Corvette LS3 Grand Sport Build Thread Profile - Non Mustang

[Gray Ghost GT]

This is the Build Thread for Corvette LS3 Grand Sport. Reply below.

 

[Ludachris]

Nice GS! I should build a site for TrackCorvettes.com I have the domain. I just don't know if I could pull in enough Vette owners to use it with the other forums and FB groups out there.

 

[JDee]

Nice GS! I should build a site for TrackCorvettes.com I have the domain. I just don't know if I could pull in enough Vette owners to use it with the other forums and FB groups out there.

Given my experience with 'vette clubs, I kinda think there will be low update. My spouse has a 'vette, out of about 40 people in her club a grand total of zero would take their car to the track. They actually turn a bit green about the gills just at the mention of it.

 

[Ludachris]

Given my experience with 'vette clubs, I kinda think there will be low update. My spouse has a 'vette, out of about 40 people in her club a grand total of zero would take their car to the track. They actually turn a bit green about the gills just at the mention of it.

that's what I was thinking, but I used to always see vettes at open track days and time trial events. Not sure how many make it out these days though in different regions.

 

[JDee]

that's what I was thinking, but I used to always see vettes at open track days and time trial events. Not sure how many make it out these days though in different regions.

Yeah, with the group I run with there were about 4 vettes that used to come out. But over the last 3 years one by one they stopped showing up. I don't think I've seen a vette out this year.
Which is good, because it's a real bummer when those vettes blow by me on the straight like I have the brakes on!!!

Just asked my wife if there's been any 'vettes out this year and she said at the last track there was at least 1 of them.

 

[Gray Ghost GT]

Nice GS! I should build a site for TrackCorvettes.com I have the domain. I just don't know if I could pull in enough Vette owners to use it with the other forums and FB groups out there.

Thanks! Before the GS, I was tracking a dedicated road course Corvette C5 for 10 years before getting into the Mustangs. Good thought on the track vette domain, etc. However, based on personal experience the "Corvette Forum - Autocrossing & Roadracing" forum is pretty active. I'll add the C5 build. It was a crazy project! I was not very popular when I used to show up at SCMC events at VIR in my Corvette.... lol all in good jest.

 

[JDee]

Thanks! Before the GS, I was tracking a dedicated road course Corvette C5 for 10 years before getting into the Mustangs. Good thought on the track vette domain, etc. However, based on personal experience the "Corvette Forum - Autocrossing & Roadracing" forum is pretty active. I'll add the C5 build. It was a crazy project! I was not very popular when I used to show up at SCMC events at VIR in my Corvette.... lol all in good jest.

A well driven Vette is a formidable opponent, for sure. I'd really like to take my wife's C8 out to the track but she refuses it completely. Which in my experience is a typical vette owner response to track work.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

I was trying to get my hands on a used C7 GS w/ M7 for a while but prices just didn't make sense. Great cars.

 

[Gray Ghost GT]

I was trying to get my hands on a used C7 GS w/ M7 for a while but prices just didn't make sense. Great cars.

The Grand Sport is a solid choice - great balance of performance and price. Keep watching the market, just a matter of time.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

The Grand Sport is a solid choice - great balance of performance and price. Keep watching the market, just a matter of time.

For another $10K over what the market wanted for used C7 Grand Sports, I ended up buying a C8 instead