The Art of Building a High-Performance Corvette: A Journey with LMR

As I reflect on my experience building my CA-powered C8 Corvette, I am reminded of the importance of having a reliable and trustworthy partner. After years of working with various shops, I finally found the perfect team in LMR - Legend Motorsports Racing. My car has always been a big part of my channel, and I have had numerous Corvettes built by other shops before settling on LMR. What set them apart was their commitment to delivering high-quality workmanship and exceptional customer service.

When it comes to building a Corvette, there are many factors to consider, from the engine to the suspension and beyond. For me, having a fully complete kit was essential - I wanted something that would be an actual production-ready product, not just a bolt-on solution. The idea behind LMR's twin turbo kit is exactly that: a comprehensive, factory-quality system designed to deliver exceptional performance without sacrificing reliability or everyday usability.

As you can imagine, there were many people who doubted me when I told them I was going with LMR for my C8 build. "It'll never be finished on time," they said. "You're crazy for choosing Texas over your usual PA-based shop." But I knew that LMR was the real deal - their reputation precedes them, and I had heard countless stories about their dedication to quality and customer satisfaction.

So, when it came time to send my car to LMR, I didn't hesitate. The waiting game can be tough, especially for content creators like myself who rely on my car being in top condition for filming and production. But trust me, the wait was worth it. When my CA-powered C8 finally rolled out of the shop, it was a beauty - every detail meticulously executed, from the engine bay to the interior trim.

One of the things that sets LMR apart is their attention to detail. They're not just building cars - they're crafting machines that will be your trusted companion for years to come. And when I say "machine," I mean it in the best possible way. My C8 Corvette doesn't just turn wheels; it generates 1000 horsepower, effortlessly navigating from everyday driving duties to high-speed track excursions.

The sound of my C8's engine is music to my ears - a symphony of power and precision that never fails to get me pumped up. And when I say "symphony," I mean it - every note, every vibration, every nuance of performance is simply sublime. Whether I'm cruising down the highway or carving through corners, this car works like a well-oiled machine.

LMR's involvement in my C8 build has been nothing short of remarkable. From the initial consultation to the final reveal, they've walked me through every step of the process with professionalism and dedication. They're not just building cars - they're partners, confidants, and friends who share my passion for exceptional performance.

Of course, there are many factors that go into building a high-performance Corvette like mine. The engine is just one piece of the puzzle, after all. But when you have a team like LMR on your side, everything else falls into place. They've been with me every step of the way, tweaking and refining my car until it's nothing short of perfection.

As I look at my finished C8 Corvette, I'm filled with a sense of pride and accomplishment. This is what it means to have a truly exceptional partner in your corner - someone who shares your vision, your passion, and your commitment to excellence. LMR has proven themselves to be the real deal, and I couldn't be happier.

The finished product is indeed stunning - every aspect of my C8 Corvette, from the engine bay to the interior trim, is meticulously executed with precision and care. It's clear that LMR has put their heart and soul into this build, and it shows in every detail. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or just starting your own Corvette journey, I highly recommend considering LMR for all your high-performance needs.

So what's next? Well, as always, the next chapter is already on my mind - a new car project that will push me to new heights of performance and innovation. With LMR by my side, I know that no matter what the challenge, we'll be ready to take it on. And when you see the finished product, trust me - it'll be worth the wait.

Finally, I want to thank everyone for sticking with me throughout this journey. Building a high-performance Corvette like mine is never easy, but with your support and enthusiasm, I wouldn't have made it without you. Stay tuned for more content from my channel - we've got plenty of exciting projects on the horizon!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is sweet check this out right here check this out so I finally got this from GM and this is a little present that you get when you buy a new c8 Corvette now I don't know if they're gonna do this for oh by the way good morning welcome back to the channel hope you guys are having a fantastic day but I don't know if they're going to do this for every person who buys a Corvette I would find that pretty hard to believe so I think it might just be a few special order one or maybe there's an option you pick or if you get like a brand like it the first year for them something like that it's cool let me get a knife okay we got that now let's see how we open this this is really really cool so far now you know Ferrari does this Porsche Lamborghini we have one for the earth but never Corvette and you know I don't blame them because Corvette is not like those brands you know they make tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of Corvettes so they it's not cost-effective for them to be making these little model cars cost quite a bit of money because they're actually pretty detailed well thank you card here thank you and welcome to the Corvette family happy to be here been here for a long time actually but thank you the first ever production mid-engine Corvette is the sum of each generation before it but stands alone that's the new standard of performance does the Stingray owner we hope you treasure the enclosed gift from the entire Corvette team okay let's get on with this so the CH logo and gloss black on the top of the box stingray on the side there and a little little a nice little cloth tab oh my god that's pretty cool that's pretty cool the Corvette outline there on the side stingray it's got your VIN on it then number 14 now this is neat right here that's really cool very heavy that's cool that's freaking awesome guys so check it out my own little model Corvette now I thought it was going to be like the earth one which I'll get out here in second of the Earth's is a scale model even down to like the stitching color and everything for your car you can see it matches that one perfectly brake calliper color everything in there so that's a little bit more detailed when I heard they were shipping out models of cars I thought of that and that's why I said like there's no way I was thinking there's no way they could afford to do this for everyone but this I could see so I could see every person getting this it's a cool little plaque you can put it on the wall put it on your desk or a shelf and it's not your plaque there and it's really just a little outline of the car like a little shell mold of it in the color that your car is so still very cool and something I will keep for maybe forever more thing I didn't notice before it's magnetic you can take the car off that's pretty neat you can take the car off and this magnet school okay so moving on from the fun toy car stuff we we do have some actual business we have to get down to today and that is we have to take the Viper to wit Moyer and this could be one of if not the final drive that you see me do in this car so we're taking it back to whit Boyer it's going to get an oil change and just looked over to make sure everything's okay for the giveaway winner because when you see this there will only be a couple of hours left to enter now there is a countdown timer on the website when you go to Indiana science comm you'll see a timer right there for you so if you're wondering like is it over is it not over it will show you there on the site so if you haven't entered yet get a last-minute entry now the guy who won the Hellcat he says he waited until the last 24 hours to enter so maybe it's lucky I don't know but get an entry and you can win this car but because the giveaway is over it's time for me to take the car make sure it's ready for one of you guys and that'll be the end of it she'll also get a full detail because she's a little dirty right now but thank you guys for the awesome love on the Viper content as you know takes about ten days from the time the giveaway ends until we call you so keep an eye out on Instagram and on the YouTube videos I'll be givin updates and all that good stuff but ya bout ten days from now we'll be calling one of you to tell you that's your new car and that for me is always the most fun part for sure little bit bittersweet you know it's not sad because one of you guys gets the car and I get to move on to something else and we're gonna have a great time but I do I really did like the Viper more than I thought I would and I think it's a really cool iconic car you can't argue with that oh yeah I mean that is one of the one of the things I'll miss for sure but you'll love it you're really well whoever wins this you're going to absolutely love it I can guarantee you that best part of the Viper for me is that it's just so unique and different like there is no other car like a Viper or like a Huracan and the 570s and like a four five eight they're all kind of similar you know a lot of a lot of vehicles you can describe by using another vehicle the Viper really pretty much is like its own thing with that we're here you will see the Viper you'll see it again you know it's chains and whatnot but it's kind of like this is the beginning of the end of the road for the Viper it was fun okay Viper is dropped off and now for the high country we're dropping this one off get rid of vehicles left and right and if you want to see what's happening to the Toyota check out the family channel Mike and Gina subscribe almost at 50 thousand subscribers but yes the high country is about to get dropped off for the rap climbing up in here this truck is going to look awesome now it looks really good already fire pics on the gram last night and potentially today it looks incredible but I think the rap is going to look even better and make this truck look even more special and eye-catching right and check out Shane's new 2500 HD that's right Shane is finally on Team derp Max and it looks great I'm really happy for him now he said he wanted to make his truck like this but it's just not practical because he does tow the boat but I think we'll get him hooked up with a lift kit of some kind really nice truck not a high country but not quite as like base model as mine so it's kind of like in-between my white truck and the high country it's kind of like somewhere in the middle there is and he's gone so uh and you disappeared first of all I know I've talked you on the phone but congrats on video truck looks great dude it looks fantastic something something something a little more practical I don't know if this truck will fit in the shop that's the only thing that like might be a snag hey dude it's pretty math so I know they looked real I just talked about them yeah we're gonna that rap is gonna be incredible their rap is gonna look good we've got a rap it you like them they're like 50 caliber bullets that's some heat so you like it so far huh it was awesome but I felt bad every time I toured the bow and I felt like it was gonna blow right that was that was for a different time in your life I felt like look it was better to let it go so I can live out the rest of its life yeah cuz it was even with that the boats not that heavy but it was squatting pretty good when you had the boat on there and this truck I'll tow it like it's not even there me not even there yeah so I got that remember how they they advertise that invisible whatever you're towing yeah yeah I'm getting that camera okay yeah that's sick I'm happy for you buddy you're gonna love it it's like in between our two trucks it's not as base-model that's my truck but it's not the high country please forget this is actually a 3500 I know I like it's big key a big girl do you think it's good I know I love those bumpers do you think what do you think it'll fit in the shop Oh a back door okay not the front door yeah we could probably drive right up the the bay door now four-wheel four-wheel drive if you air down you might be able to walk up that it's not very tall we should try it I'm down climate it's wild in here yeah it's wild the team is working those are all shirts for you guys all shirts we got in I like that shirt that's cool all boxes of shirts right now we got the save the sticks save the stick shirt big seller coming up all kinds of different ones we got Viper shirts everything you see here is on the website and everything on the website counts for you to win the Viper so check out in China science comm every five bucks you spend as an entry last couple of hours to enter to win the Viper don't miss out okay now we're back from dropping off the high country and we have the Corvette's here in the garage they are quite the pair 2010 zr1 2019 zr1 pretty different not to say you know the c6 zr1 very much like the old school corvette you know not a whole lot different than a bass c6 just kind of a lot more power and wider and then for the 19 they really did a lot more a totally different front bumper with a you know a completely different design crazy hood with the giant hole in it like this is the supercharger cover on the engine and the rest of it is a giant hole of course the massive wing which a lot of old school old school Corvette guys don't like but I love it the big Wang on there it's pretty cool to see the evolution only nine years apart these two kind of looks like a lot more to me when I look at them but only nine years and since we're talking about Corvettes let's talk about the reason why I'm sure many of you clicked on the upload and that is my c8 well we're making progress and not only we're not only making progress but we're pretty much done and the cars should be coming home within I would say 10 to 15 days has taken a long time don't get me wrong but I think a lot of people maybe didn't know exactly what we were gone for with this build and why it's taking so long so LMR could have just bolted on the turbos and you know ster fired it up and drove around the parking lot and we could have made a video and that would have been cool but we're actually aiming here for a production kit on my car and they've been developing another kit on their other car that they're actually selling today so they're kind of you know we kind of have everything squared away and you know we wanted something that was an actual real product not just something you bolt on so the idea is that when I get my CA back if you guys want this twin turbo kit if anybody out there with a c8 wants it ideally within a pretty short amount of time you can order one yourself and it's gonna be a fully complete kit not just kind of like bolted on and thrown together and that's cool for making videos and that's cool for like being the first out there but if you notice a lot of other cars that were out there we haven't seen anything from them you know they show car runs twin turbos are on whatever now it just disappears so what we're aiming for here is a full production car and kit ready to rock and roll you guys know like my car doesn't mess around it shows up every day to run and it has to work right it has to make that 1000 horsepower every day whether I'm driving to the grocery store or racing a thousand horsepower Mustang whatever it is this car works elomar is no joke I've been on YouTube for gone on six years and I've had a lot of Corvettes they've always been a big part of my channel and I've had a lot of different Corvettes built by other shops and I was never fully happy until I went to LMR and that's why you know I shipped my cars all the way to Texas I live in PA but the result speak for themselves you don't have to take my word for it that's the good thing you can see on video all the time this car works it's the best daily driver I could ever want and I do draw I Drive it every day everything works air conditioning air conditioned seats all that stuff but it also makes a boatload of power and I race everybody you know and it runs consistent four point four four point five is 60 to 130 times again no matter what the temperature is and it's just it's a really great well-put-together machine this one will also be going to elimar so I choose LMR they're my shot they're my go-to I love the guys down there and I have had no problems well I mean why would I send my car anywhere why would you send your car anywhere else I know it's been tough it's been tough for me as well don't believe that like I'm just sitting here and I don't care about my c8 no I want it back and I've wanted it back I miss it dearly and I want to make the content with it I'm making payments on a car that I can't make content with but the the weight I promise you will be worth it and today we have real results we have the first fire up of the twin turbo c8 and it sounds incredible guys take a listen there you go so it's not only like oh we fired it up and we revved it a little bit like it's redline and everything's gone well so fingers crossed we have no hiccups the car should be done really like it's essentially done they're just they're doing a couple little like last-minute things but the car is dot as you can see it runs it drives it revs you can redline it as it did take some time but look at the quality of the work look at the quality of the parts it's beautiful to look at it's out there for you to see and it's sweet to actually see everything working so it sounds great drives great looks great and that's why LM R is the real deal so to me it was 1,000% worth the wait and I appreciate you guys sticking with us here and that's the finished product it's known no freaking Joe you're not gonna be getting no crap from us like all-wheel drive it I'm just gonna putt around a parking lot like no the cars gonna work so again I appreciate your patience but it's gonna be worth that I promise you that and the CH should be back on the channel really really soon how good is that sound how freaking good does it sound so very soon on the channel will have c7 c6 and c8 don't know where I'm gonna Park all this stuff and I still want to get that exotic so I'm right back to where I was got too many cars but you know what we'll figure it out the earth I can't move her car that's just I can't do that so I have to maybe finally build another garage not sure yet but she'll be fun ch we'll be back on the channel soon guys thank you one last time for your patience and one last time don't forget to enter to win my VIPRE if you enjoyed this upload to give it a big old a thumbs up take care of her great night guysthis is sweet check this out right here check this out so I finally got this from GM and this is a little present that you get when you buy a new c8 Corvette now I don't know if they're gonna do this for oh by the way good morning welcome back to the channel hope you guys are having a fantastic day but I don't know if they're going to do this for every person who buys a Corvette I would find that pretty hard to believe so I think it might just be a few special order one or maybe there's an option you pick or if you get like a brand like it the first year for them something like that it's cool let me get a knife okay we got that now let's see how we open this this is really really cool so far now you know Ferrari does this Porsche Lamborghini we have one for the earth but never Corvette and you know I don't blame them because Corvette is not like those brands you know they make tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of Corvettes so they it's not cost-effective for them to be making these little model cars cost quite a bit of money because they're actually pretty detailed well thank you card here thank you and welcome to the Corvette family happy to be here been here for a long time actually but thank you the first ever production mid-engine Corvette is the sum of each generation before it but stands alone that's the new standard of performance does the Stingray owner we hope you treasure the enclosed gift from the entire Corvette team okay let's get on with this so the CH logo and gloss black on the top of the box stingray on the side there and a little little a nice little cloth tab oh my god that's pretty cool that's pretty cool the Corvette outline there on the side stingray it's got your VIN on it then number 14 now this is neat right here that's really cool very heavy that's cool that's freaking awesome guys so check it out my own little model Corvette now I thought it was going to be like the earth one which I'll get out here in second of the Earth's is a scale model even down to like the stitching color and everything for your car you can see it matches that one perfectly brake calliper color everything in there so that's a little bit more detailed when I heard they were shipping out models of cars I thought of that and that's why I said like there's no way I was thinking there's no way they could afford to do this for everyone but this I could see so I could see every person getting this it's a cool little plaque you can put it on the wall put it on your desk or a shelf and it's not your plaque there and it's really just a little outline of the car like a little shell mold of it in the color that your car is so still very cool and something I will keep for maybe forever more thing I didn't notice before it's magnetic you can take the car off that's pretty neat you can take the car off and this magnet school okay so moving on from the fun toy car stuff we we do have some actual business we have to get down to today and that is we have to take the Viper to wit Moyer and this could be one of if not the final drive that you see me do in this car so we're taking it back to whit Boyer it's going to get an oil change and just looked over to make sure everything's okay for the giveaway winner because when you see this there will only be a couple of hours left to enter now there is a countdown timer on the website when you go to Indiana science comm you'll see a timer right there for you so if you're wondering like is it over is it not over it will show you there on the site so if you haven't entered yet get a last-minute entry now the guy who won the Hellcat he says he waited until the last 24 hours to enter so maybe it's lucky I don't know but get an entry and you can win this car but because the giveaway is over it's time for me to take the car make sure it's ready for one of you guys and that'll be the end of it she'll also get a full detail because she's a little dirty right now but thank you guys for the awesome love on the Viper content as you know takes about ten days from the time the giveaway ends until we call you so keep an eye out on Instagram and on the YouTube videos I'll be givin updates and all that good stuff but ya bout ten days from now we'll be calling one of you to tell you that's your new car and that for me is always the most fun part for sure little bit bittersweet you know it's not sad because one of you guys gets the car and I get to move on to something else and we're gonna have a great time but I do I really did like the Viper more than I thought I would and I think it's a really cool iconic car you can't argue with that oh yeah I mean that is one of the one of the things I'll miss for sure but you'll love it you're really well whoever wins this you're going to absolutely love it I can guarantee you that best part of the Viper for me is that it's just so unique and different like there is no other car like a Viper or like a Huracan and the 570s and like a four five eight they're all kind of similar you know a lot of a lot of vehicles you can describe by using another vehicle the Viper really pretty much is like its own thing with that we're here you will see the Viper you'll see it again you know it's chains and whatnot but it's kind of like this is the beginning of the end of the road for the Viper it was fun okay Viper is dropped off and now for the high country we're dropping this one off get rid of vehicles left and right and if you want to see what's happening to the Toyota check out the family channel Mike and Gina subscribe almost at 50 thousand subscribers but yes the high country is about to get dropped off for the rap climbing up in here this truck is going to look awesome now it looks really good already fire pics on the gram last night and potentially today it looks incredible but I think the rap is going to look even better and make this truck look even more special and eye-catching right and check out Shane's new 2500 HD that's right Shane is finally on Team derp Max and it looks great I'm really happy for him now he said he wanted to make his truck like this but it's just not practical because he does tow the boat but I think we'll get him hooked up with a lift kit of some kind really nice truck not a high country but not quite as like base model as mine so it's kind of like in-between my white truck and the high country it's kind of like somewhere in the middle there is and he's gone so uh and you disappeared first of all I know I've talked you on the phone but congrats on video truck looks great dude it looks fantastic something something something a little more practical I don't know if this truck will fit in the shop that's the only thing that like might be a snag hey dude it's pretty math so I know they looked real I just talked about them yeah we're gonna that rap is gonna be incredible their rap is gonna look good we've got a rap it you like them they're like 50 caliber bullets that's some heat so you like it so far huh it was awesome but I felt bad every time I toured the bow and I felt like it was gonna blow right that was that was for a different time in your life I felt like look it was better to let it go so I can live out the rest of its life yeah cuz it was even with that the boats not that heavy but it was squatting pretty good when you had the boat on there and this truck I'll tow it like it's not even there me not even there yeah so I got that remember how they they advertise that invisible whatever you're towing yeah yeah I'm getting that camera okay yeah that's sick I'm happy for you buddy you're gonna love it it's like in between our two trucks it's not as base-model that's my truck but it's not the high country please forget this is actually a 3500 I know I like it's big key a big girl do you think it's good I know I love those bumpers do you think what do you think it'll fit in the shop Oh a back door okay not the front door yeah we could probably drive right up the the bay door now four-wheel four-wheel drive if you air down you might be able to walk up that it's not very tall we should try it I'm down climate it's wild in here yeah it's wild the team is working those are all shirts for you guys all shirts we got in I like that shirt that's cool all boxes of shirts right now we got the save the sticks save the stick shirt big seller coming up all kinds of different ones we got Viper shirts everything you see here is on the website and everything on the website counts for you to win the Viper so check out in China science comm every five bucks you spend as an entry last couple of hours to enter to win the Viper don't miss out okay now we're back from dropping off the high country and we have the Corvette's here in the garage they are quite the pair 2010 zr1 2019 zr1 pretty different not to say you know the c6 zr1 very much like the old school corvette you know not a whole lot different than a bass c6 just kind of a lot more power and wider and then for the 19 they really did a lot more a totally different front bumper with a you know a completely different design crazy hood with the giant hole in it like this is the supercharger cover on the engine and the rest of it is a giant hole of course the massive wing which a lot of old school old school Corvette guys don't like but I love it the big Wang on there it's pretty cool to see the evolution only nine years apart these two kind of looks like a lot more to me when I look at them but only nine years and since we're talking about Corvettes let's talk about the reason why I'm sure many of you clicked on the upload and that is my c8 well we're making progress and not only we're not only making progress but we're pretty much done and the cars should be coming home within I would say 10 to 15 days has taken a long time don't get me wrong but I think a lot of people maybe didn't know exactly what we were gone for with this build and why it's taking so long so LMR could have just bolted on the turbos and you know ster fired it up and drove around the parking lot and we could have made a video and that would have been cool but we're actually aiming here for a production kit on my car and they've been developing another kit on their other car that they're actually selling today so they're kind of you know we kind of have everything squared away and you know we wanted something that was an actual real product not just something you bolt on so the idea is that when I get my CA back if you guys want this twin turbo kit if anybody out there with a c8 wants it ideally within a pretty short amount of time you can order one yourself and it's gonna be a fully complete kit not just kind of like bolted on and thrown together and that's cool for making videos and that's cool for like being the first out there but if you notice a lot of other cars that were out there we haven't seen anything from them you know they show car runs twin turbos are on whatever now it just disappears so what we're aiming for here is a full production car and kit ready to rock and roll you guys know like my car doesn't mess around it shows up every day to run and it has to work right it has to make that 1000 horsepower every day whether I'm driving to the grocery store or racing a thousand horsepower Mustang whatever it is this car works elomar is no joke I've been on YouTube for gone on six years and I've had a lot of Corvettes they've always been a big part of my channel and I've had a lot of different Corvettes built by other shops and I was never fully happy until I went to LMR and that's why you know I shipped my cars all the way to Texas I live in PA but the result speak for themselves you don't have to take my word for it that's the good thing you can see on video all the time this car works it's the best daily driver I could ever want and I do draw I Drive it every day everything works air conditioning air conditioned seats all that stuff but it also makes a boatload of power and I race everybody you know and it runs consistent four point four four point five is 60 to 130 times again no matter what the temperature is and it's just it's a really great well-put-together machine this one will also be going to elimar so I choose LMR they're my shot they're my go-to I love the guys down there and I have had no problems well I mean why would I send my car anywhere why would you send your car anywhere else I know it's been tough it's been tough for me as well don't believe that like I'm just sitting here and I don't care about my c8 no I want it back and I've wanted it back I miss it dearly and I want to make the content with it I'm making payments on a car that I can't make content with but the the weight I promise you will be worth it and today we have real results we have the first fire up of the twin turbo c8 and it sounds incredible guys take a listen there you go so it's not only like oh we fired it up and we revved it a little bit like it's redline and everything's gone well so fingers crossed we have no hiccups the car should be done really like it's essentially done they're just they're doing a couple little like last-minute things but the car is dot as you can see it runs it drives it revs you can redline it as it did take some time but look at the quality of the work look at the quality of the parts it's beautiful to look at it's out there for you to see and it's sweet to actually see everything working so it sounds great drives great looks great and that's why LM R is the real deal so to me it was 1,000% worth the wait and I appreciate you guys sticking with us here and that's the finished product it's known no freaking Joe you're not gonna be getting no crap from us like all-wheel drive it I'm just gonna putt around a parking lot like no the cars gonna work so again I appreciate your patience but it's gonna be worth that I promise you that and the CH should be back on the channel really really soon how good is that sound how freaking good does it sound so very soon on the channel will have c7 c6 and c8 don't know where I'm gonna Park all this stuff and I still want to get that exotic so I'm right back to where I was got too many cars but you know what we'll figure it out the earth I can't move her car that's just I can't do that so I have to maybe finally build another garage not sure yet but she'll be fun ch we'll be back on the channel soon guys thank you one last time for your patience and one last time don't forget to enter to win my VIPRE if you enjoyed this upload to give it a big old a thumbs up take care of her great night guys\n"