'00 FRC Hardtop - moar LS/Murica/long distance high speed cruising

[DawsonLiri]

350$ for a set of genuine LM?
Damn that's a steal, I **** you so much right now!

[nsogiba]

What are your plans for those LMs? I have the exact same set of wheels (literally). Mine started off as turds too...

Not no more dough...

Nice setup!

I plan on burning these knobby dirtbike tires down to the cords, then disassembling the wheels and powdercoating the faces. Will polish the lips myself, and possibly reverse mount the faces. The wheels are already pretty close to being flush with the fenders.

$350...


$350...


$350...


wait what?

350$ for a set of genuine LM?
Damn that's a steal, I **** you so much right now!

[Miroteknik]

....... and possibly reverse mount the faces.....

[Bojangle5]

Basically exactly what I did (I went all black). I had big dreams of all black lips and faces with the inner barrels mirror polished....
Needless to say that didn't happen.

Make sure your protect the wheel bolts when you disassemble them. You'll want to keep those OEM wheel bolts as fresh as possible.

Reverse mounting the faces yields little perceivable effect, but I did it anyways.

[nsogiba]

I was thinking about reverse mounting only the rears to really make the "lip" effect stand out versus the standard mounted fronts.

[AirRideGoesPsssssh]

I dont normally like vetted, but this is an exception. Pretty Chevy.

[nsogiba]

Friday night I began disassembling the rear BBS wheels to see if any machining or modification would be necessary to reverse mount the faces on the rear wheels. Luckily, everything bolted up perfectly!

I began by removing the hardware holding the faces to the barrels, 8mm and 10mm 12 point sockets each. Went very quickly with the help of an electric impact.


The faces came out easily with a couple taps from a rubber mallet.


Test fitting a reverse mounted face (foreground), and a standard mount in the background.


Another shot - can you tell which is which? It's a subtle but nice change.


All hardware is getting a nice soaking. Check out the factory threadlocker that was applied in Japan, in a different century!


Out doing old man Corvette things


Back on the C6 wheels for now, parked with my other daily which is lowered using much more ghetto methods.

[nsogiba]

It just occurred to me that I never posted up the link to my LS3/L92 6.2 swap. I took apart the car in February, it was running by late May of this year.*

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c5-general/4048206-diy-l92-ls3-6-2l-swap-into-c5-frc.html

Here is a general picture dump of my activities since then

Maiden voyage after the swap for some random parts


After a proper wash and cleaning, I started to put some miles on it and cruise









One of my favorite recent shots on my favorite local driving road


Feeling patriotic during the week of 4th of July




Out at the local ice cream joint


Playing with the N2MB No Lift Shift feature, which occasionally shoots fireballs (although not on command). Apparently the pressure was too much for stock junky mufflers.


Which prompted me to whip up some straight pipes

[nsogiba]

Also made sure it was still capable of hauling things other than ass

[Miroteknik]

yo... what are your thoughts on the LS3 swap?

also, plz run the exhaust centered and together like this:



maybe even angle it up a bit.

[LCG]

and what is that truck engine for? you sneaky

[Quillhill36]

On the plus side, those tires look mint.

[nsogiba]

yo... what are your thoughts on the LS3 swap?

also, plz run the exhaust centered and together like this:



maybe even angle it up a bit.

I do like that look, but my trailer hitch receiver is in the way, so that's a no go.

What are my thoughts on the LS3 swap? It was expensive, but pretty simple to do in a car that already had an LS. I haven't yet dyno'd it but it pulls a lot harder, especially on the top end. I have yet to dyno it, I'm told this cam has made about 470rwhp in other cars with similar bolt ons.

and what is that truck engine for? you sneaky

I really have no idea why I bought it. Ok, I'm lying, I bought it because it was a complete dropout minus trans and the guy wanted $400 for it. I wanted to put it into my cop car and do a sloppy turbo build, but I'm having second thoughts about tackling yet another swap. I'll hang onto it and maybe put it into a boat or something one day.

On the plus side, those tires look mint.

Tires have a short life expectancy around here.

[Quillhill36]

Tires have a short life expectancy around here.

+1 they do get pricey after awhile, however. If I were going to burn them off I'd run the spare 16s you have haha

[nsogiba]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqwNln1JTy8