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1964 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible, One Off Wide Body, ZR1 Carbon Brakes, 685HP LS7
1964 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible, One Off Wide Body, ZR1 Carbon Brakes, 685HP LS7
– Powered by a Lingenfelter built LS7, with Corvette ZR1 Carbon Brakes. Full interior with Air Conditioning, Power windows, Power door locks, Interval Wipers, Tilt Wheel, Hydraulic Power Brakes.
– Street Shop frame that was built to accept full width C6 front and rear suspension sub frames.
– C6 Corvette front and rear sub frames were added along with associated A arms and C6 steering Rack. A LG dropped – – – – – Spindles were added along with SKF race bearings.
– 2010 Corvette ZR1 carbon Rotors and Calipers were added.
– The engine is a 685 Flywheel HP Lingenfelter built Dry Sump LS7 with a Peterson 10 Qt remote tank and CCV tank.
– Exhaust goes through modified ceramic coated Hooker side mount headers, then through Flowmaster side mount Mufflers.
– All the power goes through a McLeod RST double disc clutch set up to a D&D built T56 Transmission.
– Shifting is handled by a Pro 5 shifter through a custom shift handle.
– The power is transmitted to the rear end through a custom Carbon fiber drive shaft.
– On to the rear the center section was sent out and filled with a OS Giken Differential and 3.54 gears. To which Driveline shop HD half shafts were used to supply the power to the rear wheels.
– The wheels are 10X19 front and 12X20 rear stock Corvette ZR1 wheels with Michelin PS2 run flat tires.
– To this a full ABS system was added to help control the braking. The nice thing is that all the C6 parts are readily available.
– A Ricks 16 gallon fuel tank with Vapor works fuel pick up system was also added. Then the Body was widened and massaged to flow over all four corners to fit over the C6 running gear.
– The fenders are actually widen 8″ on each side The hood was then modified to accept air extractors to help keep the front of the car on the ground.
– Custom Front and rear spoilers were added also to help in down force.
– The battery is located in the right rear wheel well and has a safety shut off switch.
– The seats are Corbeau with 5 point harness’s.
– The steering column is a Ididit. Parking brake moved to center tunnel like a 67.
– The body has side vents and rear backup lights to look like a 67.
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