2000 Chevy corvette

[covert plaza]

I totaled my car a few months back and decided to go crazy drift build with it, need help since I’ve never built a car from the ground up before and if anyone has any tips on the steps I should take please share. I’ve built cars before but never this in depth

[tepid pike]

Well to start, what car are we working with?

[covert plaza]

A beautifully totaled c5 vette

[cyan ore]

What’s the extent of the damage?

[tepid pike]

Show us some pictures!

[covert plaza]

Both subframes are shot, multiple cracks in the fiberglass, front end gone, but majority of the frame is straight besides what I’ve shown

[tepid pike]

Holy Lord! You got yourself a bent frame brotha. You need to address that first before anything else. Body shop may be able to cut, weld, or bend it back into place, but please note your front end integrity is permanently fucked.

The front of that is not a subframe I dont believe? Correct me if Im wrong @cyan ore

[covert plaza]

I know that, I’ve already measured and we’re 3 inches bent out of wack, the frame shop said it’s repairable as in the straighten the frame and cut and weld the front bar, and I’m not looking for perfection at this point, that’s why I was going to go with a drift build because I’ve been drifting for about 6 years and I know I will crash again

[tepid pike]

You need that frame addressed before you could safely do anything drift related my guy. I would strongly suggest you fix that front end.

Before anything else.

[cyan ore]

You got it. Just the frame and their control arm setups and the cool leaf spring

[tepid pike]

Yeah I thought so. These vettes are unibody, unfortunately.

[covert plaza]

That is the first thing on the whiteboard is to fix the frame, that’s happening next month

[tepid pike]

Excellent. Now if you're looking for drift, fuck the fenders. Get a nice metal frame front bumper that keeps the general shape, but no need for anything fancy. Next thing to drift? You got two options. Weld that diff, or LSD.

[covert plaza]

Funny enough I bought the car with a z06 diff already installed

[tepid pike]

Hey, wouldn't you know? Now keep in mind you're going to spend a lot on tires

[covert plaza]

I’m well prepared, I have a guy up in New Hampshire that has tires for 25 a pop

[tepid pike]

Next thing I'd say is get a good trans tune. Something that keeps low end power and keeps you in gear, assuming this is automatic.

[covert plaza]

6 speed fiddlestick

[tepid pike]

This just keeps getting better and better my friend! If you can afford it, short cut gears. Trust me.

At least 1-4 short cut is all you really need.

[covert plaza]

Those t56s are expensive and I’m just a tree arborist the money isn’t amazing but for the front end would it be in the plan to cut and tube the front?

[heady steeple]

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[tepid pike]

Yup! Get a nice tube front going.

[covert plaza]

Motor has to come out to swap the subframes and I figured while it’s out I’d do a cam and other small mods

New headers and heads a ince I destroyed the last ones and it already has a ls6 manifild

[tepid pike]

Lmao what do you need my help for? Youve already figured it out

[covert plaza]

Well I didn’t know if you had any other idea on what else I could do

[tepid pike]

Get a nice tube front, maybe some carbon fiber clutch discs for you LSD if they're getting old, some nice rear tires and straight cuts if you can afford it

[tepid pike]

You're good man. Make sure that alignment is straight first and the frame is good.

[cyan ore]

For my suggestion, two words: Vette Cart

[covert plaza]

Well I measured with a few different contact points and my frame guy said it’s probably fixable, I was curious to see what I should do with that front end, headlights, rad, fans, clutch needs to be re bled same with brakes once they’re on there

[tepid pike]

This guy knows ball

[covert plaza]

That would be insane but my only contingency is that the house you see in the background is getting sold by the end of the year so all of this would need to be done by Decemberish

[tepid pike]

Get yourself a radiator fan switch, youll thank me later

When you fix the front end

[tepid pike]

Focus on your life first, and then build that Vette Cart when you have the space

[covert plaza]

Are we thinking fenders hood and bumper or just leaving it raw like that?

Zip tie some led bars for the Headlights and call it a day?

[tepid pike]

Nah dude, tube front. Maybe a custom bumper or something

[covert plaza]

It needs to be street legal ish

[tepid pike]

Hey if it works it works

[covert plaza]

Alright thank you, just needed a little reassurance if I can pull this off or not and seems if your confident I’m confident

[tepid pike]

Only person that can make this happen is you my guy. Read some forums, talk to some people, watch some videos, get that inspiration. Just dont for the love of god put awful camber on it, please.

You got this 👍

[covert plaza]

Thank you brother, and just a little, I do have a thing for getting pretty sideways

[tepid pike]

Just a little is fine, but dont push it

[wet wren]

Have you thought of turning it into a nascar

Bent frame would help it turn in one direction I'm sure

[cyan ore]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g_epwQMKItY/maxresdefault.jpg

[green sedge]

@mighty sapphire

[mighty sapphire]

gurt

[covert plaza]

Yk if the back end of the car wasn’t perfectly intact this would be the way to go

[cyan ore]

You might be able to part out the body panels on the back and use that to fund the project