New fender badges for the C5Z

**Rich Z** · 10-31-2013, 06:13 PM

Well, since I've been taking the C5Z to a few cruise ins and such, I've had several people comment on the old fender badges I had on the car. They were showing that the car was putting out 600HP. When they asked me about it, I told them "Nah, it's not really putting out 600HP."

So I decided to get new badges made up. They just showed up today.

These were done by Austin Barnett (http://bit.ly/kMj2km) email: austinbarnett@charter.net. He did the first badges for me as well. I told him the design I wanted, he sent me a couple of drawings, and less than a week later, I had these in my mailbox.

Now all I have to do is remove the old ones and then put these new ones on.

At least these fender badges won't be telling a lie like the old ones were.

zzzona · 10-31-2013, 06:20 PM

Those are sweet................

navy2kcoupe · 10-31-2013, 07:24 PM

NICE !!!

Andy

85vette · 10-31-2013, 10:50 PM

Should read,

427 cu in
850 HP

**Rich Z** · 11-01-2013, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 85vette

Should read,

427 cu in
850 HP

But I don't KNOW that.

Heck, I may NEVER know what HP it is putting to the ground.

85vette · 11-01-2013, 09:13 AM

I don't remember where I saw it but someone advertised a GPS(I believe) device that calculated vehicle weight, quarter mile speed, G force, etc. and gave a fairly accurate estimate of horsepower. Or so they claimed. I believe there are formulas that allow for such estimates. Have you heard of this?

Or just rent the dyno at SS Performance for an hour. I think it's $120.00 or less. I know you're ticked off at them and I don't quite understand what the reason was that caused the rift, but they are close by and have what you need to answer that question. Besides, I want to know! Plus you could tweak stuff on the dyno better than on the highway(and not get a ticket doing it). I'm not trying to be a salesman for them, but they did a great job on my car and beat a well known former vendor of this site(in Seffner)by about 25% too. Maybe it was just a communication issue or a misunderstanding. Again, I don't know but if you guys could bury the hatchet it would probably benefit you both. They do seem to be a wealth of knowledge on the LS engine and GM cars in general. Life is too short to carry a grudge. Just my opinion.....