I bought a major Pro-Touring project from a high school, WOW what were they thinking!

[DannyZ]

Thanks Greg and I agree

I plan on the LT4 engine and think I would be happy with the 650HP.
I plan to drive the car a lot on the street and even long cruises, so drive-ability and having it well dialed in is a must. I want the best handling I can get with as nice a ride as possible. I know that all of the builders we are talking about make great parts and I'm surely not trying to put any one down, but more looking at the build process like what you are talking about.

I like the DSE parts but it just seems for the amount of fab work to tie all three sections together, which in the end they are trying to made a full frame setup in a uni-body car for stiffness to improve handling. I sure that a lot of the companies built their kits so they can be done in phases as the car owners budgets will allow, thus the the companies can sell more kits then a full frame setup that is a big price tag to handle at once for some car owners, or they don't want to do a full rework so they can do it in stages and have their car off the road for less time and I get that part.
The DSE is parts are well proven, and I just think that if you do the math on a full frame and a separate stage kits, I think that in the end, that it is pretty close cost wise if you include the added fab needed for the DSE installs versa the full frame. So that's why I'm asking you guys this comparison, I truly value your opinions and your knowledge about these builds, and look forward to hearing your input on these issues. Also, it always seems to me , that in the past, I always say "If I had do do it over..." and it's always good to hear those kind of remarks that makes us better builders!!