CCC Newsletter for this month.

Most who buy a Corvette are into the performance of the car. But as the old goes: “more is better”, explains why millions of dollars are spent by Corvette owners in search of MORE POWER. But what about those claims you see in the ads, 25 more horsepower from this gismo, and 45 more for that, are they true? The only way to tell for sure is to have the car dynoed before and after the modification. I was looking through some old issues of one of my favorite car magazines a few days ago and noticed some interesting articles on a C6 build-up. The magazine is “GM High-Tech Performance”, and it deals mostly with the LS family of engines that have been powering the Vette since ’97. The article detailed the modifications to a manual tranny ‘06 Vette, and had dyno results after each modification. The work and dyno testing was done at East Cost Supercharging, a highly respected performance shop. They started with the car putting out a baseline of 346 rear wheel horsepower (RWHP) when stock, which is typical of a manual C6. Those with the 6-speed auto will put out around 325 due to the additional parasitic drag of the auto tranny. The first mod was a typical one for most folks - replace the exhaust system, as this adds not only power but that really cool ‘power sound’. They chose to replace mid pipes and the mufflers with a 3” Corsa system. This included an X pipe crossover and a 2 outlet muffler system. Surprisingly, they picked up 13 RWHP! Not bad at all! Next was the air intake system. They went for the system that is without a doubt the most aggressive system available – the Vararam system. This system not only replaces the stock air box and filter with high flow units, but it incorporates a highly efficient air ducting system that opens at the front of the car (where the air pressure is highest while at highway speeds), thus providing a “ram air” effect. The only way to verify the benefits of the ram air is on the drag strip, as the car must be moving forward at high speed for this system to work. Well sports fans it does. On the dyno, the benefit of the high flow air box and filter added a whopping 3 RWHP, which says the stock system flows pretty well. But on the drag strip, it picked up 3 mph, which equates to roughly 30 HP! So the ram air thing is for real! Next was headers. They went for a set of long tubes from American Racing Headers which included high flow CAT’s. This one was a surprise, and in the ‘dollar to HP gained’ department a huge disappointment – only 11 more HP! Apparently the stock C6 exhaust manifolds flow pretty well. So maybe it needed tuning. Well this was another surprise – only a 5 HP gain. So, after spending about $4100, the dyno gain is only 33 RWHP, but if you factor in the ram air benefit of the Vararam (when at speed), they got a 60 HP increase. Now all of these mods except for the tuning are changes most folks can do at home, so that’s a plus. Also, with the headers and the cat back exhaust system, the car now sounds really cool. After these mods, the next area to attack would be internal engine modifications such as replacing the cam and/or cylinder heads, or maybe a blower. So, its up to you, and your budget!

Bruce

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CORVETTE GAZETTE
March, 2008 The next club meeting: 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at the Golden Corral, Dothan. We dine at 6:00 p.m. IN THIS ISSUE: *Caravan Dates announced ! Standby to Volunteer !*
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President’s Comments National Corvette Museum New Members	Family News Events approaching and departing
Check out our website at www.circlecitycorvettes.com

President's Comments: WOW what an exciting time to be into Corvettes!! With the announcement of the new ZR1 coming out in a couple years it was totally unreported that a meeting was held between the area Corvette clubs to establish better communications and implementing a calender that will have all the local and regional Corvette events on it.(boy that's a long sentence!) Anyway, grammar aside, there will be a link added to our website that will take you to the calender so you can see what all the clubs are doing. It also helps in our event planning. I want to thank Wes from the Emerald Coast Club for getting us all together to form this alliance called Corvette Clubs of the Southeast. Right now it includes us, Emerald Coast, Miracle Strip, Playground, Crusin Corvettes and Capital City Corvette Clubs. We're hoping that others will join soon. It looks like March will have some interesting events for everyone. We start with Bruce's Chew & Cruise to Red's School House on the 1st of March. Then on the weekend of the 8Th there's a car show in Tallahassee plus an event in Birmingham, The MACC Attack with events at Barber Motorsports track and drag racing on Sunday. Bill & Bruce will be talking about these at the meeting. Bill will also remind everyone about Sebring in the middle of March. Thanks to everyone who went on the Valentines Cruise to Tallahassee. As always it's great to see our friends from the Cruisin Corvette club. After enjoying all the delicious food it was recommended that we call the Corvette design engineers and recommend "slightly" wider seats. Thanks To Kenny Blankenship who donated the Vette Tech t-shirts that were given away at the last meeting. Really a cool shirt! Well as the weather starts getting nicer be sure to exercise those ponies and hit the road for some crusin! As for me, well I'm really debating taking the Vette to N.C. I really don't want to drive in the snow again. The traction control was working overtime that day!! That's all for this month. Ya'll drive safe and enjoy. See Ya Around the Circle Kelly Walker-President-Circle City Corvette Club (BDCS) -----------------------------------------------------------

*National Corvette Museum News:* Click for the Museum Homepage: National Corvette Museum - opens in its own window. The Museum Homepage has links to all museum pages! Click here for Charley's NCM Newsletter page. Greetings from your NCM Ambassador! - Charley ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tech Tips: Most who buy a Corvette are into the performance of the car. But as the old goes: “more is better”, explains why millions of dollars are spent by Corvette owners in search of MORE POWER. But what about those claims you see in the ads, 25 more horsepower from this gismo, and 45 more for that, are they true? The only way to tell for sure is to have the car dynoed before and after the modification. I was looking through some old issues of one of my favorite car magazines a few days ago and noticed some interesting articles on a C6 build-up. The magazine is “GM High-Tech Performance”, and it deals mostly with the LS family of engines that have been powering the Vette since ’97. The article detailed the modifications to a manual tranny ‘06 Vette, and had dyno results after each modification. The work and dyno testing was done at East Cost Supercharging, a highly respected performance shop. They started with the car putting out a baseline of 346 rear wheel horsepower (RWHP) when stock, which is typical of a manual C6. Those with the 6-speed auto will put out around 325 due to the additional parasitic drag of the auto tranny. The first mod was a typical one for most folks - replace the exhaust system, as this adds not only power but that really cool ‘power sound’. They chose to replace mid pipes and the mufflers with a 3” Corsa system. This included an X pipe crossover and a 2 outlet muffler system. Surprisingly, they picked up 13 RWHP! Not bad at all! Next was the air intake system. They went for the system that is without a doubt the most aggressive system available – the Vararam system. This system not only replaces the stock air box and filter with high flow units, but it incorporates a highly efficient air ducting system that opens at the front of the car (where the air pressure is highest while at highway speeds), thus providing a “ram air” effect. The only way to verify the benefits of the ram air is on the drag strip, as the car must be moving forward at high speed for this system to work. Well sports fans it does. On the dyno, the benefit of the high flow air box and filter added a whopping 3 RWHP, which says the stock system flows pretty well. But on the drag strip, it picked up 3 mph, which equates to roughly 30 HP! So the ram air thing is for real! Next was headers. They went for a set of long tubes from American Racing Headers which included high flow CAT’s. This one was a surprise, and in the ‘dollar to HP gained’ department a huge disappointment – only 11 more HP! Apparently the stock C6 exhaust manifolds flow pretty well. So maybe it needed tuning. Well this was another surprise – only a 5 HP gain. So, after spending about $4100, the dyno gain is only 33 RWHP, but if you factor in the ram air benefit of the Vararam (when at speed), they got a 60 HP increase. Now all of these mods except for the tuning are changes most folks can do at home, so that’s a plus. Also, with the headers and the cat back exhaust system, the car now sounds really cool. After these mods, the next area to attack would be internal engine modifications such as replacing the cam and/or cylinder heads, or maybe a blower. So, its up to you, and your budget! Bruce -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Upcoming Local Events: March 1 - Cruise and Chews to Red’s Little Schoolhouse Restaurant. Let’s meet in Troy at the Burger King on the corner of highways 231 and 167 at 10:00. We’ll be meeting with members of the Capitol City Corvette club. We will cruise via county (Scenic) roads about 20 miles north to Pine Level. We’ll make one stop along the way at a very “photo worthwhile” old church. Red’s has a great buffet and the schoolhouse is interesting and historic. March 8 - MACC Attack Corvette and Hot Rod show, 10:00 to 3:00 Barbour Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama. $30 pre-registration. Limited track time available. Parade Laps with photo ops at noon. T-shirt and dash plaque to the first 100 entries. See the Mid-Alabama Corvette Club event at: www.maccattack.net March 8 - Tallahassee Cruisin' Corvettes Car Show - Click here for the flyer Car show registration 8-12. Awards at 3 p.m. March ?? - Azalea-Dogwood Trail in Dothan. More later, the date is determined by the city horticulturalist. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recent Events:
(we must all be waiting for warmer weather !!) The Red Schoolhouse Restaurant trip will be for next month's edition !!


Car of the Month: Here is the story of my little red corvette. We purchased her in Nov 2003, She has mag red paint covering her great curves. A light oak soft top and light oak interior. Our very first vert and we don't know how we lived without one before now. She is not the fastest in the club but fast enough for me and the wife. When I got her there was already a Borla exhaust system installed, and I love the sound. I installed a Blackwing air filter and in my opinion the best looking rims in the world. CCW505A's with Prellia P zero rossi tires. Andrew -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Members:
We welcome our new members to the club!!!
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Birthdays and Anniversaries:
HAPPY March BIRTHDAYS Darrell Ulrich (March 2) Charlotte Countryman (March 10) Velualene Bowens (March 12) Josh Scalf (March 19) Michael Pusateri (March 21) Bob Krzyston (March 25) Daniel Braley (March 29)	March ANNIVERSARIES: Rick & Sue Early (March 12)
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For Sale: 2005 CORVETTE COUPE – EXCELLENT CONDITION - DAYTONA SUNSET ORANGE WITH 19K+ MILES ON IT. CAR HAS “EVERY” OPTION AVAILABLE ON IT INCLUDING BOTH TOPS. TIRES – FIRESTONE FIREHAWKS W/APPROX 1K MILES ON THEM. PREDATOR POWER PROGRAMMER, BLACK WING AIR INDUCTION SYSTEM ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS (CHROME/STAINLESS STEEL) ITEMS REMAIN WITH CAR.. STOCK ITEMS HAVE BEEN KEPT BOXED AND STORED SHOULD BUYER DECIDE TO RETURN THE CAR TO STOCK CONDITION. ALWAYS HIGHLY MAINTAINED AND GARAGED. ASKING - $38,000.00 CALL -ROB EGGLESTON AT 393-4541 OR CELL# 308-7852.

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