Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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I was INSANELY close to getting my abandoned C6 Corvette ZR1 back on the road, but everything just blew up in my face...

We put in over a week of HARD work getting this ready to crank this build LS9 engine up for the first time, our reward? 5 seconds of run time before the dread sets in...

This Corvette ZR1 is supposed to hit the the dyno in LESS THAN A WEEK and we have a very big problem on our hands..

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