Corvette Jake

My dad and i both have 2003 c5 z06's, and for some reason his has always handled better on the track than mine. My lap times are always half a second faster in his vette with both cars in stock trim. I recently installed the johnny o'connell shocks, sway bars, adjustable end links, and poly bushings, and took the beast to get a track alignment and corner balance in an attempt to finally handle better than his car. Now after all that money and effort, i can still drive his damn vette faster than i can drive mine, for some reason his car has always felt more planted, tighter, and just so damn precise compared to mine, i cant figure it out for the life of me! Can someone please help me understand why his same exact vette has always driven better than mine has??!!

aggie-chase

Maybe you got one built on a Monday...?

zwoobah

Tires?

Corvette Jake

No we are both running the same tire size and brand, even before i modified my car, his was always faster in the corners. you would think that after i did the sways, shocks, and corner balance that i would be a little faster but my car still lags in the corners

grantv

Assuming both aligned the same? Same height? All factory bushings in both cars?

Corvette Jake

Yep both aligned at the same time by the same shop and around the same tolerances. Im beginning to think that i managed to buy a bad one and ill never get it to be the track beast i want

SuperTom

Or he got a factory freak

2FAS4UU

...This really is a conundrum, have you had both cars put on a dyno to compare HP numbers. After having spent that kind of money and time on suspension upgrades and set up, this really doesn't make sense. Please post further results in finding out the reason or solution to this disparity !!....By the way, is Dad's car Red !! LOL, jus kidd'in !!....

Corvette Jake

Yea both of our cars have been dyno tuned as well with identical cold air intakes. his was 365 at the wheels and mine was like 367? They were both damn near identical. This is litterally messing with my head so bad haha, ive had my car check and rechecked by every shop possible and they all say that my car is fine, But its not because i still pull faster laps in my dads z06 and its only because it holds a faster cornering speed for no apparent reason. And both of our cars are red actually, everyone knows that red gives you more power hahaha

Corvette Jake

Oh and just for the record, this is my second c5 z06, my first one is now strictly a drift car

zwoobah

Does your dad have better seats?

rrwirsi

Age comes wisdom and faster cars.

Corvette Jake

Both have stock seats but his driver seat is worn out comoared to mine. Hey i just thought of this, could i possibly have a problem with my leaf springs????? Like maybe some hairline fractures or something that could be causing my car to corner like crap??

Corvette Jake

And im not talking about around town cornering, im talking about high speed at the edge of the cars limits cornering. My dad claims he cant tell the difference between the two, but his lap times dont even cone close to mine so i know hes not at the limits of the cars to be able to tell

Patches

"Dads c5 z05 handles better than mine!"

There's your problem - he got the super-specia,l super-handling version of the C5.

chassed

Not every car is the same, plain and simple.

Not sure why it bothers you so much, I guess it's the dad and son competition.

Couple guys local to me did the same thing. They both had modded C5z's, the sons was faster, so the dad super charged his car and made it faster than his sons, the son then sold the C5Z and bought a built C6Z lol

Pretty dam cool tho!

Vanover

Your driving your dads harder cause it's not yours.or maybe he's done something,and not telling you.you know dads not going to let you beat him.

73Corvette

Trade him cars...

SuperTom

Maybe they forgot to put something in his thus making it lighter

Jeff T.

Deep down inside you hate your car and love Dad's...

Result, Dad's is faster!