The red Corvette that suckered Cleetus out of a few grand has proven to be an interesting watch because it’s the first time I’ve seen a YouTube car build that actually had a real-deal “lemons into lemonade” issue take place. The lemon part involved a truck 5.3L that took the place of several powertrains’ worth of overkill power and resulting carnage. In as-acquired form, it barely managed to squeak out 280 horsepower…pretty damn lame, especially once the team found out from a former owner that the transmission and rear end were no-joke race units and were built to take some brutal punishment. So, it was off to get turbocharged and to get some engine work to see if an iron-block truck mill could actually crank out some grunt. Outside of the turbo and some minor stuff, everything that has gone into the Corvette has been straight from the pile of parts in the shop, from the camshaft to the intake that’s a take-off from Leroy the Savage itself.
Cleetus is ready to let the Corvette live and die on the dyno. He’s willing to crank the boost up until either he’s happy, the car is making truckloads of power, or the guts are falling out of the sides of the block. Which way is it gonna go?
Keep Cleetus busy…so he has no time to make children.
He is making kids(his cars) LOL! -lf he did the rear mount, under body turbo install, how boring it would be!? Cleetus loves his fans! He let his neighbor(who had cancer) pick the next project car & ‘Neighbor’ the police car was born! He is always doing giveaways & he takes his fans for rides at the shows he attends. He’s doing something right as he was asked to be a guest at the P.R.I. show. He travels the country by invitation to do other shows too. He is a good watch while telling what he is doing to his cars for watchers to learn
Yes, he is a goof ball guy but he’s is smart enough to play on it & make some bank on himself
Been watching the Auction Corvette series. Entertaining to say the least and actually learn a few things about turbocharging.