The torque tube it’s nothing special, Just plan old aluminum, turn it and Tig it. Ceramic aluminum is a type of high temp header coating that looks like chrome, kind-of. I have never herd of it as a stand alone material. This will be the third tube we’ve had done and never any problems. The special welding comes with the other suspension parts from a C6 when they are magnesium aluminum then you just need to use the specific type filler rod to that metal, and the green tungsten and let it rip.
We have looked into integrating a sheet steel reinforcement into the roll cage and body for that very reason. The only thing you need to worry about is in the automatic the torque converter is in the back with the transmission, in the manual the clutch is up front with the motor. The reason you don’t see a scatter shield is because the Corvette has one built in to the car and because of the very low numbers of people using the C5-C6 suspensions for their cars, so I don’t think even the SCCA or the NHRA would catch that one until some one lost it.
Thanks
Russell
