it sure sounds like you've, listened too and followed the suggestions and as a result,
assembled a combo that should bring smiles and few problems for years,
no mater how fast your corvette or muscle car , may be,
if you can,t drive and enjoy it or use it occasionally,
you've lost a good deal of the cars potential and in my opinion value.
thats one reason I've stated several times,
that its generally more fun to run a 11-12 second street car,
you can drive daily, than a 9-10 second car you can,t drive except at the track.
Ive owned two cars that I could rather easily clock low eleven second ,
and for one, high ten second 1/4 mile time slips driving
I miss them a bit more than the low 10 second corvette , I built,
simply because I had far more pleasant memories , WHY, ... simple!
I spent far more time on both the street and track with the more street friendly cars.
both my 1965 tempest and 1969 camaro would run low 11 second times rather easily
my 1968 corvette was extensively modified, full roll cage, modified rear dana 60 differential
injectors sticking through the hood, (and more attention than I wanted)
here,s a picture of me in 1970 (49 years ago) with a 1969 camaro I installed a BBC-496 with a tunnel ram into, then later CROWER FUEL INJECTION
I found this picture on line,
its almost a clone too what my GTO/TEMPEST clone, I built with a killer BIG BLOCK CHEVY/MUNCIE 4 speed, dana 60 rear differential, drive train, looked like,
its the one car I REALLY MISS that I wish ID never sold
I had built a 1968 vette, in the mid/late 1970s with a full roll cage, a dana 60 rear and 4.11 rear gears and a m21, and a 13.7:1 cpr 496 bbc engine with crower injectors at the time.
MY 1968 corvette was dark maroon
and a chrome bumper 1968 corvette,
but it looked similar to this corvette with the crower injection sticking through the hood
I've built SBC,BBC,PONTIAC and DODGE/MOPAR, and even a few FORD engine engines for dozens of cars,
the guys that are happiest are , generally the guys that can jump in the cars they own and drive them on the street without any reliability issues
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...you-regret-selling-the-most.13116/#post-68384
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-resulting-from-an-engine-swap.898/#post-1450
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...best-musclecar-related-memory.2075/#post-5545