Z06 - Anybody considering selling?

Z06 - Anybody considering selling?

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urquattroGus

1,845 posts

189 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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Leftfield comment, has anyone ever drive the original ZR1?

Esp if one can't afford a C6 ZO6

Don't much care for the C4, but the ZR1 is a bit special....

£15-20k etc

vaughan watkins

512 posts

210 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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urquattroGus said:
Leftfield comment, has anyone ever drive the original ZR1?

Esp if one can't afford a C6 ZO6

Don't much care for the C4, but the ZR1 is a bit special....

£15-20k etc
My buddy Brett has a C4 ZR1 & a C6 Z06, he says the ZR1 is a much better car to drive and way more fun

sibo99

225 posts

167 months

Thursday 25th May 2017
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Maybe looking to sell . Is there a demand for Z06 c6's at the moment?

urquattroGus

1,845 posts

189 months

Tuesday 30th May 2017
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If the price is right etc

I might be interested depending upon condition and price.


The JM

133 posts

224 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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z06tim

558 posts

185 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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The JM said:
That looks awesome. Good luck with the sale. Some lucky person is going to end up with a very unique car.

If I may ask, what was the issue with the engine wiring harness? Is this something that other C6 and/or Z06 owners should look out for? Seems a little unusual that a mass produced GM car would need this renewing at ~10yrs and low mileage.

Cheers,
Tim

The JM

133 posts

224 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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z06tim said:
That looks awesome. Good luck with the sale. Some lucky person is going to end up with a very unique car.

If I may ask, what was the issue with the engine wiring harness? Is this something that other C6 and/or Z06 owners should look out for? Seems a little unusual that a mass produced GM car would need this renewing at ~10yrs and low mileage.

Cheers,
Tim
Thanks Tim,

The wiring issue first came to light when an error code from the throttle body position sensor highlighted a cable that had come apart. It had broken within the protective cable shroud . . . Initially that cable was replaced but during the very long and expensive process of finding this cable a good number of other wires and connectors were found to be loose to the point of potential failure. I took the decision to have the engine rewired by Silec Motorsport wiring who did an amazing job and made the whole job look so neat and tidy. They managing to remove a lot of block type connectors many of which were on the ignition wiring. The end result made a noticeable difference to the crispness of the engine, yielded an increase in power when the car went back on the dyno, and to this day no further error codes have been triggered. The experts view was that the wiring was of a low quality, too tight in places to allow for engine movement, and that the harness was not adequetly protected from heat and potential friction points, hence the problem. I know of another few owners in the UK who have done the same. If that first initial wire had not broken I guess I would not have done anything so I would not worry if you have a Corvette and it has no problems. The fix was under £1k and took a week or so.

z06tim

558 posts

185 months

Friday 2nd June 2017
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The JM said:
Thanks Tim,

The wiring issue first came to light when an error code from the throttle body position sensor highlighted a cable that had come apart. It had broken within the protective cable shroud . . . Initially that cable was replaced but during the very long and expensive process of finding this cable a good number of other wires and connectors were found to be loose to the point of potential failure. I took the decision to have the engine rewired by Silec Motorsport wiring who did an amazing job and made the whole job look so neat and tidy. They managing to remove a lot of block type connectors many of which were on the ignition wiring. The end result made a noticeable difference to the crispness of the engine, yielded an increase in power when the car went back on the dyno, and to this day no further error codes have been triggered. The experts view was that the wiring was of a low quality, too tight in places to allow for engine movement, and that the harness was not adequetly protected from heat and potential friction points, hence the problem. I know of another few owners in the UK who have done the same. If that first initial wire had not broken I guess I would not have done anything so I would not worry if you have a Corvette and it has no problems. The fix was under £1k and took a week or so.
Very interesting, thanks for the explanation. I thought i had heard of others having similar re-wiring jobs.

Definitely a quality issue then. I suspect this is also not unique in the industry with everyone using the same wiring suppliers, and everyone squeezing costs.