Lol! You sir, are correct

 

Nothing in the pictures or your statements would make this at all unrealistic.

I have a ~500 hp small block in my 4-speed car. With all the issues I mentioned going on with my car, I regularly tear up the streets with mine, it rides GREAT, and it goes straight as an arrow. Doesn't pull, shimmy, or shake. If you didn't know about the issues my car has, you would never guess they were there.

Enjoy it. Tinker with it.

When I replace my frame, it will NOT be a 'frame off'. Since I've reconstructed the entire drivetrain already, I will simply park all of my otherwise new parts on my new frame and swap the body over with minimal headache. I will probably take that opportunity to deal with the individual body mounts as well as the running boards, but other than that, I hope to take no more than 120 days performing the frame swap.

Avoid completely disassembling the car like the plague. Without having any hard data, I would suppose the number of "disassembled" cars that are "reassembled" (Corvette or otherwise) to be in the single digits. It's the kiss of death. Don't do it unless you are absolutely 100% committed to the endeavour, in both time and money, from start to finish.

 

Man I bet 500hp in a c3 is a blast. And thank you for your advice. Its exactly what I wanted to hear

 

This is a pretty good how-to I plan on using to lift the body up enough to replace the #2 mounts:

http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/foru...d.php?t=119140


I don't exactly have the appetite (nor room) to do a full body-off resto.

 

I have to tell you: It is.

I am at the absolute limits of traction in 1st...I leave faint black marks, but I don't blow the tires off. Pretty close to perfect, I guess, considering the plain-jane 225 BFG TA black donuts I'm running. Even more impressive given that my first gear runs out at nearly 60 MPH.

I struggle to not bark 2nd. If I am really on the move, I can get a solid bark into 4th.

I've had folks in the car on multiple occasions timing my 0-60. I'm right at 4 seconds. 3.9 sometimes, 4.2 others. Freaking fast, though.

I have no clue what my 1/4 mile time is. If I'm being honest, I have never (and possibly will never) have the car over 100. That's just not where I want to be. Doesn't feel right.

It is very easy to rotate the car with the throttle.

If I get the tires spinning when rotating the car, I can't just floor it. Darn thing will just bounce hopelessly against the limiter. I can pretty easily modulate the throttle to around 4k RPM and just go for a ride. It turns a lurid slide into a very impressive looking drift very well. Car makes me look like a pro just because it is so easy.

I DO NOT abuse my car. I don't do big burnouts, shift really hard, or otherwise destroy the equipment or the tires.

I DO have as much fun as I feel like having when it is safe to do so.

The description I get more often than not is "nasty". Just an awesome cam lope on idle. Sidepipes absolutely SCREAM at full throttle. An absolute hoot. A go-cart. FUN.

 

The plywood will act as backing so the epoxy will not run through any holes, the wax paper is so the epoxy does not stick to the plywood if you have holes. I use a truck bed liner spray from.