I've pretty much made up my mind

C5 base 6 speed and I'll do I/h/e cam
c5 z06 with exhaust
ctsv

I think for what I want the base c5 fits my needs. It's cheap, I'm gonna mod it anyway so I really don't care about the z06 cam and heads, I don't track the car so brakes off the z06 I could care less about
I think I can take a base c5 do some mods, wheels and have the perfomance and looks tht I want

the z06 just adds $5000-6000 in stuff that I really don't see value in when I'm gonna do mild mods anyway