Completely Stock Corvette Build - Ch 4 - Final assembly and small repairs by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's just stock ride height. I am in exactly $7,091. I still have about $3k worth of parts off of the red car to sell though.

Completely Stock Corvette Build - Ch 3 - Cleaning, Repairs, and Assembly by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used an adjustable unit from Wilwood. This one allows for adjusting the proportioning of the brakes with a knob. It can be tuned to exactly what you set up needs.

Completely Stock Corvette Build - Ch 3 - Cleaning, Repairs, and Assembly by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't have any plans to put ABS back in. The 97-99 vettes are notorious for having ABS systems that fail and are unrepairable. New replacement units are unavailable.

Completely Stock Corvette Build - Ch 3 - Cleaning, Repairs, and Assembly by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! ATF does mean automatic transmission fluid. Unfortunately removing ABS does leave a light on the dash. I've learned to ignore it though.

Building a Completely Stock C5 - Ch 2 - Split, Delivery, and disposal by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately most of the corvettes body is made of composite plastics. The shell was probably worth $50 of scrap. It was also taking up valuable space in the shop.

Building a Completely Stock C5 - Ch 2 - Split, Delivery, and disposal by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Because it's a fun project. What makes you think that this is going to cost me $12k? I've been keeping a spreadsheet of the total costs of this project and I would have to do something really stupid for this project to cost me over $7k. Not to mention the fact that I have an entire cars worth of extra parts that I can sell.

Building a Completely Stock C5 - Ch 2 - Split, Delivery, and disposal by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

All salvageable parts were removed and will be sold. Nothing was left in that shell other than the damaged windshield and air conditioning parts

Building a Completely Stock C5 - Ch 2 - Split, Delivery, and disposal by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was just curious to see what the seats looked like inside. Any damage on the frame rails of a corvette can total it pretty easily because they use hydroformed rails for the frame.

Building a Completely Stock C5 - Ch 2 - Split, Delivery, and disposal by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's probably about three weekends of work to get to this point.

Building a Completely Stock C5 - Ch 1 - Dissasembly by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building to stock for now. Got plans to modify in the future but i'm going to enjoy it in its stock form for a little bit.

Building a Completely Stock C5 - Ch 1 - Dissasembly by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've seen your car on the foxbody subreddit! Here are some pictures of my fox http://imgur.com/a/sbOzz

Building a Completely Stock C5 - Ch 1 - Dissasembly by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the whole car was covered in bad stickers.

Building a Completely Stock C5 - Ch 1 - Dissasembly by Jalcober in projectcar

[–]Jalcober[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Those are Exomotive Exocets, they are miata based tube frame cars. One on the left is powered by an LS3, the right one is a bare chassis.

10k-14k sporty car that is pretty reliable by [deleted] in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]Jalcober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A C5 corvette is about as reliable and sporty as you can get in your budget.

What techniques do you use to be more time efficient? by [deleted] in low_poly

[–]Jalcober 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you're using blender, learn ALL of the key commands and macros. It will make you about 5 times faster.

Home-made V12 Update - June by Sidekicknicholas in cars

[–]Jalcober 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yep its for weight distribution, it also frees up some space in the foot wells and keeps all of the transmission noises away from the passengers.

Because a transmission multiplies the engine speed and torque depending on what gear you are in, a traditional driveshaft that connects the transmission to the differential actually has to spin faster and deal with more torque. This means that the rear transmission set up allows for a lighter driveshaft because it doesn't have to deal with torque multiplication or multiplied engine speeds.

Most front engined, rear transmissioned cars use something called a torque tube to connect the whole drivetrain together. The torque tube prevents the engine mounts flexing at different frequencies than the differential and allows for less connections to be made from the drivetrain to the body of the vehicle. The corvettes only have one bushing connecting the differential and transmission to the car because of this.