Savage42

Guys, Just wanted to let you know that I'm working on getting more pics of the pieces and the assembled look of the car. I posted some pics of the Z06 gauge cluster that will be installed into a full custom dash that will go down into a custom center console with the C5 Vette shifter. Individual parts will go up first, then more as it comes together. I'll be adding pics of the shifter assembly and the black leather Z06 seats. The rest of the interior will be basic, with new door panels, new carpet kit, new headliner, and I'll be having all the glass tinted while it is out. Power windows & keyless entry, too. More tomorrow. http://album.hybridz.org/showgallery.php?cat=550

Guys, I finally go around to setting up some albums on the site with all the stuff that's going on the car and some pics of the car before paint. After seeing some of the rusted Zs around here, I consider myself lucky. The pics of the engine compartment is right when I got the car back from having it blasted. It's not primer, just bare metal. The only little bit of rust on the car was from the damn battery, and we cut that section out to put the sunken battery box in. This is pre-prep and paint, but damn solid car. It'll be painted in '02 Corvette Silver (actually called "Quicksilver") with the MSA kit all the way around and the California wing. Painted pics will be up shortly, along with more stuff. Here you go! http://album.hybridz.org/showgallery.php?cat=549

I hear ya. Here in Oregon, I drove it all year long, in the rain & muck w/o any problems. There is minimal movement in the rod ends and the lined ones are really tight, so that might account for the lack of wear after many years. The high end ones run about $20 each, but HD ones go for $12-15. Not bad at all.

Since I"ve had some questions on the actual parts listed, here you go! Calipers: Wilwood Forged Superlite 4s (F&R) Fronts: piston size of 1.75" for 1.25" rotor Rears: piston size of 1.25" for .81" rotor Rotors: GT Directional Vane, slotted rotors Fronts: 12.2" x 1.25" Rears: 12.2" x .81" Pads: Wilwood "Q" compound for the street Wilwood "E" compound for the track Stainless braided lines Proportioning valve Wilwood brake fluid JSK kit front & rear. Wheel adapters (from Ross at Modern Motorsports) front & rear with these wheels. http://www.discounttire.com/product/wheels/konhol.sm.xl.jpg I'm using the ZX 15/16" Master cylinder and a new brake booster. The front control arms were easy to build and only took a few hours. It's a 5/8" rod end with 1" hex tubing with LH/RH threads on the ends and is 3.5" in length. Modifying the arm itself is probably worthy of a different post. Anyway, this setup lets you adjust for camber & toe w/o any bind at the connecting points. There have been a few 510 guys who have broken TC rods on their lowered cars with poly bushings. I usually ran -1.5 to -2 degrees of camber up front on the 510 and will run that on the Z. Never had a car that understeered. Of course, this car will be made to perform as an autocross/road course car that works well on the street. Might try a "straight line" thing once, but not my thing. I know, I'm in the minority, but that's OK.

The pad height is 1.675" tall and 4.625" wide, so it's quite a bit of pad. As for the other question. Yes, that is 1" hex with LH/RH thread.

Guys, I thought I'd shoot you some pics of some stuff I've got ready. I'll be taking a more pics over the next few days, so I thought I'd pass along these, since we've been talking about brakes and control arm stuff lately. Enjoy! http://album.hybridz.org/showgallery.php?cat=548