Sold my KA-T...

[HolyShiznit]

Well I am gonna miss it terribly and I still think the KA-T is one of the best engine choices available for the 240sx n00b as well as veterans. I will still be here to participate as well as answer questions for people.

However, I hope it's ok with the mods that I post pictures of my new baby I am picking up tomorrow. 2000 Corvette 6 speed.

So with that in mind...pictures tomorrow!

[virus77]

Congrats! and good choice on the new car, I'm still debating on what to get next. But im waiting for Fast and furious 3 to come out and then Ill sell my JDM tyte SR20 powered s14 on eGay, muhahahahhaha.

[wild_maxx]

and you will probably make alot of money off it. might come out even after all the motors you have been through.

[Chezedik]

My next car will be the Pontiac Solstice. You should check it out, it is an American car on par with the S chassis.

[virus77]

and you will probably make alot of money off it. might come out even after all the motors you have been through.

I hope

[TheOne]

traitor!:P, j/k:).

my brother has a C5 vette too, an 01 6sp with corsa exhaust & K&N intake(not just the filter but the whole assembly), rest is stock and it is badass(i've driven it couple of times)

but you'll still miss the 240sx, may be a whole nother cheaper car but i bet that'd feel better than a vette.

(and them solstice do look good, add a mallett package(adds a 400hp ls2) and remember to have enoff $$ for tires, or even the 260hp turbocharged thats comin out sometime later)

[Chezedik]

I think I would rather the turbo, but the V8 would be fun too.

[HolyShiznit]

After driving it around today. NO I won't be missing the 240 except for sentimental value. I still cracked my neck looking at the 240's that went by on the freeway though lol. More pics and nitrous install pics will be here soon.

[fiznat]

Ahhhh man thats too bad, that KA-T was pretty badass, and you put so much work into it.

I sure hope you told its new owner about NICO!!

About the vette, how about some thoughts on your driving experiences between the two. How do the experiences compare? Torque on demand versus power through the revs, how does the handling compare? Does it matter to you that the vette is so much bigger? Tell us about it!

[HolyShiznit]

Truth be told my 240 didn't have very good springs/shocks/coilovers. But I had sticky street tires. Honestly the Vette outhandles it EASILY. A lot more confidence is found in the chassis. It communicates to the driver and I pushed some on ramps/back roads harder in the Vette at 7/10ths than I ever could with the 240 at 10/10ths. The body has zero roll in it, mine also has the Z51 suspension package so it's handling is almost comparable to the Z06 (Z06 had SLIGHTLY stiffer springs/shocks and 1mm thicker sway bars).

The power is about what I expected. It could probably pull the 240 on 9 psi and it would give the 240 on 1 bar of boost a run for it's money. It weighs in at 3180 bone stock with the stock run flats, so it's LIGHT in terms of other cars in it's class but in comparison to the 240 it's a pig. It IS a bigger car in almost every dimension but it's a good big. The ride is actually noisier than I was expecting but in comparison to a 240 with exhaust (especially MY 240) it is quiet and docile. Cruising on the freeway in 6th is fun and I got 22mpg on the way back down, which is much better than I thought. The interior is very much Chevy/domestic but in comparison to a 240 especially S13's it's PLUSH.

The torque on delivery reminded me of how my 240 hit....just down lower....and instant. However it definitely MAKES power all the way to redline so it feels like there is power everywhere. Basically I love the car and to be honest I don't think I could ever "upgrade" from the 240 to anything else. I think eventually I will get another S13 and play around with it but the bottom line is for all the money I put into the 240, I think I am liking the Vette much better. Just don't pick on me while I am still stock LS1, cause the 240 on 17 psi tune or 24 psi tune would rape the Vette.....err wait, I will post the video of that.

[Chezedik]

Well that is what happens when you drive a car w/o a trans. The weight distributes very well.

[HolyShiznit]

Well that is what happens when you drive a car w/o a trans. The weight distributes very well.

What do you mean by no trans?

[virus77]

I think he meant a car with a transaxle as opposed to 240's where the transmission is connected to the motor.

[fiznat]

Nice man, very nice! If you dont mind me asking (I'm sure others are wondering as well), what did you pay for it?

[S14tat]

awww i was hoping it was a coupe model. i miss the C5 coupes, the C6 needs to come in a coupe form.

[HolyShiznit]

awww i was hoping it was a coupe model. i miss the C5 coupes, the C6 needs to come in a coupe form.

It is a coupe.........C6's are coupes as well. There are C5 hard tops/coupes/convertibles. The hard tops are essentially a base model, and if I am buying a Vette....I don't want a ****ing base model.

Fizzy, I paid 17,500 for it because I worked out a deal. 150k extended, no deductible warranty as well.

[virus77]

Awesome price man, keep us updated on how you like it, Im still considering going that route. So have you thought about changing the horrible steering wheel and shift knob, I think it will improve the car feel alot. And yours is actually a hatchback, the zo6s are all coupe/hardtop and they offered it in the 2001 and up models. However you are right, on the non z06 model, it is the base model.

[TheOne]

I think he meant a car with a transaxle as opposed to 240's where the transmission is connected to the motor.

heh reminds me of when my brother first put his vette on a lift, at first i though wtfudge, then i remembered about transaxles.

really a nice car ain't it holyshiznit , tho the shifter feels like way up compared to the 240sx, but it feels like a short-shifter allready.

Ps. good luck keeping that clean.

[Iamjohnhayes]

nice car dude. it think its funny how you went from the s13 to a vette. a few kids in jersey used to make cracks about me driving the "jap rip off" of a vette. this was of course before i smoked their hondas

[HolyShiznit]

Awesome price man, keep us updated on how you like it, Im still considering going that route. So have you thought about changing the horrible steering wheel and shift knob, I think it will improve the car feel alot. And yours is actually a hatchback, the zo6s are all coupe/hardtop and they offered it in the 2001 and up models. However you are right, on the non z06 model, it is the base model.

Hmm didn't know that it was a hatchback. The insurance has it listed as 2dr Coupe, 2dr Convertible, 2dr Hardtop. The steering wheel isnt' that bad, it's just big... The shift knob is HORRIBLE and I hate the stock shifter. I was out driving my 240 today and I LOVED the shifting in that compared to the Vette to be honest. My C6 Z06 shift knob comes in next week from GM. I am gonna take some pics of my 240 and Vette side by side before they come to take the 240 away.

[S14tat]

actually its not a coupe. its a hatch. the Z06 C5 are in coupes as well a selected few.

coupe body style





hatch style



okay maybe i got the names wrong. yes you did get the coupe, but what i meant was i'm a bigger fan of the hardtop version and i'm sad that they didn't bring the hardtop back with the C6. the glass is just weird to me because it doesn't do anything, you can't store anything in there cause the glass doesn't pop open.

by the way nice car still. hehe
Modified by S14tat at 7:30 PM 1/6/2006

[A34D4ME]

Nice ride! My bud has a yellow 2005 convertible.

My impression of how it compairs to my 240sx - it doesn't.

It's a 2005 Vette. Even if I could beet him, when we get to the next light he's still driving a 2005 Vette and I'm driving a 16 year old sport compact.

Lots of guys will hate on you and talk smack cuz they can't afford one but the ride is the ****.

Wait till you see how people and esspecially the girls react to you. Guys say, "it's not about the car." Bull ****, when my boy gets out of that thing they run up to him like he's Brad Pitt with Tommy Lee's shlong.

Don't get me wrong, I love my 240 but there is no comparison.

Enjoy being a pimp and milk it for all it's worth. I know you feel like a million bucks already.

[HolyShiznit]

S14tat - the glass does go up, the entire rear lifts up to fit things in there. I can fit the two 10lb nitrous bottles I have and still have room for two or more gym bags. I guess I like the lines on the coupes as well as the lines on the C6's because they remind me of my 240sx.

A34D4ME - I already have got a ton of stares but, I am engaged so no milking the pimp juice out of it lol.

However, after driving my 240 today I did feel like I am going to miss it. Turbo's will always be cool IMO.

[grimple1]

No reason not to turbo the LS1.

ls1tech.com ... Great Forum
Modified by grimple1 at 3:47 AM 1/7/2006

[TheOne]

No reason not to turbo the LS1.

yeh, no reason to not to go with 1 of these http://www.turbochargedpower.com/Corvette.htm tho vette's aren't 100% sleepers(lol)...you could still get them twin-screw or twin-turbo cobra's(& better).

[ROB240]

I can vouch for there being usable room in HolyShiznits vette, we took out the two 12" subs which were in a pretty good sized box that the previous owner had in there. Plenty of room now lol. We put them in my big hulking suv where they belong

[S14tat]

nice, i've valeted a few c5 coupes and i never knew their hatch opened. but yeah theres no reason why you cant boost that ls1 =)

[Chezedik]

Yes, it uses a drive by wire, transaxle, as opposed to a transmission and differential. It is more complicated but shifts weight to the back, and saves a little. The beef is there won't be any linkage for the shifter on a manual transmission, so no road feel. Also, I don't think there is any redundancy factored in. So if it fails, then I guess that is it.

[Edub1]

Yes, it uses a drive by wire, transaxle, as opposed to a transmission and differential. It is more complicated but shifts weight to the back, and saves a little. The beef is there won't be any linkage for the shifter on a manual transmission, so no road feel. Also, I don't think there is any redundancy factored in. So if it fails, then I guess that is it.

The public is a little reluctant to accept drive by wire for failure reasons but according to my friend that designs the software for these systems, they are actually far more reliable than a mechanical system due to less moving parts. In fact most modern aircraft use a fly by wire setup.

He is a college professor and was a top engeneer of embedded systems design at Visteon, and now Lear, so you can take what he says to the bank.

[Chezedik]

Yes, I could believe that, but road feel and a lack of redundancy are things to think about. Oh, and the reason they use it in modern aircraft has NOTHING to do with reliabilty or ease of use. Most modern fighters with the swept wing designs travelling at that speed would be absolutely uncontrollable if not for minute corrections made by the computer on the pilot's inputs. As such, the impulses from the sticks need to go through the computer, or fly-by-wire.