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Yes. It's a pretty valuable car and I want to be careful not to do something that would reduce that value. And yeah, I'd like to be able to win some trophies with my son at the car shows along the way. That's what we bought it for.
I hope you are not putting all of your hopes in winning at car shows to be your way of enjoying your corvette . There are a lot of politics in car shows and who you know. It could be a let down trying to explain to your son why even though you have the best car , someone else won. I've seen this so many time over the years that I don't even go to them and choose the cruises. I remember a time when a local family that does most of the custom paint work in the area and well known with ties to the shows put a 60's Dodge 4 door in a class with early mustangs and won . People were standing there with their mouth open . Another local show has a guy with ties where he brings a tractor trailer to use as a stage to hand out the trophies . He has a grossly done 47 Ford 2 door sedan that he enters every year . Guess how many trophies he has . Just saying don't put all of your hopes in winning . Take it out and enjoy it.
If you have doubts about possible changes affecting value, don't make the changes.
If you want more horsepower -and want to preserve the originality/value i would build another engine - take out your original one out, put it on/in engine stand or cradle - fog it ( oil in cylinders & heads) - plus you could then detail your original engine to the cats meow - and admire it and have a conversation piece -
You and your son would have a great time in building a killer yet streetable engine - be fun researching and gathering and assembling a new engine and installing it and tuning it
respectfully ............................ tom
PS - GM has some high horsepower engines that are fully assembled - and reasonable priced and i believe with a warranty - this is the way i recommend to go - this way you know you are getting a proven piece and not junk.
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Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
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