{"id":112487,"date":"2024-03-04T18:48:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T00:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=112487"},"modified":"2024-03-04T18:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T00:49:35","slug":"1953-corvette-with-a-lsx-v12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=112487","title":{"rendered":"Custom 1953 Corvette with a LSx V12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dave and Tracy Maxwell are owners of a custom 1953 Corvette and a 2024 Detroit Autorama Ridler Award<\/a> thanks to Kindig-It Design<\/a>. The company spent five years building the custom Corvette called “TwelveAir” using experience gained from their CF1 Roadster design<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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A car this unique requires a special motor. Kindig-It Design chose a 9.2 L LSx-based V12 built by Race Cast Engineering in Australia. The naturally aspirated motor runs on a Haltech Nexus ECU and produces 800 horsepower. That is transferred to an 8L90E eight-speed automatic transaxle from a C7 Corvette in the back. <\/p>\n

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The Corvette’s aluminum body sits on a custom chassis designed with a cantilever pushrod suspension. Braking is handled by Wilwood Aero6 R<\/a> six-piston calipers in front and Aero4 four-piston calipers in back. Those are covered by custom EVOD wheels (20×8, 21×12) with Micheline Pilot Sport 4s tires. <\/p>\n

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JS Custom Interiors<\/a> was tasked with covering the seats and 3D-printed dash and center console with Sienna brown leather. You can read more about the Corvette at Hagerty<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Source: Kindig-it Design FB page<\/a>, Hagerty<\/a>, and Hotrodshows FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dave and Tracy Maxwell are owners of a custom 1953 Corvette and a 2024 Detroit Autorama Ridler Award thanks to Kindig-It Design. The company spent five years building the custom Corvette called “TwelveAir” using experience gained from their CF1 Roadster design. A car this unique requires a special motor. Kindig-It Design chose a 9.2 L… Read More »Custom 1953 Corvette with a LSx V12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":112507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camaro"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/1953-Corvette-with-a-LSx-V12-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38823,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=38823","url_meta":{"origin":112487,"position":0},"title":"1963 Corvette with a Supercharged LT4 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1963 Corvette was built for a customer by Roadster Shop in Mundelein, Illinois. 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