Hey all,
Had the opportunity to take in my first Corvettes at Carlisle this past Saturday. Wow, what an event! Tomns and tons of Vettes, and many tuners and aftermarket companies as well. If you've never been to this show, you've got to mark it on your calendar for next year. It's a "must see" event!
I made a few observations at the show that I thought I'd share here:
- We MUST have some kind of tent for Z06vette.com next year. It was really lacking. At VERY least we should all have banners to display in our cars there.
- Some people should have their cars taken away from them before they put too much "gingerbread" (aftermarket show accessories) on them. Some cars just made you stand there in awe, shaking your head at what a mess the accessories turned the car into...
- The Skunk Works C5 vert was there. 8" were chopped out of the windshield header. This machine was BAD!
- Vette people have a wonderful amount of respect for each others' cars. I didn't see a single person paw a car that wasn't meant to be. You could easily touch most of the cars there (including tuners' cars and cars with body kits and whatnot), but people just didn't. It was refreshing to see.
- Zippy is a super-nice, kind-hearted soul!
- The Caravaggio Z06 vert didn't seem all that interesting. I'm not sure what I expected exactly, but it wasn't a "thrill" to see. In Caravaggio style, though, it was done beautifully.
- After seeing the '02 Z wheels in person, you can tell an '02 wheel from an '01 wheel instantly. I found the rounded edges of the '02 wheels to be very noticeable -- and not as exciting as the '01 wheels.
- JC is shorter in person than he looks on TV... (Just kidding -- nice to have met you, JC!)
- All of the Mallett cars (and the other aftermarket tuner cars, save for Breathless who obviously uses their own system) use Donaldson filter set-ups. I found this to be very interesting (and tell of how good the unit is at flowing air, I suppose). They could have used anything on their 427's and whatnot, but the Blackwing was the intake of choice.
I'll post more if the thought strikes me! Just found these things interesting.
-Kirk
Had the opportunity to take in my first Corvettes at Carlisle this past Saturday. Wow, what an event! Tomns and tons of Vettes, and many tuners and aftermarket companies as well. If you've never been to this show, you've got to mark it on your calendar for next year. It's a "must see" event!
I made a few observations at the show that I thought I'd share here:
- We MUST have some kind of tent for Z06vette.com next year. It was really lacking. At VERY least we should all have banners to display in our cars there.
- Some people should have their cars taken away from them before they put too much "gingerbread" (aftermarket show accessories) on them. Some cars just made you stand there in awe, shaking your head at what a mess the accessories turned the car into...
- The Skunk Works C5 vert was there. 8" were chopped out of the windshield header. This machine was BAD!
- Vette people have a wonderful amount of respect for each others' cars. I didn't see a single person paw a car that wasn't meant to be. You could easily touch most of the cars there (including tuners' cars and cars with body kits and whatnot), but people just didn't. It was refreshing to see.
- Zippy is a super-nice, kind-hearted soul!
- The Caravaggio Z06 vert didn't seem all that interesting. I'm not sure what I expected exactly, but it wasn't a "thrill" to see. In Caravaggio style, though, it was done beautifully.
- After seeing the '02 Z wheels in person, you can tell an '02 wheel from an '01 wheel instantly. I found the rounded edges of the '02 wheels to be very noticeable -- and not as exciting as the '01 wheels.
- JC is shorter in person than he looks on TV... (Just kidding -- nice to have met you, JC!)
- All of the Mallett cars (and the other aftermarket tuner cars, save for Breathless who obviously uses their own system) use Donaldson filter set-ups. I found this to be very interesting (and tell of how good the unit is at flowing air, I suppose). They could have used anything on their 427's and whatnot, but the Blackwing was the intake of choice.
I'll post more if the thought strikes me! Just found these things interesting.
-Kirk