StalkerVette’s 1985 Chevrolet Corvette

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE HEART OF THE BEAST!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I WANTED TO POST A COUPLE PICTURES OF THE O-RING BLOCK SINCE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING WHAT THIS MEANS. TALK ABOUT A TIGHT FIT! THERE IS NO ROOM TO WORK UNDER A C4 VETTE! AND WITH ALL THE CUSTOM MODS WE HAD TO DO, THERE WAS ENDLESS TRIAL AND ERROR UNTIL WE FOUND OUT WHAT WORKED BEST.   NOW -- WHERE DID THIS WIRE GO??????? AND WHAT THE HECK IS THAT - A SPARE PART?!?!?! TO KEEP THE BEAST COOL, WE BOUGHT THE LARGEST GRIFFIN ALUMINUM RADIATOR OFFERED FOR A VETTE. THIS TOO REQUIRED EXTENSIVE FABRICATION, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. THE AVERAGE RUNNING TEMPERATURE FELL FROM 235 TO 179!!! EVEN RUNNING IT HARD AND IN TRAFFIC. THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT SHOW THE FACTORY RADIATOR -- SO YOU CAN SEE THE OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE.     AS TIGHT AS EVERYTHING FITS, THE INDUCTION PLUMBING IS AMAZING AT HOW CLOSE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.... THE BRACKETS WERE CUSTOM MADE OR CNC MODIFIED. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Save The Wave! Peace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

October 2013Big 3 Racing installed a fresh 383 stroker motor and Baer T4 brakes / rotors. They are wrapping it all up once they work out some of the bugs with the BigStuff computer. For now there are some sneak pictures at the bottom of the page, there are way too many mods to list until I get the car back and update this site.Please check back.

As you can see from the above photos, the B&M shifter rode high in the console, so of course, additional modification was neccessary. 3 1/2 inches was removed from the shifter to bring it down to a more comfortable level. Compare the above four photos and see where the top of the shift knob was in relation to the stereo.

TO KEEP THE BEAST COOL, WE BOUGHT THE LARGEST GRIFFIN ALUMINUM RADIATOR OFFERED FOR A VETTE. THIS TOO REQUIRED EXTENSIVE FABRICATION, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. THE AVERAGE RUNNING TEMPERATURE FELL FROM 235 TO 179!!! EVEN RUNNING IT HARD AND IN TRAFFIC. THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT SHOW THE FACTORY RADIATOR -- SO YOU CAN SEE THE OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE.

As you can see from the above photos, the B&M shifter rode high in the console, so of course, additional modification was neccessary. 3 1/2 inches was removed from the shifter to bring it down to a more comfortable level. Compare the above four photos and see where the top of the shift knob was in relation to the stereo.

TO KEEP THE BEAST COOL, WE BOUGHT THE LARGEST GRIFFIN ALUMINUM RADIATOR OFFERED FOR A VETTE. THIS TOO REQUIRED EXTENSIVE FABRICATION, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. THE AVERAGE RUNNING TEMPERATURE FELL FROM 235 TO 179!!! EVEN RUNNING IT HARD AND IN TRAFFIC. THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT SHOW THE FACTORY RADIATOR -- SO YOU CAN SEE THE OBVIOUS DIFFERENCE.

Here are the teaser pictures with some of the custom one off modifications under way. I will pull together a summary of all the changes once complete -- the list is long.....