A modified C6 Corvette is laying down eighth-mile passes in under four seconds at 193 mph, numbers that belong to professional doorslammer classes rather than a car still wearing a production body. Getting there means a built bottom end, forced induction stacked in ways most street builds never attempt, and a fuel system built to survive numbers most engines can only dream about. Read on to find out what it actually takes — and what it costs — to push a small-block Corvette platform into four-digit horsepower territory.
