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Cars from about 1974 to about 1990 were all pretty much dogs with very few exceptions.  Fuel injection really started to "fix" the horsepower lack (and emissions) and then computer controls and DOHC designs etc. got us where we are today, which is pretty amazing really.  I sometimes muse about starting cars with carbs back in the day, there was a trick to it depending on how warm the engine was, chokes and all that.

Our Cessnas had manual chokes and a fuel mixture knob and magnetos.  Starting them was a trick also.  Full rich, prime,check around, call out "CLEAR!" and turn the key.  Maybe it started.

My founding partner has a 1982 Corvette Indy car.

It's a dog. He still regrets buying it, 25 years later. Paid too much for it also. Can't sell it.

Looks like this, minus the "Official Pace Car" lettering. Yuck.

https://www.hotcars.com/as-slow-as-a-minivan-the-story-of-the-1982-corvette/

With all of the shortcomings of the 1982 Corvette in terms of a new complicated throttle body injection system, a forced automatic transmission, and a design from the mid-60s, the performance is the biggest sin for this early 80s Vette.
The 350 c.i. V8 produced a low 200 HP and only around 285ft/lbs of torque, and without a performance manual transmission, much of this available power went to waste. The 1982 Corvette achieved a 0-60 time of 7.9 seconds, and while it was an accomplishment to achieve a sub-8 second time during the malaise era, this is laughable today, just as it was shortly after the malaise era ended.
For the sake of comparison, a late 1990s Chevy Cavalier could achieve a 0-60 time of around 8 seconds, a 1997 Dodge Neon could reach 60 MPH in around 8 seconds, as could a 2008 Dodge Caravan SXT minivan.
The 1982 Corvette was still considered a sports car, and it is tough to ignore the low-performance today, especially when it is about as fast as a 90’s economy car or a minivan from 2008.

My founding partner has a 1982 Corvette Indy car.

I didn't mind the look of the car.
Just needed to rebuild the motor

I put those wheels on a couple mid-80's Caprice classics
they were dogs as well, but great backseat

great is a relative term, usually

Used it for Ice fishing back in the day or running corn squeezin's from Canada across the lake or Detroit River