In
today’s well-rounded Corvette environment, the properly-dressed C5 requires
a combination of exterior muscle, interior refinement, handling prowess, and
engine modifications to produce 400 horsepower or more, with a gutsy exhaust
note to boot. Phil Peachey, a real estate broker from Davenport, Florida,
has rounded all of those bases with his yellow 2001 convertible, a C5 that
gathers stares going down the road, attracts attention at shows, and runs
in the low 13s on Phil’s inquisitive forays onto the quarter-mile.
