After inspecting an alternate C5 rear setup, he returned to Arizona and Stockdale began tracking down all the necessary drivetrain and suspension parts for him from a salvage yard in north Illinois.

With the all-new C5 Corvette came a completely new “three-position” touring performance suspension system conceived by Corvette chief engineer David Hill and his team, which enabled buyers to ...

The WMS is to the place on the brake rotor where the wheel actually bolts to the rear axle. Since the stock Corvette C5 dimension is 66.75 inches, an outside width calculation of 60.75 (for ...

That said, both kits offer a good deal of ride height adjustment, and can lower the C5 and C6 corvette 1 to 2 inches as compared to the factory ride height, or a half inch to 1.5 inches for those ...

The 1997 Chevrolet C5 Corvette Really Pushed Our Buttons. ... Instead, the rear suspension consists of unequal-length aluminum upper and lower control arms with a rear-mounted toe-con­trol link.

The Corvette C5 Z06 could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds and recorded an 11.9-second time in the 1/4 ... an SLA-type front and rear suspension setup, Magnetic Ride Control dampers, ...

However, none of them came with the LS1 small-block V8 of the C5 Corvette and independent rear suspension from the C4 Corvette. Offered with a buy-it-now price of $36,495 on eBay, ...

That makes this Z06 half a second quicker than the fastest C5 we've ever tested and quicker than the ZR-1 model that ruled the Corvette roost from 1990 to 1995. Among remotely affordable cars ...

C5 Corvette got a suspension on transverse springs made of carbon fiber. In order to reduce vibrations, the body bottom was made three-layer; there was a layer of balsa wood between two layers of ...

John Hadorn’s 1960 Chevrolet Corvette sports a full C5 Corvette suspension and drivetrain, ... making it the more logical option for updating the rear suspension of a C1, C2 or C3 Corvette.