Separated by 40 years.... just a quick pic

[GoFast908Z]

Just thought I`d share a cool pic of my 02 Z06 lurking behind my client`s `62. Exactly 40 years between these Vettes.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/GoFast908Z/1373.jpg

[SpeedFreak]

I love the Classic look of the early model but truly love the late model for styling and functionality.
I just took my 04 Z06 on a nice road trip yesterday, A/C on cruise set at 75 mph & averaged 32 MPG for the trip.

Beautiful cars, both of them.
David

[Pats300zx]

Great pic Jeff..:bigups

[mjlinane]

Cool pic!

[Old Pirate]

Love it, thanks Jeff.:rockon

[BobbyG]

Jeff, that`s an awesome photo and I wish I could "Like" it twice!! :bigups

[BobbyG]

I love the Classic look of the early model but truly love the late model for styling and functionality.
I just took my 04 Z06 on a nice road trip yesterday, A/C on cruise set at 75 mph & averaged 32 MPG for the trip.

Beautiful cars, both of them.
David

I`ve gotten about 30mpg doing the same thing and when I tell others they find it hard to believe....haha, their loss!! :bigups

[Todd@RUPES]

The `62 Vettes were/are great. First year for the 327 (IIRC) with up to 360 horsepower, revised styling, the mid-year rear end. As far as the C5 Z06, there probably is not a better bang for your buck for performance and style. Thanks for sharing the two amazing rides.

[tropicsteve]

yep, vettes never go out of style !

[GoFast908Z]

Thanks for the love everyone!

Now if my Sierra wasn`t in the photo I could make posters and sell them!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Thanks for the love everyone!

Now if my Sierra wasn`t in the photo I could make posters and sell them!

Photoshop is your friend.... ;)

And either way, who cares? At least it`s all in the GM family! (OK, OK, I`m biased, I have a Sierra too so I don`t mind it being there).

[GoFast908Z]

Photoshop is your friend.... ;)

And either way, who cares? At least it`s all in the GM family! (OK, OK, I`m biased, I have a Sierra too so I don`t mind it being there).

Thats a good way of looking at it! They are all performance oriented too.... 450+ hp in my Z, 410hp in the 62, and my Sierra is in the neighborhood of 410-420 (it moves out fairly well :) )

[C. Charles Hahn]

Thats a good way of looking at it! They are all performance oriented too.... 450+ hp in my Z, 410hp in the 62, and my Sierra is in the neighborhood of 410-420 (it moves out fairly well :) )

Whoa! Supercharger?

I`ve been toying with the idea of dropping one onto my 5.3 as well :rockon

[GoFast908Z]

Whoa! Supercharger?

I`ve been toying with the idea of dropping one onto my 5.3 as well :rockon

Yep! TVS1900 @ 6psi.

Get one! You won`t regret it. I got mine to keep me from buying a corvette....you can see how well that worked. The truck is quick for sure.....but its NO vette. Since I used it as reasoning to not buy a vette and got one anyway, I`ve been toying with putting the truck back to stock.... If you wanna step into the supercharger game Charlie, let me know.

[C. Charles Hahn]

Yep! TVS1900 @ 6psi.

Get one! You won`t regret it. I got mine to keep me from buying a corvette....you can see how well that worked. The truck is quick for sure.....but its NO vette. Since I used it as reasoning to not buy a vette and got one anyway, I`ve been toying with putting the truck back to stock.... If you wanna step into the supercharger game Charlie, let me know.

I tried the same thing by buying a Trailblazer SS. Had it for less than a year before deciding even if I threw a bunch of parts at it, it would still never be as good all-around as I wanted (plus filling the tank with what at the time was closer to $5 per gallon premium gas and only pulling down 11 MPG got old real quick). Stepped up to the Sierra and decided I could wait for a while to grab a `vette to play with. Almost four years later I`m getting tired of the anemic 5.3L and still don`t have a good place to park another car.

What kind of mileage do you get out of yours with the SC? With my truck being an `08 (Gen-IV LS) I could easily just swap in something like an LS3 or LS7 but I have a hunch the force-fed 5.3L would do better for steady cruising where my foot isn`t constantly into the boost.