I am an 18 year old in Southern Oregon, and I have been wanting to get into the world of exotics for a good while, until i found out about kit cars. Now I have come up with a car i want to build, the iconic Dodge Viper srt10 ACR(the sreet legal version) I picked this car because 1, It is one of Americas finest muscle cars(in my opinion) and it looks like a aggressive looking car, which i like. Now all i need is your help to get started, because i have absolutely NO CLUE as to the entire process, the only thing i know about it is that you take a car you want to trans form, and you replace the exterior and if preferred, the interior. What i am asking is just the step by step process on this, What car chassis to use or is smart financially and for the model, where i can find the body kit for it, that sort of thing, just the basics to the process, and of course, without breaking my bank. Thanks for all your help and support. Hopefully i can make this dream a reality.

Looks like the consensus is that the Corvette to Viper kits don't look right and will likely cost more to build than a used Viper.

You need to consider the cost of the donor, the kit, the body and paint work (likely $8k-$10k alone), plus interior, plus wheels & tires. You are way, way into the upper $20's at that point. And that is just for a basic conversion and assuming your donor doesn't need a boat load of work.

And in the end you have a car that doesn't quite look like the car you like.

I actually am not looking for the speed to be honest, is there any other chassis that the viper is compatible with? I saw someone make one on a toyota mr2 donor or something similar, and i thought that there was a chassis that would be cheaper to put a viper on. I am just saying that i don't want a car that will take off on me, just something that looks nice and and is accurate. Also, I thought that since that car is built by you, it would be an easy fix if something happened to it(to an extent, meaning no hope if its major damage or totaled, DUH. ;D) would that be the case?