Could you guys review this and give me some ideas on what I could change up? This will be for a C3 Corvette with a goal of a reliable 500rwhp. I would like it to be daily driver capable, although it will likely only ever be used for date nights, car shows, and crusin the coast in south Mississippi.


C3 Corvette build ideas.

Engine: (L99 bored and stroked to a 416) 5k

ARP Fasteners. 400

Smeding performance balanced and forged LS Rotating kit (4.070 bore) 3.1k

**15cc Dish pistons** (may change these based on compression?)

AFR 245CC Heads CNCed to 80mm 3.6k

Texas speed LS3 Stage 2 Turbo cam 400

Fast lsxr 102mm intake 1.2k

Bigmouth 102mm throttle body 400

D1SC Procharger (If I can find a good used one) 3k

Intercooler 1k

Long tube headers 1-3k

(No idea what ones to go with since I want the side exhaust if possible)

Dyno Tune day 600



Transmission:

Performa built 4l60e black edition 7k



Rear end:

Texas Speed moser 9 1.5k



Suspension:

VBP Grand Touring plus suspension kit 2k



Brakes:

Wilwood forged narrow superlite 6r brake kit 2k



This is obviously a huge wish list and going to take a massive amount of work. I know I could significantly reduce the cost by swapping it for a lq4 408 stroker, but I really like the idea of the L99/Ls3. I may be able to be convinced to go 408 for the iron block’s reliability although I do like the weight reduction of the aluminum, and I don’t plan on running high boost numbers.

I also would prefer to have AC in the car, it’s extremely hot and humid down here. If I need to go N/A to keep AC would it be possible to achieve a daily drivable 500rwhp with an LS3/L99 or would I need to set my goals a little lower?