black S197

Don't forget about 4.30 or 4.56 [8D]

lldsandsll

+1

finally it cooled down in south florida. i took it out the other night when it was like 39 degrees f where i live, mashed the pedal in second from about 30 and i was at 60 instantly. i never seen the tach climb so quick. even spun in third gear.....

Baddog

It's a C5 vert. Keep in mind we're talking Canadian funds (your guy's dollar being almost equal), even now. It's a beautiful car if you are not one of those "Ford Only" guys. It was brought in from Jersey. For $30K it was done for the street as far as I'm concerned. Vortech S-Trim and the fCker spun the whole 1/4 and still trapped 123. It has the capacity to run 12 PSI. Just a clean '2000 Vette 'vert, blowin a Vortech S-Trim for $30K in Canada is a deal. And the reason I say this is because a new S197 vert here is in fact $38K!!!! If I was the buying public I would take the vette. I know I'll get flamed in open forums but $$ is $$...

moosestang

Well your dollar might be even, but you're still getting the shaft on new car prices. I'd like to see a stock ls1 hold 12psi without blowing up. There was a post about someone blowing two ls2's without any power adder in a c6, so you might want to rethink your purchase. I've never heard of a stock 4.6 blowing up.

I'm a corvette fan, but can't afford one, atleast not a new one. If I want to make big power and go in a semi straight line i'd still choose the mustang. I'm not a fan of the IRS. They seem to break even on the expensive z06, which frankly shouldn't happen on a car that expensive. Your friend might want to consider a ford 9 inch swap.

Baddog

Good points...it also has full Borla offroad exhaust and a cam swap and some other stuff. He runs it rich and 9 psi most of the time. The 1/4 and traps were basically grannyshifting to keep it out of the fence. Its black on black, dropped a bit and really slick looking if you're into vettes. I much prefer the C6 but his looks nice. He's pretty kind to it so I think the rear end will hold up. I've been with him and he's let cars get out on him and still reels them in easy. What a roll-on monster too. And you're absolutely right, we get raped on car prices up here. I guess the point I was getting at was, to get an '07 S197 vert to be able to get close to competing with that thing it would be way past $30K ago...

Gene K

Lets compare Apples to Apples.

A new C6 Vette ($46,110 MSRP)can be had for $5000 off.
So call it $41,000 Street Price and they can go as quick as 12.2's.

A Mustang is going to be around $26,500 Street Price for a Premium with 3.55.
$27,000 after you add a CAI/Tune. They can go as quick as 12.8's in this tune.

I have been told the Deluxe is no longer available with 3.55 (not sure how true this is).
For my money I would buy a Deluxe for $25,000with 3.31.
For a total of lessthan $26,000 you could haveCAI/Tune/4.10
That could be as quick as 12.5's...

howarmat

and a hell of a lot better looking!

2cokeman

AWESOME video!! are you supercharged, turbocharged??