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Do you need an alignment after you drop your subframe? We've got data to show you why you should.

One of my favorite things to go after when writing an article is fixing incorrect "tribal knowledge" when it comes to the C5 Corvette. Brembo brakes with much larger rotors will somehow stop worse than stock? NOPE and here's the data. Various parts don't weight all that much and are insignificant? Here's the actual parts weighed and total weight journey of my C5 Corvette track car. These articles are fun to write, have a long shelf life as they disprove

Building Power the Real-World Way: A C5 Corvette Journey

Hey there, fellow gearheads! I’m Brian Wick—just a regular car nut who’s owned more Camaros than I can count and has turned wrenches on just about everything over the past 30 years. I don’t claim to be a professional builder or tuner—I’m just a guy who loves working on cars, racing them on the weekend, and driving them to work on Monday. Like many of you, I’ve got a soft spot for clean, functional builds that blend performance and reliability

Coolant Expansion Tanks -- What you Need to Know

The humble coolant expansion tank... odds are you've not given the one on your C5 Corvette much more though than "does it have coolant in it". Unfortunately though with Corvettes starting push 20 years old now the plastic these are made of is starting to really show it's age and fail for many owners. The most common source of failure is where a hose returns from the radiator. That hose has no strain relief on it, so every bounce and

To Boost Or Not To Boost? Is Supercharging for you.

To Boost or Not to Boost, that is the question. You've got a C5 Corvette, and you want more power. There's a lot of ways and options out there, from mild to wild... and hey there's a lot of folks talking about supercharging their corvette, that sounds rad. Is supercharging for you?!? First let's start with the basics... having tangible describable goals with solid reasoning behind them helps. Most folks come at it from all sorts of incorrect perspectives like

Wheel Fitment & Sizing Guide for the C5 Corvette

NOTE: This is an in progress document. We wanted to get some base information for folks consulting our Ultimate C5 Corvette Track Tire Guide, so we put the wheel information in here... but we intend to update this article a lot more with information on backspacing, clearing calipers, along with linking up some popular wheel choices for folks. The C5 Corvette shipped with two different wheel sizes (Non-z06 vs Z06) that were staggered (smaller front wheel height and width than