maxtdi wrote:Detroit wrote:
The entire rear end has to come out to do the clutch. Taking the diff off is another what...30 minutes at that point? Then I just take it to a shop and have it rebuilt...probably $1k.
It's a lot easier to do it now than to rip it all apart again in the future.
Apples to oranges though... you'd have to spend pretty much the same amount of time removing the diff from the half shafts etc etc. on top dropping the subframe. Where the whole thing comes out clean.
That said just trying to be a voice of reason here. It is turning into a slippery slope.
I'd rather spend the money on a lease of a new SS or something than drop another 2k you'll never see again into the corvette. Granted yes if you keep it forever and it is all that you ever wanted sure, but I dunno
Oh, read you loud and clear. It's absolutely a slippery slope, and I need to draw the line somewhere, just trying to find it. I'll likely do at least the diff seals when it's out, so that means separating the half shafts anyway. At that point, it's just unbolting it from the trans.
But, you bring up the overarching existential problem. To do everything including the diff, I'm over $4k. And yea, it's money I'll never see again, and likely includes an additional $1k in further depreciation since nobody will want to pay for those mods. I'll be in the car $21k total, and might get $14k if I'm lucky.
And that's the problem, the car is plummeting in value. That 02 I posted a few days ago for $15k was basically my car just a year older without 1SB. Granted, this is the low season, but I think I'd be lucky to get $16k for the car in the spring if i fixed it to stock. For that price, I'd rather just keep it and go retard. If I didn't have to re-do the FMS, I wouldn't even bother with a cam...but since I'm doing 95% of the work...I might as well do it since I know I want to eventually.
The only other thing that interests me as much is a C7 Grand Sport, which is $65k with my discount and an instant
C6 Grand Sports are coming down, but I don't want to spend $30k+ on a fun car and I honestly don't see the value of a C6 over a C5...especially if I can get the same power out of mine.
I wish the Camaro was more practical. I'd get a V6 1LE and call it a day. That trunk is just so tiny, and my C5 is more comfortable up front I can't justify it.
Or, I stick to my original plan and just buy a ZR2, but I know I'll want another sports car of some sort eventually and then it all starts over again.
Ugh.