20 Minutes Of Useless C5 Corvette Information

The American FD RX-7! There's a reason this car has become so popular in the car scene today! Make sure you get your hands on one before its too late and find out why everyone is loving this car lately!

Stay tuned till the end if you want to know how to modify these cars as well!

Let us know down in the comments what you guys want to hear about next! WE ARENT STOPPING!

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Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
1:26 Why Is This Car SO Popular
4:30 LS1 Power House
6:00 Is It A Good Car?
8:32 Trim Options
10:42 Is It Worth Buying?
13:34 How To Modify A C5
17:00 Outro

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[MartiniWorksOfficial]

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[glennbailey]

As a senior designer on the C5 Corvette at General Motors Design Staff, I should set the record straight. When Mazda came up with a similar design of the C5 Corvette before the design of the C5 was released to the public, there was concern about how this happened. Chuck Jordan was in charge of Design Staff and wasn't a fan of the C5 design. Chuck's son James Jordan was a senior designer at Mazda. The speculation was that Chuck leaked renderings of the C5 to his son in the hopes that Mazda producing it first would call for a redesign of the C5, although the Mazda was a smaller version. It didn't work, and the C5 Corvette went into production as it was.

[milehighmisfits]

C5 Corvette is the best bang for your buck sports car for under 15k. Change my mind

[billwilliams]

Bro please stop posting bout the C5 😭I’m tryna buy one without paying actual RX7 money dawg

[joshuat]

I bought a C5 6 years ago at 18, and it's still my daily as of today. I knew this day would come. Prepare to spend about $2000 getting everything right on it when you buy it. I haven’t had to sync any money into the car repairing it. I purchased the car with 50, 000 miles, and I’m at 95 now. I replaced the clutch recently, which is an expensive job. I paid almost 3k. The harmonic balancers are a thing to look out for. The power steering system can easily be overheated, so stay on top of the fluid changes. The cars run hot. I definitely recommend a Dewitz radiator and oil cooler combo. They dropped my temperature drastically. My upper oil pan started leaking after the clutch change, which was a job and a half but doable. I have been 172 miles an hour in the car. The things are rocket ship. Don’t expect to get to those speeds regularly, as the front end lights over 150. I auto crossed the car occasionally it will bite you in the ass. It’s just a learning curve. Drive the cars and learn to push your limits slowly. I went on a road trip cross-country last summer to Michigan from California. I got over 30 miles per gallon round-trip both ways. I saw a peak in Wyoming, getting 33 and running about 75. Updating the lighting on the car was my favorite thing that I did. If you get one, enjoy your ride, drive hard, and don’t look back. You basically have the C8 of the 1990s. That’s still competitive today because it was so damn good.
Edit: If you’re looking to save a buck or two, the C5 and C6 are almost the same car. Think NA and NB Miata. Buy used C6 parts for cheap. I did that with sway bars from a late-model Z51 car.
My 2001 dose burns oil, as mentioned. They tend to burn the most, actually. I only burn a quart every 4 to 5000 miles if I’m not beating on it. It burns more the harder you drive. I highly recommend a quality catch can.

[valkyrievillage]

The c5 when tuned right, is one of the best handling cars on the planet. C6 too

[theonlyspartan]

I disagree about the z06, having driven a base and a Z back to back, its like its not even the same car. If you're gonna keep them stock, try for a Z, its a very raw experience compared to the other models.

[richardpeters]

Hmm, you're 99% spot on with everything from what I remember 30 years ago Alex. I worked for Joe Spielman. He was the best General Manager I ever worked for at any company. He had a way of talking to everyone. You never felt like you were talking to a high level VP. I was a budget manager, fun fun at Metal Fab '95-'98. I saw the mocked up C5 in C4 wolf's clothing. Inside GM, the word was the Corvette was cancelled, until Jack Smith drove the prototype. Joe and the head of Chevy "found the money (I'm leaving stuff out)" to get that far. The other thing was the company was coming out of near bankruptcy and the "coup" that made Jack Smith the CEO. Things were looking up. Had this been a year earlier, I doubt there would have been the same outcome. One other thing, Joe knew all along they had a great car. The C4 never recovered structurally from Lloyd Reuss changing from T-Tops to a Targa Top at the last second. The C4 was never meant to be built that way no matter how tall you made the Rocker Support. One other thing, the LS6 had the ring/oil troubles, I don't remember that on the LS1 but could be wrong? Also, the 2001 LS6 was 385HP. After that, they were 405HP.

[gilbertvehicleservices]

Good video!

As a C5 owner of over 20 years, my car has served as a daily driver while being run at the drag strip, RX7, and open track. It has over 100k miles with no major repairs.

My advice: do NOT use a K&N air filter as the oil in the K&N filter will foul the mass air flow sensor. I personally have a Donaldson filter on my car.

My suspension opinion: the stock leaf spring set up is fine for performance driving. If running modern sticky tires, up the sway bars. The Johnny O’Connell yellow bars are popular on track cars.

Lastly, the width of the seat area is very confined (19” if I remember correctly). Very few seats fit these cars, especially if you’re running stock seatbelts. The Corbeau Evolution X is an affordable sport seat made especially to fit C5 & C6.

[Monsterman]

Just bought a 2004 magnetic red with a 6 speed manual. Has 53k miles for 17k. I live in AZ and the car is in Salt Lake City. Gonna fly out on Wednesday and drive it back home through those sweet canyons through St. George Utah. I can’t wait! So excited! Cherry on top. Stopping and staying the night in Vegas on the way.

[redtesta]

Worst ones? In what way? The C4 dominated so much it was kicked out of the escort series. It was 29-0 vs the porsche 944 turbo. They had to make the corvette challenge series LOL. You called it a muscle car its a sports car. It dominated the Z''s, the supra's all of them back in the day. Then they had the C4 zr1, the grand sport with the LT4 and the base whether early C4's (L98) or the later C4's with the LT1. It only weighed around 3000 lbs. The corvette racing history speaks for itself, why you marginalizing the car? Btw, Ferrari licenses Chevy's Magnetic Ride suspension system btw, not the other way around.

[areyouwinningmyson]

I have a 2003 C5Z. The LS6 has some upgrades that are very nice if you want to drive the car hard at the track. Upgrade the harmonic balancer, valve springs (if you have the yellow springs), and those horrible seats and you are good to go.

[ZIvan]

Absolutely love my c5 z, I personally didn’t go with a base since I initially fell in love with the z06 specifically when I first saw one at the age of 5. But I always tell my coworkers and friends that are in the market for a fun car for ~$20k that the c5 base is the best bang for the buck reliable good handling car out there.

[jacobasuncion]

As much as I’m a fan of the C6 and C7 Corvette, I’ve been really getting into C5 the silhouette shape especially when lowered and the fact that ppl are doing JDM style on these cars makes them look dope 🔥

[James-bbl]

Nice video Alex, i prefer non Z06 because the hatch makes them look better. I realise now the first c5 i ever saw was a Z06 in Maroochydore, and my first uttersnce., and curiously of the girl next to me is beautiful car but the arse looks wrong, all shortened and fugly. It was a couple of years before my next one and it looked great. I couldn't remember particulats but was doubting my memory until i tripped over a Z06 again and the truth became evident. Also the hard top for me just killed it. Get a base model and if you want real power like a C6 Z06. Just spend the money you saved buying it and put a blower on and be happy and surprise the shit out of those slow Z06 guys. 99 percent of drivers wouldnt notice the loss of ridgidity & like ne prefer feeding my melanoma as the wind whistles through my bald spot. Again good job. Jim

[gopro]

I was one of those slammed c5's on work meisters at slammedenuff lmao. My fiance bought a shirt from your booth. Cheers bro!

[waffle_chuter]

Harmonic balancer is something to check as well when buying one.

[Tokenomics]

Owned my C5 since 2001. Never going to sell it. Ever. Swapped in 2002 LS6. Intake, exhaust and tune take ithe 2002 Z06 motor to 450hp at the motor. On my base C5 that weights 3200 lbs. 7.11 hp/lb. 30+mpg hwy. 12.18 quarter mile. Will go 180+mph.

[TweakCity]

I bought my 01 z06 last year and it has been modified by the previous owner so heavily that it barely looks like a c5 anymore and I love it, its got an fd rx7 front bumper, sideskirts, custom rear bumper with slit tails spray foamed in lol, only real issue ive had with it is a persistent misfire and lifter tick, which its still an issue to this day but luckily everything is pretty easy to get to

[Jake-qbtc]

I bought my 99 C5 HTC in 2011 Luv the car. I did a few mods. I, m 77 know, smile every time I go for a spin.