It’s Alive, RideTech’s 48 hour Corvette hits the track

Four years ago, Bret Voelkel and the crew at RideTech suspension made a splash in the automotive world when they took nicely restored 1967 Camaro and made it into a capable sports car in 48-hours. They gathered all the components they would need like the new drivetrain, brakes, wheels, tires, gauges, etc. and constructed a plan. Instead of working 48 hours straight, they spent three days working “only” 16 hours a day and had the car driving and track-ready. The response was phenomenal. The idea of throwing a car together with a group of guys in a few days seemed to hit home with car enthusiasts all around the world. That car is still racing today and we can tell you from personal experience that it is insanely fast.

The ProTouring genre is much larger now than it was then which has continued RideTech’s success. They’ve recently brought some killer equipment for Corvettes to the market and what better way to showcase it than to do another 48-hour build?

Welcome to the 48-Hour Corvette. We posted a video of the first start up last week, but they now have it finished and it has participated in its first racing event at the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, KY. Everything looks to have gone well, but soon we will see what the car can really do once Bret and the crew at RideTech get familiar with the car’s limits.

We’ll try to quickly break down what RideTech calls their recipe for the build. The powerplant is a Lingenfelter enhanced 630 horsepower LS7 that sends power through a Bowler T-56 Magnum 6-speed manual transmission. It has RideTech’s full Stage 3 coil-over system with their StrongArms, TruTurn system, rear trailing arms, Mono-Tube TQ Series Coil-overs and much more. Baer provided the brakes with 13” 2-piece rotors and 6-pot calipers in the front and rear. 18” Forgeline GT3C’s wrapped in 315-series Falken Azenis 615K’s on all four corners give it maximum grip while reducing unsprung weight.

For more information on the build, check out RideTech’s website here.

Text by Kaleb Kelley

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