"Earthquake" 1963 Corvette Roadster by hotrodsrestos.com

There isn't anything better than getting in to a fully built car that you know is going to perform the way you want it to.  This 1963 Corvette prepared for the street by HRR.  This hi-octane, street driven beast is ready to take off with a burp of the throttle and a shot of adrenaline.  Let HRR put you in the drivers seat of your dream

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EARTHQUAKE TECH SHEET

 Owner:  ARKA CHORBAJIAN, WHITEROCK, BC, CANADA

BODY MODS

Rear bumpers removed

Custom roll pan and rear quarters

Custom front spoiler

Modified 1967 427 Stinger hood (sorry was not installed for photo shoot)

Rear wheel wells widened 5 ½ inches each side and painted body color

Reworked rear floor section

Notched rear deck for roll bar

Engine compartment cover panels (radiator support panel, wiper motor, inner side of front fenders behind wheels)

Fiberglass transmission tunnel overlay painted body color with flushed shifter trim

PAINT

Sherwin Williams Ultra 7000 U7 black base and Glamour clear applied by CC Racing, Richmond, BC, Canada

Polished at Hotrods Restos, Delta, BC, Canada

CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

OEM 1963 frame, modified back half, totally body worked and finished in Endura paint

All bolt on components are powder coated by Hi-Pro Coatings, Langley, BC, Canada

Jim Meyer front control arms and coil over conversion

95 Viper differential with 3:08 gears

Offset Vette trailing arms

Comp engineering anti-roll bar

Strange engineering rear coil-over shocks

13” cross drilled, vented, slotted Willwood Brake rotors with aluminum hats

Willwood 6 piston brake calipers custom adapted on all 4 corners (not a kit)

Tilton brake pedals and master cylinders

Hydraulic clutch

Addco front sway bar

Chromolly  6 point roll bar with removable door bars

Flaming River stainless tilt column, billet wheel popper and leather wrapped D wheel

Rack and pinion conversion using a high ratio Flaming River rack and components

Boyd Coddington Smoothie Two Wheels (widened at Greens Automotive, Richmond, BC, Canada

18”x9 ½” front and 18” x 13 ½” rear with Michelin Pilot Sport 265/35-18 and 335/30-18 tires

 DRIVELINE

700+HP 427ci Small Block Chevy naturally aspirated running on 94 octane gasoline

built and DYNO tested by K & S Machine, Kelowna, BC, Canada

A modified Long Shifter Shifted Richmond 6 Speed transmission with a Lakewood bell housing and Centerforce dual friction clutch

ENGINE SPECS

Donovan Aluminum Block

Air Flow Research 215cc raised runner full CNC finished heads

T & D shaft mount roller rocker assembly

Lunati Billet crankshaft

Crower connecting rods

Comp Cams Billet roller camshaft with offset pin oiler roller lifters and push rods

Comp Cams belt drive

Milidon oil pan

J E 10:1-cr pistons

Holley 4150 series 1000+ cfm Carburetor

Edelbrock Victor intake manifold

Hooker headers and side pipes equipped with custom Brullen Exhaust inserts

Moroso evac pump and catch can

Grenatelli sheet metal valve covers

MSD Billet slip collar distributor, digital 6 plus and HVC coil

Nitrous Oxide Systems Fogger System (has not yet been tried has not been needed as of yet)

Twin Mallory 4140 fuel pumps           

Sam Biondo line lock

BeCool aluminum radiator and CSR overflow

Coolflex radiator hoses

INTERIOR

Autometer Phantom Guages mounted in a custom dash

Jager Motorsports 5 point cam lock safety harnesses

Two 12” Eclipse subwoofers mounted in a custom painted fiberglass enclosure

Two MTX Audio amplifiers and two 1 farad caps

Two sets of Diamond Audio 5 ¼” separates mounted in kick pods

Clarion Pro Audio head unit

Vintage Air compact heater assembly

Painless Wirings 18 circuit harness

Twin polished NOS bottles mounted with a Comp Engineering Bottle bracked

Wool carpet and carbonfibre vinyl finish off the interior

Twin Optima batteries are mounted inverted with billet mounts under rear of car