torque tube, driveshaft, flywheel and a
Z06 clutch. ·
Motor: Getting the car back from the above
repair I am on day 2 of having it, take off from a light, shift to second,
punch it and it dies and coasts to a stop. Wanted to crank but won’t. So
off to Berwick Chevrolet. Broken, double
roller timing chain, bent intake valve on 3, bent exhaust valve on 7, cracked
FAST 92 Intake. Heads were rebuilt by a
local shop who builds NASCAR motors and was done under the dealer umbrella. $4600 repair and have a rebuilt set of heads,
brand new FAST 92, brand new timing chain, etc etc. Also during this repair the Roof Panel and
Service Active Handling TSBs were taken care of. Here are the details of the car when I bought it to be
followed by the changes I made to it since: EXTERIOR: Very minimal chips or scratches as you can see in the pics
and the body-color grill, which doesn’t have the clear bra. Original Owner had a 3m clear bra installed
right after purchase. It’s across the
front end, 1/3 up the hood, on the back edges of the wheel wells and backs of
the mirrors. This car essentially has no
rock chips, nicks, nothing across all the leading edges you usually see on a
car where rocks, etc. have marked it up.
Car is lowered and has adjustable
ride height through the Pfadt adjustable (height and stiffness adjustable)
coil-over shocks. Body colored front
grill. 427 Badges. DSOM rear license plate surround. Z06 rear spoiler and the mesh side screens. INTERIOR/AUDIO: Heads up display. Body color
center console and gauge pods. Body
color top dash vent, speaker grills (right passenger could use a retouch), JL
Stealth sub box. Lingenfelter logo black
floor mats purchased by original owner when he had them install the 427. Pioneer Avic Z2 touchscreen,
DVD/NAV headunit WITH Bluetooth and iPOD units installed. Infinity two-way speakers in doors. Two way Infinity speakers in back. JL Audio 10 inch dual voicecoil sub. JL Amp matched to and dedicated to the
sub. 4-way amp for other speakers. 5-way Alpine amp included in sale (new) –
with the top-dash speaker and the 5 channel Pioneer DVD head unit it would be
perfect for surround sound 5.1 channel setup…just never got around to
installing it. Only thing I have not finished is
the amp board. I mounted the amps on a
board and have been meaning to build an enclosure with fans, etc, bondo it and
body-color match it to everything else.
Never got to it. Last item is the K40 radar
detector. It’s installed behind the
front and rear bumpers (for front and rear radar detection) and has a laser
jammer in the front. Under the dash
within easy reach while driving is the city/off/highway and volume
selector. Green on highway, orange on
city mode you can see through the bottom of the steering wheel. The only noticeable parts inside are the
small (half a pencil eraser sized) red lights I had mounted on the bottom of
the inside of the gauge surround. Left
blinks the radar is in the front, right the back. And mounted at the top, center of the
windshield surround above the mirror are the two small (dime sized) piezo
tweeters for the audible chirps. The
AVIC microphone is mounted there as well. The laser jammer is mounted in the front bumper opening on the top edge. Since I've been a member of the Fraternal Order of Police I've had no need to a radar detector but it was put in before I joined. SUSPENSION/BRAKES: Upgraded to Z06 sways. Adjustable Pfadt Coilovers (ride height and
stiffness adjustable) – removes the transverse leaf springs making the car
truly independent suspension. I can
honestly say this upgrade and the same I did to my previous C5 is one of the
single-greatest upgrades. Separate from
trying to sell this car – get yourself coilovers if you are just a reader of
this. The increase in handling is
incredible, ability to balance the car 50/50 front/rear and side/side is
fantastic. And you can slam the car and
when you’re just cruising around it rides so much better than stock. Brakes are Z51 factory – actually pads are
fine but the rotors could benefit form being turned so might as well upgrade
pads to HPS Plus at the same time – really the only upgrade left to do on the
car unless your going to blow it or spray it. WHEELS/TIRES: Wheels are Ace hyperblack Z06
style one inch wider front and rear. See
pics –there are some nicks and scrapes.
Tires and BFG g-force KDW2.
Plenty of meat left. MOTOR/EXHAUST: Car started with the Stock
LS2. Orig owner put in a Lingenfelter
427 –Z06 block, Stage II Lingenfelter heads, FAST Intake, Lingenfelter Air
Intake, AR longtube headers, racing cat x-pipe, and had B&B Route 66 exhaust. Changed the Exhaust to what’s now on it a
CORSA Sport with the quad angle tips - car sounds/drives like nothing special when you want to cruise or putt along - but floor it and you know it's packing something special!!! After purchase I drove back to NJ and had Cartek take a once over. They found that the number 8 cylinder sleeve
was spinning in place causing the greater loss of compression in that cylinder
than the others. For whatever reason
Lingenfelter took a stock LS7 and punched out the steel sleeves and
resleeved. Don’t know if they were
buying blems from GM, had a better sleeving process and this one just went bad,
whatever. So had to buy a new Z06 block
– silver lining this is the revised block with more materials at the bottom end
as some first-run z06 blocks people were putting high hp to were flexing under high load and burning out journal
bearings. Pistons were slightly too
small for the new block so new Mahle pistons installed at that time. Buttoned it up, new seals, timing chain,
pulley, gaskets, etc etc etc, - dyno’ed and it’s been altogether until I broke
the timing chain this summer. Has a
breather and a PCV catch can as well so the oil blow by from the motor doesn’t
get put back into the air flow into the motor. Broke the timing chain this
summer, bent two valves, Berwick Chevrolet replaced timing chain and FAST
Intake (all gaskets, etc), they had a local race ship rebuild the heads,
reassembled, they did the Roof Recall and the Service Column Lock Recall and
done deal. DRIVELINE: Stock Z51 trans (closer ratio first through third I believe,
better bottom end accel – do a search for differences). Rear end is a Dynotech Stage 4 rear – cryo
treated, 3.90 gears, hardened output shafts (both), micro-polished on the
inside (to reduce temps), and the DTE Transmission brace tying it to the front
of the trans and wrapping around the diff (stock it wants to shear off the back
end of the trans just from the natural forces of acceleration). BRAND NEW Torque Tube (OEM right from GM),
brand new Z06 clutch and all associated parts including master/slave, and brand
new GM flywheel. All put in as part of
the repairs in May/June of this year as reported at the top. Here are the ONLY things that need to be done to complete
the car (aside from doing what else you personally may like):
EXTRA PARTS: I’ve amassed a bunch of extra
parts. The wheels/tires were to upgrade
for looks but also to add drag radials for traction - and those I started accenting
with Jet Stream Blue and the stock DSOM color.
The other trim parts were for the same reason – I wanted to add some JSB
color touches here and there. Some items
like the flag and tent were for me to go to car shows – yeah, that never
happened. And some were for intended
upgrades. Some are the left-over parts
from swaps/repairs and touch up paint, replacement tire pressure sensors, etc. ·
Wheels: WELD EVO MAKO 20x10.5 and 19x9.5; painted inner barrels Jet Stream Blue (outer
surface still chrome – just covered in the blue painting tape in pics); DSOM center caps and the wording on the
side I painted DSOM. These are brand new, never
mounted. ·
Tires: Nitto Drag Radials – 305/35-20 rear; Dunlop Sport Maxx 275/40-19 fronts; neither ever mounted – see pics for tread o (NOTE
I did the math of tire height front to rear vs stock and these will not set off traction control or active handling) ·
Brand new never used Tire Pressure Sensors ·
4 tops – one on the car DSOM the dealer replaced,
the old DSOM one, a yellow one I bought just for the hardware and seals for the
glass top, and a brand new, never installed glass top. ·
Extra set of Z51 brake calipers AND brackets. ·
2006 Z06 transmission with 25k miles on bought
from Corvette Forum Vendor 01SckVette when I thought that the trans was my driveline
issue. Note the lines would need to be
replaced but not a big deal. ·
OEM Torque tube including inner driveshaft –
Trans shop orig said the front of the input shaft was worn in half by the
clutch being incorrectly installed. You
look at the pics - I cant see where it is worn at all. ·
SPEC Twin Clutch removed after under 9k miles to
replace with Z06 clutch (If we were going in there to do the driveline it was
getting all new stuff) ·
Original flywheel, and associated clutch parts ·
Front stainless grill screen painted Jet Stream
Blue (JSB). Could be scraped off with
wire brush back to stainless finish I suppose. (No pic - I can send) ·
Rear chrome exhaust cover ·
Form fitting $350 car cover bought on group buy
on Corvette Forum – forget the name but this is the high-end, breathable one
with the C6 flags on the front. Small
tear where it tucks into the lower rear valance but fits like a glove, mirror
pockets and all. ·
Xenon High Beam and Fog Light conversion kit ·
Metal jacking pucks ·
2005 Service Manuals ·
OEM Cap set and Dipstick ·
Brand new, never used tire pressure sensors for
05 model year (the earlier C6 style) ·
Spare fuses for the audio system ·
5 way 50 watt RMS Alpine theater amp – the
center dash speaker upgrade is also included -
With the head unit being a DVD player you can upgrade to 5.1 channel
theater system ·
Corvette logo rear cargo matt ·
OEM Bose speakers ·
3 tubes DSOM touch up; 2 tubes Jet Stream Blue, 6 cans JSB
spray paint ·
Side marker light surrounds painted JSB ·
Stainless trim screws for trunk, doors and
engine bay - painted JSB – could easily
be washed off with paint thinner to get back to stainless ·
JSB Door handles ·
Rubber light seals to keep water out -
annoying when you wash the car and the water gets behind - was much worse on the C5s ·
Orange corvette flag ·
JSB Corvette Windshield Sticker (goes inside
across the top of the w/s) ·
LED Light upgrade for interior ·
JSB Corvette letters for passenger dash
·
Car show display tent in matching body color
DSOM You can sell the parts and turn it into
another several $k easy. NOTE: Be that I may accept an offer below $29,750 please BE ADVISED if the car sells for
less than $29,750 the parts are NOT included and I will just sell the parts separately. |
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