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Smitty’s Custom Automotive<\/a> transformed a 1970’s Greenwood Corvette<\/a> race car into a unique pro-touring C3 Corvette. Power is generated by a 441 ci (7.2L) LS7 V8 featuring Mast Motorsports heads, Ultimate headers, dry sump system, and Haltech Nexus R5 ECU. The motor’s 760 hp (566 kW) is sent through a BMW dual-clutch transmission (DCT) and independent 9-inch rear end. Smitty’s Custom Automotive upgraded the handling with a SpeedTech Extreme IRS chassis<\/a> featuring a forged aluminum spindles with C7 hubs and overhead cantilevered rear suspension. A set of Motion Control Suspension remote-reservoir adjustable coilovers handle bumps while Wilwood six-piston front brakes and four-piston rear brakes take car of stopping. The restored Greenwood widebody covers Forgeline GZ3R wheels<\/a> (18×11.5, 18×12.5) wearing Vitour tires (315\/30, 345\/30). <\/p>\n

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Source: Forgeline<\/a> and Smitty’s Custom Automotive FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smitty’s Custom Automotive transformed a 1970’s Greenwood Corvette race car into a unique pro-touring C3 Corvette. Power is generated by a 441 ci (7.2L) LS7 V8 featuring Mast Motorsports heads, Ultimate headers, dry sump system, and Haltech Nexus R5 ECU. The motor’s 760 hp (566 kW) is sent through a BMW dual-clutch transmission (DCT) and… Read More »Custom Greenwood Corvette with a LS7 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":150386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvette"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":150291,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=150291","url_meta":{"origin":150381,"position":0},"title":"C2 Corvette with a 660 hp 427 ci V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1963 Corvette called \"Solar Flare\" was built by Muscle Cars By Bob in Ohio. 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