C6 (LS3) Corvette reliablity

[Mach1]

My vette has been a great car, very few problems. The few mechanical issue I ever had with the car was a water pump.

What about all of the drivetrain problems you have had? Do you attribute it to wheel hop?

[dville_gt]

GM States they will void the warrenty if a tune is in place and it sketchy as to if they REALLY can tell if it was tuned and then put back to stock.
if you do intake and headers you really need to have it tuned, because you will throw maf scaling codes with certain CAI's and cat codes if you go offroad X.


if you want to really keep the warrenty, just leave it alone.

That is my short term plan, just drive it. I'd like to do the widebody rear like you did and some wheels at some point, but since I just finished the turbo on the ls-coupe I need to devote my mod dollars to getting it ready for this season vs. starting another project car. I know 430hp isn't earth shattering, but getting good mpg's, having a warranty, and it being reliable more then makes up for it for now.

[White_lightning]

That is my short term plan, just drive it. I'd like to do the widebody rear like you did and some wheels at some point, but since I just finished the turbo on the ls-coupe I need to devote my mod dollars to getting it ready for this season vs. starting another project car. I know 430hp isn't earth shattering, but getting good mpg's, having a warranty, and it being reliable more then makes up for it for now.

did yours come with the dual mode exhaust? IMO its one of the best parts about the car.. i LOVE rolling stealth mode

[dville_gt]

did yours come with the dual mode exhaust? IMO its one of the best parts about the car.. i LOVE rolling stealth mode

No, just the standard exhaust. Buying from the original owner, he kept it bone stock.

[White_lightning]

No, just the standard exhaust. Buying from the original owner, he kept it bone stock.

I would look into getting NPP-in-a-box and either NPP or the z0 cat back.. its much better than the stocker.. i know several higher HP C6s still running the NPP or z0 cat back.

[dville_gt]

I would look into getting NPP-in-a-box and either NPP or the z0 cat back.. its much better than the stocker.. i know several higher HP C6s still running the NPP or z0 cat back.

I see the NPP is ~180, how much do NPP or Z0 catbacks typically go for?

[White_lightning]

I see the NPP is ~180, how much do NPP or Z0 catbacks typically go for?

400-600.. and its well worth it.

[CJ]

What about all of the drivetrain problems you have had? Do you attribute it to wheel hop?

Yeah that was all wheel hop from the original instance, the second and third time it blew up was just me not replacing the entire drivetrain when I should have. I didn't mention it because C6's do not have nearly the trouble C5's do with wheel hop.

[dville_gt]

400-600.. and its well worth it.

jeeeez, for a factory catback. i guess this is the corvette tax i hear so much about!

[White_lightning]

jeeeez, for a factory catback. i guess this is the corvette tax i hear so much about!

lol.. Welcome to the C6 world.. decent long tubes +X = $1500+ , after market exhausts that are any good are $1000+..

IMO the nPP is the best bang for the buck catback. My car is pretty quiete when the exhaust is close and DEAD quiete inside. when the exhaust opens it gets a little loud

[Steve]

jeeeez, for a factory catback. i guess this is the corvette tax i hear so much about!

It's definetly a crazy thing. The vendors seem to forget it's a Chevy, not a Ferrari. lol.

[quikag]

Congrats, you're going to love it (of course, you already knew that). I'm on my 3rd Vette and I keep buying them for a reason. They hold up to significant abuse and I've had great luck with them.

I did intake, headers, exhaust, and tune on my '08 LS3 and it screamed. Keeping it stock for or doing the NPP exhaust is a good solution to have decent sound, decent power, and the 100k powertrain warranty. I had no issues with my LS3, but I did sell it maybe a little early because I was worried that I had already trashed the powertrain warranty I beat the hell out of it for 3 years, so I traded right before the bumper to bumper warranty went out even though it had been bulletproof. I'm keeping my '10 C6 bone stock to keep the 100k powertrain warranty.

Here's a youtube vid of my '08 with the above mentioned mods on a 0-120mph run. She sounded good:

[CJ]

jeeeez, for a factory catback. i guess this is the corvette tax i hear so much about!

Buy them used from corvetteforum. Although parts for vettes are very expensive, most of the owners are older and ballers. It's not like dfwmustangs where everyone selling wants 120% of retail for their parts. These guys don't give a shit..

Here's what I got my exhaust for:

I noticed a bunch of guys wanted to trade aftermarket exhausts for z06 titanium exhausts. So I went out and bought a pristine Z06 exhaust for $300. Then I posted it up for trade for aftermarket exhausts. I had literally EVERY SINGLE exhaust available in a PM to trade for. I got to pick exactly the one I wanted - borla quad tip stinger exhaust. It retails for $1200, I got it for a $300 trade. Then, I needed longtubes and an x-pipe. I found a guy on corvette forum that had an exedy twin disc carbon clutch ($2,200), Dynotech Engineering DTE transaxle brace ($500) a set of Kook's longtubes 1-7/8-3" -$1,000, a 3" offroad X-pipe ($500), Hurst shifter ($300), Z06 slave cylinder and aftermarket high flow line, aftermarket remote bleeder ($500). Total of $5,000 in parts - he wanted a new set of black z06 wheels in 18" - I bought them on tomzwheels for $550 shipped. I got a complete exhaust, clutch, shifter, slave cylinder, transaxle brace, long tubes, x pipe, borla exhaust for my car for $850.

There are good deals out there, and it's easy to find them for vettes.

[Steve]

Buy them used from corvetteforum. Although parts for vettes are very expensive, most of the owners are older and ballers. It's not like dfwmustangs where everyone selling wants 120% of retail for their parts. These guys don't give a shit..

Here's what I got my exhaust for:

I noticed a bunch of guys wanted to trade aftermarket exhausts for z06 titanium exhausts. So I went out and bought a pristine Z06 exhaust for $300. Then I posted it up for trade for aftermarket exhausts. I had literally EVERY SINGLE exhaust available in a PM to trade for. I got to pick exactly the one I wanted - borla quad tip stinger exhaust. It retails for $1200, I got it for a $300 trade. Then, I needed longtubes and an x-pipe. I found a guy on corvette forum that had an exedy twin disc carbon clutch ($2,200), Dynotech Engineering DTE transaxle brace ($500) a set of Kook's longtubes 1-7/8-3" -$1,000, a 3" offroad X-pipe ($500), Hurst shifter ($300), Z06 slave cylinder and aftermarket high flow line, aftermarket remote bleeder ($500). Total of $5,000 in parts - he wanted a new set of black z06 wheels in 18" - I bought them on tomzwheels for $550 shipped. I got a complete exhaust, clutch, shifter, slave cylinder, transaxle brace, long tubes, x pipe, borla exhaust for my car for $850.

There are good deals out there, and it's easy to find them for vettes.

Very nice! Well done on those trades sir.

[STROKD]

Buy them used from corvetteforum. Although parts for vettes are very expensive, most of the owners are older and ballers. It's not like dfwmustangs where everyone selling wants 120% of retail for their parts. These guys don't give a shit..

Here's what I got my exhaust for:

I noticed a bunch of guys wanted to trade aftermarket exhausts for z06 titanium exhausts. So I went out and bought a pristine Z06 exhaust for $300. Then I posted it up for trade for aftermarket exhausts. I had literally EVERY SINGLE exhaust available in a PM to trade for. I got to pick exactly the one I wanted - borla quad tip stinger exhaust. It retails for $1200, I got it for a $300 trade. Then, I needed longtubes and an x-pipe. I found a guy on corvette forum that had an exedy twin disc carbon clutch ($2,200), Dynotech Engineering DTE transaxle brace ($500) a set of Kook's longtubes 1-7/8-3" -$1,000, a 3" offroad X-pipe ($500), Hurst shifter ($300), Z06 slave cylinder and aftermarket high flow line, aftermarket remote bleeder ($500). Total of $5,000 in parts - he wanted a new set of black z06 wheels in 18" - I bought them on tomzwheels for $550 shipped. I got a complete exhaust, clutch, shifter, slave cylinder, transaxle brace, long tubes, x pipe, borla exhaust for my car for $850.

There are good deals out there, and it's easy to find them for vettes.

I didn't know you had a c6. We should run before I sell mine