JoeNova

It started life as a white 89 automatic with 80 thousand or so miles.


I picked this car up last year. Was sitting in someone's yard rotting away, no roof, no seats, in the rain, for several years. He said it didn't run, wasn't getting fuel. Several parts were missing. I tossed him a lowball offer and he took it.


Trailered it home, found that the firewall connector for the wiring harness had completely corroded. I sprayed and wire brushed it, and it fired up long enough for me to get video.


Knowing I wouldn't be hanging onto the L98, I brewed a master plan.
Since I typically LS swap anything under the sun, why should this be any different?


I parted out the car and actually ended up making a few hundred bucks. I took this money, and bought a 2000 GMC Sierra with a 4.8 and a bad trans. I pulled the engine and trans, sold the trans and the truck, and had $200 total now in a complete drop-out engine and rolling Corvette. Once I sold the wiring/PCM from the 4.8, along with the AC components, I was sitting on free.


So, bodyless Corvette, 4.8. How can we draw some attention?
Quad turbos and nitrous.









The setup:
-Bone stock 4.8, unknown miles. Valve covers have never even been off.
-RMVB TH400
- Quad 50mm Turbos
-Microsquirt Controlled
-2000 lbs current weight (2200 after cage?)
-$5000 TOTAL budget.


It currently runs/drives, but I haven't gotten too far. I'm working out a few small bugs before I start putting it through trials. I'm hoping by the time the cage is in and whatever else I decide to do, I'm still within budget.


I'm using it as a test-bed to build a microsquirt add-on that gives it tons of additional features/outputs for very cheap. It should destroy burnout contests, and eventually autoX/Road courses while still running low 10s in the quarter on a free engine.

1993C4LT1

Sick! Keep us updated

JoeNova

Btw, if anyone wants to trade their D44 for my D36, I'll let you drive it afterwards haha.

Patsgarage

hcbph

Now that's impressive. Let us know how it turns out.

Digital Disaster

You've obviously gone quite mad

JoeNova

I get that a lot.

jay23ls

Damnnnn that is dope. When I saw the 4 turbos I was like

Cars are a good hobby to be in!

JoeNova

Bumpers, Lights, Plates this weekend. Hopefully will be on the street driving.

L98Justin

You brilliant mad scientist

73n95

You're with Roadkill, right? This stuff is like crack, I just can't leave it alone.

Aardwolf

LOL that is cool! Please keep updating thread!

JoeNova

I finished all of the fabrication work. I also put side pipes on the car.

I'm temporarily running a TH400 that I found locally, since the one I had built still isn't working.

JoeNova

Is there any way to soften up the rear suspension in a C4?


Now that there is no weight, the ride is extremely harsh. I can't tell if its just seized up from sitting for so many years, or the lack of weight is causing the rear to bounce of every crack in the road.

Tom400CFI

You'll probably need a different spring solution (coil overs) to get the spring rate that you now need.

Cool project.

pologreen1

How is yours coming? Have you guys started?

Tom400CFI

I'll post some pics tonight.

The rear is stripped to the FRP...I started trying to remove the rear 1/4's but couldn't figure out how to w/o ruining them. Posted about that...didn't get much help, so I guess I'll proceed, destructively removing the 1/4s.


So...some progress. My project looks pretty whimpy compared to this one though!


The car in this should be insane...especially w/those dry rotted tires.

1993C4LT1

Lmao Tom, at the tires. OP, keep us updated!

snow

that is sick!

Raidmagic

LOVE IT!!! These Vette Karts are making me want one