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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, 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

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

Welcome to the ultimate tire guide for the C5 Corvette and track tires! We've investigated a lot of different tires out there, be it personally tracking them or consulting with other C5 owners and their experiences with them (and verifying with lap times). Through all of our collective time at the track, we've come to provide you our current recommendations for having a good time with your car at the track! Eagle eyed readers may not that all of our

The factory limited slip differential on the Corvette... one of my many features that make that Corvette stand out over other sports car offerings. Even better yet, the differentials on these Corvettes are pretty robust and can handle the vast majority of users use cases and even hand some rather notable power gains. While the differentials on these corvettes are quite robust, they do require some basic maintenance to keep happy. Most folks recommend changing the differnetial every 20k miles

So you're looking at buying a C5 Corvette, or just bought a C5 Corvette. What did or are you going to get yourself into? Well, we're here to share some good news, and then a few things to be aware of. The C5 Corvette is a VERY robustly built car... but there were some problems with certain years of the car, some model years being superior, and as time has gone on some parts have fallen out of production. Here's

The C5 Corvette has the exceptionally useful ability for users to pull any stored engine codes from their dash. Users can also navigate the codes stored by system, see the state of the code, and reset codes if they so choose. It's all quite user friendly and incredibly useful, but there are a few tricks to know. So let's start by how to pull the codes. It's quite simple, but worth knowing: Turn the ignition to the "On" position without

NRG likely doesn't need an introduction, but on the off chance you somehow missed the large amount of products NRG has out there, they put out a lot of solid product for good prices. Is it award winning? Rarely. Is it of the highest quality? Debatable. Do lots of folk use them to great success? They indeed do! A common modification on nearly any enthusiast car is a removable steering wheel. You can improve the position of the steering wheel

The early model C5 Corvettes (97-2000) were some of the first cars from GM to feature the LS engine, and that engine specifically was the LS1. GM obviously got a ton right with that engine as it has had a very long run and is by far the most common engine to swap into any other platform out there. However, there were some growing pains along the way for the LS1 engine. One area of difficult for the LS1 was