Ray Evolution Ray: Kaoru Koshimizu C1 Corvette – Speedhunters

If you are going to build a great car, it is best to give it a great name.

There is a lot of love about his hot Rodm. The Can-du-Will-Do position, the belt-so that it does not exceed this towards the building and race of cars, and the feeling of a society that encourages wild names and spots, and of course the names of Badas they offer their creations.

I recently met “Rodder Cocheimizo” for life to check Ray developed, C1 Chevrolet Corvette with a fully formulated electric set and operating equipment, as well as some partisan tricks.

Koshimizu-SAN ​​runs in Yokohama suburbs. Taiaki Shop along with his car interests. At the bottom of the hill, there is the first garage to work, which includes the original C2 Stingray of Koshimizu-San.

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Inside Koshimizu-San’s Taiaki Shop, you will find delicious sweets in the form of a fish filled with sweet red beans. Take the stairs, and you end up in his comfortable book, which extends over the new garage.

The aircraft model group is shipped from the states style of states and was built by Koshimizu-SAN ​​itself. His background in interior design, specialist in stores, is clear. There is a lot packed in a small space, but none of the areas you feel upset.

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The first Koshimizu-SAN-C3 Corvette 1969 that he bought when he was only 20 years old-is stopped next to C1. He cannot explain where the desire to drive an American car came from, but it was not from his family or friends. I think that a child in Japan during the 1970s and 1980s, and Corvette was the AC/DC for Nissan Verlade Air supplies. The shoulder platforms were against the elbow spots. At the time of excess, “Vette” was king.

Inspired by the racing cars built from Greenwood Corvettes and the like, Koshimizu-SAN ​​expanded C3 with a modified group of the United States to accommodate 13-inch Halibrand wheels at the back. It is supported by 427ci Big Block V8 with four Weber carbohydrates with Doug Nash 4+1.

C3 deserves the advantages of itself, but since it is currently not registered, we have not been able to intimidate the neighborhood in it. Koshimizu-SAN ​​shot it for me, and yes, he got more than Jackie Chan.

This is what I came to see: Kushimizo San Corvette.

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C1 is the ownership of the muscle car. It is the American American Sports Coupes in two seats, each of its DNA shares, all the way to Twin-Tourbo 1,064HP ZR1. However, the first tour of the handcrafted C1-fibreglass was sporty like laziness in a swimming pool. Their 235Ci anemia engines were far from excitement, and made the primitive cylinder brakes difficult to stop quickly from speed. The handling was nothing to write at home about either of them, it is not surprising that the driving line is a group of parts of parts of various passengers.

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In 1957, 265ci saved a small V8 and manual transmission 3 speeds of extinction, but not until 65 not standard pirate brakes. Perhaps it was good to be the C2 making 425 hp by that time.

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What C1 did is its appearance. Small proportions and fine details such as the back fins have made their own shortcomings, especially after the latest models have recovered the name Corvette.

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So there is a need to touch the body. Unless, of course, you are an eccentric interior designer running a tape and Taiaki place. In this case, the front end of which is operating hydraulic and an engine with an electric motor is a nice small project.

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The C1 hood was originally stopped forward, but Koshimizu-SAN ​​had taken it further and turned the entire front end of the fiberglass body into one piece. The shoe is opened with an electric motor, and it reveals the first performance promotions for Ray develops. The replacement of the rear leaves and the hubs axis the Pushrod suspension system is completely dedicated, and it is all designed at home.

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Since the C1 had no mounting points for independent suspension in the depth, Koshimizu-SAN ​​enabled the start of an empty menu. He also wanted to create a kind of parties at the back to match the party in the foreground, which he also designed and designed. The front end features a specially installed C3 structure with custom control arms, Koni shocks, Swift Springs, and C3 Hub Assoblies.

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The new suspension components will not have a little meaning if left for its own devices, so Koshimizu-SAN ​​tied the front and back with a hidden roll roll. This is dealing with care.

Press a button on the Dash, and opens Clamshell to detect a large 383ci Chevy V8 mass fueled by the DEMON 650CFM twin carbohydrates that send 500 hp to the 5 -speed Richmond and C3 DIFF transmission.

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After wandering the road, it wanders directly to the floor scheme with chopped windshield that does not protect any wind, I don’t think this car wins any prizes in any Autocross days. The engine torque makes the car that the car feels that it tears itself even in the lighter strangling. But this may be beauty, raw visceral energy from hot bars-which live on the edge and enjoy every minute mired in oil.

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