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What Is Time Attack? Time Attack is all about setting the fastest lap you can—safely, cleanly, and without racing wheel-to-wheel. You go out in a session with other drivers, but the clock is your only competitor. Think of it like qualifying laps, without the stress of dive-bombs or door-to-door racing. The Mentality Shift Time Attack requires a different approach than most track formats. Here’s what we mean: Manage your tire heat: Don’t put unnecessary wear or heat into tires during ...

Shred Jesse had a Time Attack event on his summer schedule with OnGrid, and with the day consisting of two back to back days of pretty similar weather... it seemed like the perfect time to test out his DIY WingLogic setup versus the podium proven 9LR C5 Corvette offering. We tested two rear wing setups back-to-back on the same car, same track, and nearly identical weather conditions. The setting was Time Attack as well, so no better opportunity to get ...

One of my favorite things to go after when writing an article is fixing incorrect "tribal knowledge" when it comes to the C5 Corvette. Brembo brakes with much larger rotors will somehow stop worse than stock? NOPE and here's the data. Various parts don't weight all that much and are insignificant? Here's the actual parts weighed and total weight journey of my C5 Corvette track car. These articles are fun to write, have a long shelf life as they disprove ...

Hey there, fellow gearheads! I’m Brian Wick—just a regular car nut who’s owned more Camaros than I can count and has turned wrenches on just about everything over the past 30 years. I don’t claim to be a professional builder or tuner—I’m just a guy who loves working on cars, racing them on the weekend, and driving them to work on Monday. Like many of you, I’ve got a soft spot for clean, functional builds that blend performance and reliability ...

The humble coolant expansion tank... odds are you've not given the one on your C5 Corvette much more though than "does it have coolant in it". Unfortunately though with Corvettes starting push 20 years old now the plastic these are made of is starting to really show it's age and fail for many owners. The most common source of failure is where a hose returns from the radiator. That hose has no strain relief on it, so every bounce and ...

To Boost or Not to Boost, that is the question. You've got a C5 Corvette, and you want more power. There's a lot of ways and options out there, from mild to wild... and hey there's a lot of folks talking about supercharging their corvette, that sounds rad. Is supercharging for you?!? First let's start with the basics... having tangible describable goals with solid reasoning behind them helps. Most folks come at it from all sorts of incorrect perspectives like ...

NOTE: This is an in progress document. We wanted to get some base information for folks consulting our Ultimate C5 Corvette Track Tire Guide, so we put the wheel information in here... but we intend to update this article a lot more with information on backspacing, clearing calipers, along with linking up some popular wheel choices for folks. The C5 Corvette shipped with two different wheel sizes (Non-z06 vs Z06) that were staggered (smaller front wheel height and width than ...

Welcome to the ultimate tire guide for the C5 Corvette and track tires! We've investigated a lot of different tires out there, be it personally tracking them or consulting with other C5 owners and their experiences with them (and verifying with lap times). Through all of our collective time at the track, we've come to provide you our current recommendations for having a good time with your car at the track! Eagle eyed readers may not that all of our ...