Attend any enthusiast
car gathering and you will find that red is usually the most popular color in attendance. Phrases like "sea of red" and Corvette mottos such as "All Corvettes are red" get tossed around quite a bit, but for good reason. Red is associated with things like passion, intensity, power, courage, and heat. All of these subjects could easily be used to describe our hotrods. So, with such a vast number of red Corvettes out there, how do you make yours stand out? Daniel Moralez of Pearland, TX, would like to share his answer to that question with you.
Daniel previously owned two other Corvettes, which included a 1994 C4 and later a 1999 C5 hardtop. When GM released the newly designed C6 in 2005, he jumped into this red 6-speed Z51 coupe with some serious intentions. At first he considered going the nitrous route for its simplicity and bang for the buck, but after riding in another supercharged C6 coupe he was convinced to join the forced-induction club.Moralez picked up the phone and gave Motorsport Technologies (Houston, TX) a buzz to get his game plan in motion. The 6.0L LS2 is a good baseline engine to begin with, so only a 232/236, 117 camshaft, lifters, pushrods, and new valvesprings were added. Next came the fully polished ProCharger D1SC supercharger kit, upgraded 4.25-inch blower pulley, and a huge front-mount intercooler system to feed the engine with boosted air. Moralez did some of his own tweaks to the positioning and piping of the intercooler, which resulted in even better power figures. Exhaust is spent through a set of Kooks 1 7⁄8-inch long-tube headers with cats, and the sound is controlled by an X-pipe and some B&B bullet mufflers. The fuel system utilizes the factory fuel pump, enhanced by a KB Boost-A-Pump to step up the voltage. Fuel injectors were upgraded to Mototron 60-lb/hr units, fitted into a pair of Aeromotive fuel rails. To help keep the inlet air temps cooler under high boost, a Snow Performance methanol kit was installed on the intake piping. MTI handled the tuning chores on the factory PCM. This combo puts down an impressive 744 rwhp and 638 lb-ft SAE corrected on the Dynojet, using 93-octane pump gas. Using the typical 12 percent drivetrain loss for a 6-speed, this comes out to approximately 845 crank horsepower!
Now that the Corvette could cook, it was time to enhance the look. The rear quarter-panels and spoiler were replaced with big-brother Z06 items, and a set of CCW SP500 billet wheels (18 fronts and 19 rears) were installed to fill the wider body panels. The rear wheels are a Texas-sized 13 inches wide, and roll inside some meaty 345mm Michelin Pilot tires. The two-tone center stripe across the entire body was added to really set this car apart from the rest of the red Corvettes. Inside the interior, you will see a few pillar-mounted gauges to help monitor the added engine upgrades, as well as a shift light. It's all about business in there, none of the gimmicky catalog add-ons that most Corvette owners like to slather their rides with. The car doesn't have a huge booming show car stereo system either, because adding that kind of stuff would increase the weight and slow the Vette down.
Since completing the car, Moralez has enjoyed cruising around the streets of Houston in it, sometimes terrorizing exotic cars or even the occasional 1000cc sportbike. While drag racing isn't his purpose for the car, he plans on participating in some of the Texas standing-mile events soon. The Corvette has raked up its fair share of winning trophies at various car shows, and it is an instant crowd favorite. Most casual observers don't realize that this polished C6 is actually an 845hp monster, which makes it even more impressive. As for the nickname of the car, and the corresponding vanity plate that reads "BOLLAS," it translates from Spanish into something that you will need a large pair of if you want to challenge this Corvette. C
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