1964 Corvette Coupe - Lateral-g Forums

Musclerodz · #1 05-04-2005, 11:14 AM

Welcome. Cool car you have there. 63-67 vette is on my top ten cars to own someday.

Mike

Roarvette · #2 05-04-2005, 12:00 PM

The question on frame mods for tire clearance is this. All of the extensive frame mods were for other reasons.
I mounted the rear suspension which required some mods, then some exhaust header clearance was needed. An entire new removable transmission crossmember was needed with larger pass thrus for the 3" exhaust. The roll cage mounts were a modification. Everything was boxed and fully welded. It took almost one week of welding to box and seam weld the frame. The front frame horns were modified to hold the front sway bar and Ron Davis custom radiator.
The fuel cell required an entire section to be built and welded on.
The power steering pump also interfered with the cross member...
I also added a sump protector so if I bottom out I don'e lose the pan.
Here are some pictures.

As far as clearance is concerned, I wanted flared fenders so I just had the wheels custom made with the right amount of offset to clear the brakes and hug the frame.

jay web · #3 05-04-2005, 12:00 PM

That's gonna be NICE!!!!!

**XcYZ** · #4 05-04-2005, 12:28 PM

RoarVette, shoot me an e-mail: [email protected]

Red73 · #5 05-08-2005, 06:53 PM

Great looking project vette. I'm going to love watching the progress on your vette. Rod

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RussMS · #6 05-08-2005, 07:06 PM

Great Looking Project.

Welcome to the Forum

USAZR1 · #7 05-08-2005, 08:44 PM

That's going to be an awesome ride,when done.
You're not using the stock 64 rear,are you?

Roarvette · #8 05-09-2005, 06:19 AM

Hi,
Thanks for the comments. No, I'm not using the stock 1964. I had a unit put together with 3.7 gears, this gives me 40 MPH at 4500 RPM and 220 MPH at 5000 RPM in top gear.
It has a large yoke front yoke, new stub shafts, a carbon fiber clutch set and new ring and pinion gears.
It should work, well see. The car should weigh just over 2800 lbs.

Everthing that turns, from the engine to the back tires is brand new and much stronget than anything Chevrolet intended.

Thanks, again.
Roarvette

Roarvette · #9 09-28-2015, 06:28 AM

Here is my car at the 1500 mile mark. It is reliable fast and very streetable for a car of this performance level. I continue to do odds and ends, but for now just love putting on the miles. Quickly...

**WSSix** · #10 09-28-2015, 09:54 AM

Wow! Talk about a reviving an old thread. Glad to see the car was completed or at least put on the road finally. How did it feel to finally get to this point? Congrats!