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hi my name is jim moffitt and i have recently purchased a 85 vette as a project car .it is now down to the bare skeleton .this 3 hour tour turned out to be a world voyage. i own a speed shop in abilene called the war room and i intend to show the c4 boys what you can do with them old lemons if you put your mind to it. the boys laughed when i drug it in and rolled when i told them what i paid for it but they aint laughing no more. i just bench fired the the new engine and pulled a whopping 653 horses .now i dont know much about vette rear drive trains and im looking for some expertise .

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Is that an engine or a piece of weaponry?

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Welcome to CF! :)
You get 'em Bro, show 'em what a Vette is all about! ;)
Ain't nuthin' like a butt kickin' Chevy V-8!!! [sm=icon_rock.gif]
Keep us posted on your progress!

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ill keep ya up to date on the build im building a 9" housing up to accept the half shafts and ill post the pics as it happens. ive allways liked the vetts but never had the time to build one . i took every last screw out of this one to famillierize myself with it and they really do have some unique engineering to them.

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not a big gun but its a killer

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Geez
that thing looks dangerous.
thats one project i would love to see when it's done. Congrats, and welcome to the forum, Keep us posted

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Welcome. You're probably going to need a new hood to clear that engine.:D

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ive got a couple hoods to work with and ive drawn this thing up a hunard diff ways and still aint got the look yet. there just aint very many custom vetts out there to get any ideas from. id like to see some c4s in the insane catagory.

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you got a nice lookin vette i really like that red.

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Hood? Heck Lee, he's gonna need a roof!!!:D
Can't wait to see the progress!;)

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hey look c3 ive got this problem, there is a guy up in tennessee named skip white founder of white performance, he is supposed to have one corvette eatin 240z datsun and hes runnin a dyno built 383 stroker sbc. i trade with him he has a fair company but im gunnin for him in june with the war rooms voodoo vette. he is ignoring me rightnow and wont reply to the e-mail but i believe if others start asking him whats up? we might just get us a race going in june.hes on ebay at whiteperformance1
can you boys help me defend the corvette rep.

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Ah yes, a battle of the minds!
He's either tryin' to tell you he wouldn't waste the gas on ya, or he's just blowin' wind about the so called Corvette eater. He won't take you serious 'till you have a runnin' Vette.
Granted, he's under your weight, but with what you're buildin' it shouldn't matter.
Once the Voo-Doo Vette is together, take it to the strip and find out what she'll run. E-mail your times to him, but add 1 sec to your run time.;) See if he bites. Maybe tell him you want to set up a match race, heads up! Throw down the gantlet so to speak. If he bites, it's a race, if not, I'd say he' scared!:D
See if you can find out what he runs in the 1/4.:)A little spy work!!!
Have fun, if it comes to be, let us know how it comes out. I'll be rootin' for ya!!![sm=icon_rock.gif]

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Where is he in Tennessee? maybe I can help. What's he claming? after all he's runn' a chevy engine. if it was a datson engine it might be something to brag on. but that won't happen. I'll check him out for ya.

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I think you will have that Insane look!

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ol boy is in kingsport and hes been at it 40 years same road i took basicaly born same year strippin cars , driving fast women the whole bit. i know what hes workin with and he is definately a player but so am I

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thats what im shootin for- ya know this little vette has turned out to be a real fun project even though the budgit went out the window a month ago and i believe its because they bring out the kid in us
its like building a full scale plastic model

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as you can see there is a little problem getting in and out of the hermeticaly sealled version and if yu could who wants to ice pick the fuel door open?

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