C5 Pete

For those of you that don't visit the performance section.

Picked up a White 2001 Z06 a couple months back to build into a consistant and competitive bracket/11.50 car with excellent street manners.

First thing I did was convert to an auto. Here's the rundown of the build

01 Z06

Stock bottom end with 157,000 miles
Chevy Performance Parts Hot cam
Mostly stock LS6 heads - just a valve job and some milling by Dave at D&F performance inBerlin, NJ
Melling oil pump
C5R timing chain
Underdrive pulley
Yank 4000 converter
ACE built 4L60E
3.42 differential with upgraded internals
Stock suspension in the back - Lakewood 90/10 shocks up front.



I got it all together a couple weeks ago and just got it tuned by Doug at ECS on Thursday. Then Thursday night took it to Atco for some shakedown passes. I've never driven a stalled auto before.

Vid of the first pass ever.



I was really happy with that pass. The car felt great. I spent the rest of the night trying to dial for 11.50 and working on figuring out how to stage and launch to cut a light.

Last pass of the night I ran it out to an 11.05@121

The car far exceded my expectations

Saturday, I went to Englishtown to compete in the Corvette Challenge, the Corvette Pro 11.50, and the GM-EFI brackets.

I'm glad I entered 3 classes, because I needed the seat time to figure things out.

By the time elims started, I was begining to get comfortable.

I went red in my first round of the CC, but won the first round of the GM-EFI. At that point, my day was a success. Then I won the first round of the 11.50, against one of the top drivers in the class - damn, that felt good.

Round 2 of the 11.50, the ladder puts me against Ellis Grey, the points leader and a pretty accomplished racer. I cut a better light, and got him by a fender.



Round 3 - the finals in the 11.50 I run my good buddy Gary in his C6Z. I won in a double break out.

In the GM-EFI brackets I made it to the semi finals.

So, to say I'm happy with this car is a tremendous understatement. It is everything my blue car wasn't. I can drive this car anywhere in comfort and rip off a low 11 second pass. The only thing my car needs is Sirius satellite radio.

GB Vette

Good job Pete

kris6868

Man that sick..
Great job

C5 Pete

Thanks. And thanks for the parts! It has been a pleasure doing the swap with you.

I saw pics of your car in the "agressive" thread. I don't believe I've seen it before - it certainly fits the category. It's beautiful.

Have fun with your conversion.

sfc rick

What an accomplishment! Congrats and hats off to you!

WKMCD

Very nice Pete!!! Congrats!

peter pan

DOUG @ ECS

Well thought out, planned and executed.


I forsee a lot of RP trophies in the garage.

cjlaw73

Great job Pete. Can't wait to see your new car.

zipity

automatic Z06.....

Sorry Pete, I had too.
Great write up and great Vette you have there. Congratulations on getting it completed, I know you have been working on it for a long time. I see lots of wins in your future.

jcsperson

It's making beautiful music all by itself.

trenchgun

Very nice! Really enjoyed the videos!

Vetteman Jack

Awesome car you've got - really liked the videos.

C5 Pete

Thanks guys. I appreciate it.

While I did this build in my garage on jack stands, I had a lot of help with this build.

Doug, Chris, Matt, and Tommy from ECS
Tommy, because he deserves to be mentioned twice.
My racing buddies Marc and Andrew

And Doug and I talked a lot about building this car before I even bought it or even knew what I was going to buy.

209TIME!!!

that's nice and chalk one up for the automatic guys...great job!!!

C5 Pete

Thanks!

Fartpipe

Why wasnt this in the C5 performance section???? SLACKER!

jrose7004

Great project car!

madmatt9471

Perfect - and the auto conversion is the way to go for drag racing!

Nice job!

Thanks,Matt

C5 Pete

It was. You just spend all your time in the C6 waxer section.

Thanks guys. It was a fun build and a great car.

V2.0 coming out for 2013.