C5 Corvette Useful Links and Documentation

This page will be used to capture links and reference documents/images so as I can find it later and/or other folks may benefit from it.

C5 Corvette Wheel Well Vents to Louvers - A how to, a review, and does it matter in the rain.

Picture of a C5 Corvette with wheel well vents that go out to the trackspec hood louvers

I purchased some Hood Louvers for my 1999 C5 Corvette after watching a variety of youtube videos all claiming it helped with cooling. My goal first and foremost with the Corvette was to keep it cool. As an added bonus, the louvers looked REALLY friggen good on the Corvette, so I was all about installing them.

Current Parts / Specs & Personal Bests

Jesse's 1999 C5 Corvette in it's current state of modification at the Ridge Motorsports Park

The C5 corvette came to me stock. Painfully stock, as in still had a tape deck in it stock. A lot of basics had to go or be sorted out to improve the drive quality in general. The following is a rolling list of upgrades and noteworthy maintenance that has been done to the car.

Amazon Seats In a C5 Corvette -- At the Track, with C6 belts, and with a 5 point harness

After my first track day, I knew that seats were next in order to upgrade The OEM seat on the drivers side had collapsed on one side and the seats and belts did not keep me in place. I was using my core to significant excess to stay in place along with whatever area of my body I could make contact with the interior and press against. It was tiring, it did not lend itself to positive car feel and in general wasn't ideal.

C5 Corvette Brake Upgrade Options

NOTE: This is a work in progress. Some measurements may not be entirely correct. Some upgrades I've not captured in here. I'll update it all when I've completed researching. In the mean time, please do contact me if you've got any other suggestions!

1999 C5 Corvette

White C5 Corvette parked by the wall at Streets of Willow

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