
Ballistic Beige 64′ Corvette
The owner of Ballistic Beige previously owned a saddle-tan painted 1963 Corvette in the 90’s as one of his early hot-rods. This project is commissioned to give him back a piece of his youth recreating that original look on the exterior and interior never straying too far aesthetically from the American Classic C2 Corvette. However, this Vette has a twist. The beige becomes ballistic as you pop the hood or peer underneath this ride. Sitting on a heavily modified Art Morrison IRS Chassis featuring JRI Double adjustable coilovers, 6 piston 14” Wilwood brakes, a Woodward Road Race Rack, and massive Michelin tires all around 345/19 rear 295/19 front atop Forgeline LS3 3-piece wheels with real knockoff tri-bars. This beast is ready to annihilate corners. Propelling the chassis is a GM Performance LT4 Crate engine with dry sump oiling stuffed 4” back with a bespoke firewall mated to a 4l75E transmission, a QA1 Carbon Fiber driveshaft and Strange S60 IRS Differential. The star of the engine bay is the massive C&R cooling package horizontally mounted like a modern super car. The custom supercharger heat exchanger and radiator combo are topped with a custom shroud and dual 11” Brushless fans. Tucked neatly behind is a C&R oil to water-cooler keeping the transmission in check. These quality components are surrounded with other top shelf parts and fabrication work that border the realm of debauchery they are so good. The car keeps its 1960’s charm all while everything unseen from afar is very performance based
- rolling into a Fall completion
- muscle
- A swirlpot, but not just…
- the new modified Sparco wheel blends right in with the stock horn button
- nothing off the shelf
- Driver’s side snakes
- brake ducts
- meaty rear tires rolling to ES Fest
- A hand sculpted facelift for this blower lid with a cnc touch
- The blower lid is 1 of 1
- a very custom front frame crossbar and front bumper mount
- swissing a three piece transmission crossmember
- sectioning front bumpers
- driver ergonomics via a new footwell shape
- powersteering cooler via supercharger swirl pot
- frame end 3d printed brake duct prototypes
- testing for steeringwheel fitment
- a brake pedal bracket system
- a 3d printed plug to create more brake pedal clearance
- custom front wheel tubs
- mounting the Rick’s custom fuel tank
- Shaping up the engine bay
- out with the old “new” shift lever
- A heavily modified shifter
- A 4″ recessed firewall from scratch
- a bespoke tandem brake master cylinder
- from prototype to custom manual machining
- an overview of the transmission crossmember
- the inner workings of a handmade pcv/dry sump breather tank
- plug to piece to custom driveshaft tunnel
- making room in the “trunk”
- The LT4 Fully Integrated
- Cardboard Aided Design
- dreamy
- There’s no place for “simple” brackets on this car. A custom pedal mount
- I like where this is headed
- setting the angle of the C&R radiator for the European swing hood
- the bottom side is sanitary too
- making use of little space
- fabricating the front body mounts
- this is different than the norm
- The initial SC swirl pot construction pre-mount
- the firewall side of the pedal hanging bracketry
- execution is as important as design
- Melting pieces together
- swissed holes throughout
- the day I picked this one up
- serious go requires serios stop
- front bumpers sectioned 2″
- the metal working process
- the original start to a Titanium Intake before I revised it
- mmmm carbon
- Not stock equipment
- the factory rear floor pan
- setting the engine mounts
- the new lower A-arm mounts
- setting up for tire clearance
- A driveshaft hoop
- plotting for a new floor
- fuel tank mounting
- the day the chassis landed
- Firewall in progress
- the initial brake duct mock up
- brake line details
- C&R only the best
- big cooling and big tires
- more gusset details
- the fiberglass process
- the passenger side snakes
- Shift details
- getting the shaft and not mad about it
- mmm
- the only time you’ll see that crossmember
- rear view
- oil cooler
- gusset details
- not symetrical (thanks steering shaft) but simmilar in length
- sidepipe feels
- up close
- just too good
- details
- much better gap
- remove before flight
- quality is everything
- tribars and primary tubes
- Setting the attitude
- another before shot
- more rolling shots
- stock and stylish
. This project is slated for completion December 2019.