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SmokinVette.com 2005 Supercharged Corvette Sports the First Ever AP Racing C6 Corvette Big Brake Kit

August 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment


Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) October 15, 2007

SmokinVette.com an Corvette Forum and club operated by Corvette enthusiasts for Corvette enthusiast has spent the last eight months building up two heavily modified 2005 Corvettes to spearhead the “SmokinVette.com” brand name. SmokinVette.com is a Corvette Forum that creates a fun non political environment for Corvette owners and enthusiast to share ideas, views, product reviews, technical, Q&A and much more. SmokinVette.com is open to all Corvette generations from C1 to C5 and C6′s. Registration is free and gives the Corvette enthusiast unlimited forum post’s and photo uploads in our “Vette Gallery”, a collection of Corvettes photos uploaded from Corvette owners around the world, giving them the ability to showcase their stock or modified Corvette! While visiting SmokinVette.com that guest has access to a wide selection of product advertisers some of the most recent to join the proud Smokin family include Ecklers, TriStarPerformance.com, and Dynamic Tuning Solutions.

During the research development stage on our two 2005 Corvettes projects, we had contacted product vendors from around the globe, analyzing carefully which direction we wanted to go, which direction would create the largest “WOW” factor. With regards to our Silver 2005 Supercharged C6 Corvette that was heavily modified we needed some impressive braking power. After all what good is all that power, if you can’t stop when you need to? We carefully researched a number of companies and at the end of the day had decided with AP Racing. What made the difference was the personal touch the company offered, backed by impressive product, engineering team and equally impressive executive team.

AP Racing is no stranger to impressive brake components, then pulled our Silver 05 Vette into their Orange County, California facility at which time they started their process of designing and fitment for the C6 Corvette set up. At the end of the day AP Racing went with a lightweight 6 piston caliber on the front and a 4 piston caliber for the rear. AP Racing 362mm x 32mm rotors where used in the front and AP Racing 356mm x 26mm for the rear rotors. Brake pads that where used was no other than Mintex Xtreme Motorsport Compound, a high friction brake pad for race pad stopping power that offered excellent grip — from cold to over 1300

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SmokinVette.com Corvette Forum Releases 2010′s First Massive Contest for Corvette Owners “Pimp My Wheels”!

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Sonoma, CA (PRWEB) January 12, 2010

SmokinVette.com Corvette Forum is proud to announce the start of the 2010 Give-A-Way Contest season! SmokinVette.com, is the largest privately owned Corvette forum that has also been recently featured on Spike TV?s Powerblock, Speed Channels Super Cars Exposed, Jay Leno’s Garage and SEMA three years straight.

SmokinVette.com Corvette forum is well known for its massive Give-A-Ways/Contests. The backbone to SmokinVette.com is its Corvette forum that was started over three and a half years ago with the intent to offer Corvette enthusiast from around the globe a non political, safe and knowledge rich environment that they can call home. Some of the features that compliment the forum is a massive Corvette photo library, Corvette articles, video?s and best of all? an incredible line up of the industry?s best Vendors. These same vendors from time to time sponsor Corvette parts to SmokinVette to be used as prizes for various Give-A-Way/Contests.

The first major contest of 2010 has been sponsored by Vossen Wheels out of Miami, FL. Vossen Wheels has recently launched the new Monoblock VVS-087 which is an exclusive Corvette wheel that will become available during the next thirty days. The VVS-087 wheel will be available in three different finishes: (1) Matte Silver with Stainless Lip, (2) Matte Black Machined Face with Stainless Lip and (3) Matte Black Center with Gloss Black Lip and Machined Pinstripe.

The Give-A-Way/Contest consist of Corvette owners posting an image of their Corvette and brief write up of why they should be one of three winners to receive a complete set of Vossen Wheels new Monoblock VVS-087 Corvette wheel! To view wheels or complete contest rules CLICK HERE.

About Vossen Wheels:

With over a decade of experience in the automotive industry, Vossen Wheels has finally filled the void for those who are looking for a high quality one-piece wheel. With sizes ranging from 19″ to 22″ and widths up to 11″, Vossen Wheels has designed its models to target the luxury automotive community with their versatile fitments and styles. All Vossen Wheels feature a stainless steel lip up to 4″ inches deep that give each wheel that highly sought after multi-piece look while still being light weight. All Vossen Wheels offer tire pressure sensor capability and clearance for most high performance brake upgrades. Each Vossen Wheel is backed by a two-year manufacturer’s warranty, which proves that we stand behind our product 100%. Vossen Wheels are the perfect accessory for those who are looking to stand out in a crowd, while also maintaining comfort and proper style.

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SmokinVette.com – Corvette Forum – Completes Stage II of New Web Design

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Huntington Beach, CA (PRWEB) April 6, 2007

SmokinVette.com, a Huntington Beach, CA privately owned Corvette Forum, would like to announce our completion of Stage II web design. The site was designed by Corvette enthusiasts for the Corvette enthusiast. The sites intended purpose is to showcase and provide answers to your every day questions regarding Corvette maintenance, technical, aftermarket upgrades, product review, do it yourself guides, performance vendors and much more.

Corvette owners are able to register for a free profile where they can post or answer questions, upload their “SmokinVette” photos and video’s into our Vette Gallery. This “Corvette forum is open to all generations of Corvettes” including: C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 and Z06 Corvettes. Once registered within minutes a complete profile can be set up showcasing the owners Corvette.

SmokinVette.com has two main project Corvettes: #1 is a 2005 Z51 Automatic transmission. This car has received a complete make over that includes:

Lingenfelter/Starcraft Hood, Rear Fascia, Chin Spoiler and Side skirts, AP Racing Big Brake kit, Magnuson Super Charger, B&B Bullet’s, B&B X Pipe, Lowered, Z06 Quarter Panels, Black Powder Coated Z06 Wheels, Bilstein Sport Shocks,170 thermostat, Nology “Hotwires”, Lingenfelter Air Intake, Custom Tune by Haddad Motorsports, Boston Pro 60 6 1/2″ 2 way w/1″ Alloy dome tweeters (front speakers), Boston SL 65 2 way 6 1/2″ (rear speakers), 2 JL Audio 10″ subs in custom made box, Alpine PDX 600 Watt Amp (powering front speakers) & Alpine PDX 1000 Watt Amp (powering the rear subs).

This Corvette is nearly ninety percent complete and dyno’d with current modifications at 489 HP / 490 TQ. Upcoming modifications include performance suspension, Snow Performance water/methanol injection, Meziere electric water pump, Kooks 1 7/8″ headers and 3″ X Pipe.

Our #2 Corvette is also a 2005 Z51 yet is a manual transmission. This car is getting a professionally built naturally aspirated engine built by Air Flow Research and Haddad Motorsports. Our goal is to achieve 500-550 RWHP naturally aspirated.

To view a complete list modifications and to view photos visit our Corvette Forum.

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