must be "street
legal." Of course, some tuners take a loose approach to the rules, so
much so that driving their C5s on the road is highly unlikely.
"This
car started life as a stock ZO6, but with a new short-block and cylinder heads,
Vinci said. "Along with a few other modifications, weve turned
it into a 415 cubic-inch, nitrous breathing monster. Early dyno runs without
nitrous topped 499 rear-wheel horsepower!"
Like
all of Vincis "house" cars, the Z06 is a streetable driver
and all the parts are readily available. "Everything is either stock
ZO6, out of our catalog, or from one of the street aftermarket C5 sources,
so the consumer can build exactly what I have here," said Vinci.
"The
short-block is the new GM 6-liter from the Cadillac Escalade,