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No single point of failure on the C5 Corvette is more prolific than the EBCM failure. It'll light your dashboard up with warnings, take out traction control and ABS with it, and the issue has only gotten worse as the platform ages, as more units are failing and GM discontinued production of the units. Enter the DIY enthusiast market. Folks have figured out how to troubleshoot the problems, and companies have stepped up to repair the units that can be ...

In our last article with the Dead To Shred C5 Corvette, we took out the D2S C5 Corvette and track tested it with five different drivers. While all the drivers had fun and had some general positive takes on the C5 Corvette, the complaints that were consistent across all drivers was that they all lamented the lack of ABS, and the vibration on the car was clearly an issue that needed to be sorted. These were all pretty attainable goals ...

In our last episode of the Dead to Shred Series, the Dead to Shred Corvette proved it's back from the dead, but it also isn't thriving just yet either! In this episode we're taking the car from limping along with a lot of known issues to being sorted enough for its first track day! As with the rest of the series, we're running into pretty much every problem you as a reader are likely to encounter if you own or ...

With the Dead To Shred Corvette buttoned up and no longer facing concerns of internal motor issues, it was time to give the car a proper shakedown. While a multitude of street driven trips confirmed the car was not dead, we need a real motorsports event to confirm the car was really alive! Enter, Autocross with Bridge City Autosports. They had an event coming up for the weekend and the weather was looking to be warm and sunny. When the ...

So if you read the first part of the Dead to Shread Series #2, you know that we did a pretty good analysis of the motor and replaced some external common culprits along the way. We changed out the cam chain, we replaced the harmonic balancer with a known good harmonic balancer, we inspected all of the cylinders, tested compression, and even dumped the oil and sifted through it and the oil filter for any of the forbidden glitter associated ...

Welcome back to the Dead to Shred series, where we take a Corvette that was pretty much written off as dead and bring it back to life! In this installment, we tackle the heart of any C5 Corvette... the motor! When we test drove this C5 Corvette originally, the motor didn't make much noise... but as with many cheap performance car purchases, it sure made noise when we went to pick it up again next time! Fortunately the noise subsided ...

Want to know what a "worst case" journey with a C5 Corvette is like? Well have we got the journey for you! Our staff writer Shred Jesse went and picked up a 2001 C5 Corvette 6 speed manual for a modest $9000. That's a steal post COVID... or was it? The "Dead to Shred" series will be an ongoing series of articles on saving a C5 Corvette. Make that a C5 Corvette that nobody wanted and most folks would consider ...

Seat time, and instruction. These two recommendations are all but commandments set in stone when it comes to tracking a car. Seat time is an easy recommendation to make, but if we all just had more time and money, right? With money and time generally being limited for us mortals, you’ve got to optimize the time and money you’ve got. Coaching is always a staple recommendation as well — and frequently a bit more challenging to make happen than most ...

The rear differential on a C5 Corvette gets a lot of talk. While exceptional factory limited slip diffs, many of these units are approaching 25 years old. Many have been neglected and still contain the original OEM GM fluid, which has likely broken down a bit. Add in some hammering on them... these differentials can and do wear out! When asked we asked GridLife's most winning C5 Corvette driver Matan Rosenburg if there were any C5-specific quirks or recurring issues ...

When most people think of a Corvette, they picture something that only comes out on sunny weekends. Brian’s C5 doesn’t fit that mold. His Corvette has crossed 300,000 miles on its original LS engine and just finished another cross-country run to Bowling Green. It proves that with consistent care and smart decisions, a C5 can outlast expectations. A Corvette Meant to Be Driven Brian bought the car in 2005 with about 50,000 miles on the clock. He was coming out ...