Friday Petrol Head Post

KynaSD · Feb 26, 2020

Oooo....that's sexxaayy

mgmarsh39 · Feb 26, 2020

Love the seats Pat. I had a 06 Z06 about a year ago and the stock seats were awful. Where'd you source those from?

Z06Pat · Feb 26, 2020

mgmarsh39
Love the seats Pat. I had a 06 Z06 about a year ago and the stock seats were awful. Where'd you source those from?

Thank you! I agree... the stock seats definitely do NOT belong in a car like this. Caravaggio Corvettes out of Canada did the seats, steering wheel, shifter, shfiter boot, e-brake handle+boot, and the center console armrest.

Their work is top notch. Cool fact about the seats - they retain the factory power sliders and they are even heated!

vbrad26 · Feb 26, 2020

The C6 Z06 is probably my favorite 'Vette of all time.

LemansBoiler · Feb 27, 2020

Z06Pat
It has the Street Attack package. It's amazing the capabilities their packages have while still retaining good driveability. The car also has a full Caravaggio interior (minus the dash) which gives the car a well deserved bump in comfort. What I should have done this winter was send the steering wheel to Caravaggio and have them do the Carbon Fiber top/bottom of the steering wheel... maybe next winter...

Very nice! I’ve been looking at side mounting the Caravaggio seats to try to get more head room, struggling with $4500=almost a new watch 🤔 .

In the meantime, I relocated the electronics under the seat, removed the springs, and removed the headliner to be able to fit in my car with a helmet, it’s not ideal but I’m 6’7” and like taking the car to track days.

mgmarsh39 · Feb 27, 2020

LemansBoiler
Very nice! I’ve been looking at side mounting the Caravaggio seats to try to get more head room, struggling with $4500=almost a new watch 🤔 .

In the meantime, I relocated the electronics under the seat, removed the springs, and removed the headliner to be able to fit in my car with a helmet, it’s not ideal but I’m 6’7” and like taking the car to track days.

Dude, I am 6'2" and barely fit in the silly thing, much less with a helmet on. At 6'7" you need a hole cut in the roof 😀.

The interior was ultimately why I sold my Z. Otherwise, awesome car for the money.

vinylcall · Feb 28, 2020

Drive tastefully! 🥰

destroid · Feb 28, 2020

vbrad26 · Mar 2, 2020

Hah great plate.

Elitr6 · Mar 4, 2020

vbrad26 · Mar 6, 2020

My father-in-law just replaced his 997 C2S with this...

It's a 2016 Shelby GT350.
He has been itching for a Mustang for some time.
The 997 engine is slowly taking itself out, and will eventually need a rebuild (and yes I tried to convince him to do a 4.0L build).
Light scoring on #4 cylinder, only going to get worse over time.
I think I mentioned it on the last page but if the price is right, I may have to take it off of his hands.
But I don't really want a 997. The car may last a while before it actually needs a re-build, but it also needs some suspension work.
The car has just over 100,000 miles on it so parts are getting tired.
Which is not necessarily a bad thing because that gives me an excuse to start upgrading things.
But it is not really the project I WANT. So tempting though...

watchlovr · Mar 6, 2020

Old man’s car, for an old man.

whiskeredbat · Mar 7, 2020

No car to show and how I envy you people with all those beautiful machines! If I was in USA I would drive my favourite - the Ford GT40 - and wouldn't give 2 hoots if it was a high end replica. A petrol head all day, every day.
Here in Singapore a Toyota Corolla Altis with a base price of US$14k costs US$71k after all taxes and stuff are factored in.

Reminds me of the Rod Stewart song, ' some guys have all the luck😀.

vbrad26 · Mar 9, 2020

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And here is a slightly better picture of the Shelby. It’s fun. But I couldn’t find any crowds of people in order to give it a true testing.