Hi All…
I am carefully lining up all my ducks here. As some of you may know, this Saturday I finally sold the TT. It sold reasonably well. This has freed up the resources I need to purchase my next project car: a C3 corvette.
What some of you probably have been suspecting for a while is that I already have a nice, unmolested, Corvette in mind: Richard’s (aka Chromebumpers) 1971 T-top.
The TT was incremental in build and it was a great learning experience taking me 15 years to get there… and probably more $$$ than it could have if I knew where I wanted to go from the start. So we are going to do this build "Grumpy-style": establish a goal first and build toward it.
After reading through the other threads, and particularly looking at Indy’s awesome build and the responses to “another 383 build” thread… I have come to the conclusion that this time I want to build my own Big Block. They are very uncommon here and I have always wanted to do one of these.
I have a mild concern about the way the C3’s handling will be impacted with such a heavy engine… Suspension will need to be beefed up, no doubt.
The parameters are:
- I build the engine (fun!)
- TBI
- Excellent idle
- Excellent street manners (not to come across as sexist but a lady should be able to drive it)
- Durability and reliability
- Reasonable 1/4 mile times
So at this point other than reassuring me that a BBC will not turn the C3 in to a laundry iron when it comes to handling
Let’s put a parts list together so I can start plotting over the long term and gather the components as I go.
Additional questions that need answering: the C3 is a stick shift and will remain that way. It is for street use and will see VERY little if any strip. I don’t care about the CID. Pump gas. Reasonably priced parts – not super exotic titanium retainers and aluminum block. If a 454-short block works… why not? 572 is not too crazy… sure!
I can’t think of anything else that needs answerin’
Oh, I expect it to take me 2.5 years to afford, collect and build.
I am carefully lining up all my ducks here. As some of you may know, this Saturday I finally sold the TT. It sold reasonably well. This has freed up the resources I need to purchase my next project car: a C3 corvette.
What some of you probably have been suspecting for a while is that I already have a nice, unmolested, Corvette in mind: Richard’s (aka Chromebumpers) 1971 T-top.
The TT was incremental in build and it was a great learning experience taking me 15 years to get there… and probably more $$$ than it could have if I knew where I wanted to go from the start. So we are going to do this build "Grumpy-style": establish a goal first and build toward it.
After reading through the other threads, and particularly looking at Indy’s awesome build and the responses to “another 383 build” thread… I have come to the conclusion that this time I want to build my own Big Block. They are very uncommon here and I have always wanted to do one of these.
I have a mild concern about the way the C3’s handling will be impacted with such a heavy engine… Suspension will need to be beefed up, no doubt.
The parameters are:
- I build the engine (fun!)
- TBI
- Excellent idle
- Excellent street manners (not to come across as sexist but a lady should be able to drive it)
- Durability and reliability
- Reasonable 1/4 mile times
So at this point other than reassuring me that a BBC will not turn the C3 in to a laundry iron when it comes to handling
Let’s put a parts list together so I can start plotting over the long term and gather the components as I go.
Additional questions that need answering: the C3 is a stick shift and will remain that way. It is for street use and will see VERY little if any strip. I don’t care about the CID. Pump gas. Reasonably priced parts – not super exotic titanium retainers and aluminum block. If a 454-short block works… why not? 572 is not too crazy… sure!
I can’t think of anything else that needs answerin’
Oh, I expect it to take me 2.5 years to afford, collect and build.