Jim is right, with 3200lbs it is a bit of a pig compared to the 2500lbs 911, and have promised myself I will not destroy the streetablity of the car trying to keep up. But while I am a little slower than Jims' 3.6 powered 911 which is quit fast and even slower then his highly modified 914 race car, I don't hang my hand over the top too often.
Have included some more pics of the car. As you can see the engine fills the compartment without being too tight. I can change the spark plugs without a problem and it does fit under the hood. Intake flow had to be sacrificed in order to get it under the hood but I didn't want a hood scoop. A custom fuel injection system is in the works, not that the 911 was a positive experience or anything but at least I will be able to regain my intake flow. Had to fab many parts to make this work as no one sell a kit that will install the 454. The Renegade kit works only for the bell housing adapter after that nothing else will work. The mounts have to be lowered, custom oil pan, custom headers, custom acc. brackets. Suppose a March set up would have worked but I wanted all the acc. as low as possible. The car cools great on the track with the Griffin radiator, a welcome change from the 911 which cooled O.K. I had gone to an electric water pump so that I could use a drysump system and it could just barely keep up. I also installed 6 piston calipers up front and 4 piston calipers in back, since I own Boxer Motorsports for brakes, that was fairly straight forward. Since everything else is Chevy thought I would weld up and redrill the wheel hubs to accept C5 Corvette wheels, 17 X 8.5 with 56mm offset up front and 18 X 9.5 with 65mm offset in back.
Have a great day.
