25.2/25.3 C5 Corvette build to the extreme

[Matt@TMKPhoto]

Take a step back and imagine working in the garage with your Dad on the family hot rod and having the feeling of nothing could be better than building your own car. Most do-it-yourself type guys are capable of engine swaps and general fabrication, but the build that we came across demonstrates the ultimate home-built hot rod in the comfort of your own garage.

For more on this wild Corvette build stop over at YellowBullet


Photos courtesy of car owner

Starting with a C5 Corvette may not be in your most vivid memory but that is what YellowBullet member "DaCajun" has planned to do and he has been generous enough to share his build with us. Starting with the vision of being legal to go six seconds flat and over 200 mph was first up. Doing so will take all the right tools and equipment and that is where the madness has begun.


A real nice home built bender

The Corvette owner has fabricated his own tubing bender while buying a quality notching setup to work in conjunction with a Miller Tig welder, which is how a good friend will take care of all the welding. In the rear of the car is a Bear’s Performance 9” rear end with custom 4-link incorporated into the floater style setup. Mark Williams components fill the rear which should easily hold 3000 horsepower.



Chassis work has to be spot on perfect when building a car of this magnitude, plus the cage work and welding is pretty sweet. You will see a abundance of jungle gym tubing throughout the Corvette’s interior, including the funny car cage to be in specification of the 25.2/25.3 certification. Also being configured is the plan of putting the factory rear frame rails back in to maintain legality in true ten-five style races in the Texas area.



Behind every great car is a even better engine program and the plans are to incorporate a LSX into the Corvette. The owner does have plans to attend a Pinks All Out race and has a real blown big block just waiting to find its way into the engine bay. You know, just maybe that huge Blower Shop piece protruding from the hood will assist him in finding his way onto national television.