new member w/ project.

[Twin_Turbo]

I wanted to see the pics of roarvette's ride so i had to register and figured I'd introduce myself while I was at it.

I'm Marck from the Netherlands and I'm building a completely modified 1982 Corvette w/ a twin turbo 355SBC (for now, will be a 598 w/ most likely turbos on it), a ZF 6 speed, a clamshell front end, fender flares, custom front & rear suspension, 12pnt cage, wilwood integra 6 & 4 piston calipers, 5 stage dry sump oiling...and a lot more.

Here's some shots of the car, the front & rear susp. are not completely finished. I still have to finish the toe control and upper camber control rods for the rear susp (have everything lying around ready to be final welded), the toe control rods go in front of the halfshafts because of the 80-82 diff. carrier, there's no room on the back. The suspension has full coil overs on all 4 corners, I still have to finish the "spreader" bar on the front and the lwoer control arms (for now it's a stock arm adapted for a lower coil over mount)

My appleton rack will arrive next month or so, that's when I will start on my front steering end take off conversion, no more recirc. ball box for me.

excuse the mess, it's my new shop and haven't had time to do any tidying or arranging stuff (the wood is not for supporting the frame, it's to keep the wheels pointing forward and not scuffing the trailing rods)

[Twin_Turbo]

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(this section needs finishing, a plate to cover the rough cut outs and to gusset the kickup area at the same time)

[Twin_Turbo]

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[69MyWay]

Good to see you here. I have been following this project on the Corvette forums and just love to see updates.

Sorry I couldnt hook you up with those cross shafts. We have some more that just came off Kurt's 81 Vette as he went to a VB&P complete suspension kit. Let me know if you need those. Not a problem getting them pressed out and sent.

Car is looking great! I hope to be able to see it in person some day.

[Twin_Turbo]

Yeah, I still need cross shafts, that's what's holding my lower arm project back. If you have them I definitely want them. The other source I had never came through either (and this has went like this a lot of times..somehow the cross shafts are hard to get)

I'm really making good progress now that the shop is done and the pneumatics for the tools are all set up. I'm hoping to have the frame rolling in the next couple of weeks, the suspension stuff still requires a lot of welding and fabrication.

[XcYZ]

Welcome, Marck. That's an awesome project. I definitely want to follow along.

[Twin_Turbo]

here's an old shot of the still not completed engine (the plumbing is not done, I have too many projects going on that still need finishing)


and some shots when it was (temporarily) standing outside because the shop was not ready



clamshell hood:

[Twin_Turbo]

(that crossmember is gone, it was a temporary butcher job on the stocker to properly position the tranny)

home made rear flares, not done yet



this is a photoshop of what it should look like when finished

[Twin_Turbo]

wilwood integra 6 calipers on the front





oh..and I know, I'm a lousy photographer

[Red73]

Twin_Turbo, Glad to see you found this site. There are some great looking cars here with lots of great craftsmanship and horsepower. I'm glad that you can now work on your car in your new garage vs. being outside. Rod