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What makes a corvette a "Corvette"
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Modern Day Zora?
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Instrument Panel Speed/Responsiveness
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Track day brake failures and warranty
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No water temp pocket gauge for Z06?
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Old 12-04-2016, 08:45 AM
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Default What makes a corvette a "Corvette"

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Clairvoyantwolf asked:
Is a corvette a “Corvette” if instead of large displacement high torque V8 it instead came with a small displacement high revving engine of whatever configuration? Are such concerns a consideration when developing a new model or generation? And how would you characterize the corvette driving experience, especially how it relates to your competitors?
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Default Modern Day Zora?

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Do you believe it is fair to compare you, Tadge Juechter, with "The Godfather of Corvette", Zora Arkus-Duntov? If so, what developments or improvements were you single-handedly responsible for during your tenure as Chief Engineer of Corvette and what nick-name would you want to be remembered by?
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Default Instrument Panel Speed/Responsiveness

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As a new C7 owner, I'm surprised at how sluggish the DIC mode changes are when using the rotary dial. Why didn't display responsiveness get a higher priority in the design process to avoid impacting the driving experience with delays after setting changes? Is there anything that can be done to improve the response time?
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Default Track day brake failures and warranty

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Many customers are reporting brake fluid leaking out of the bleed screws during track events... The brake fluid appears like it's being pushed out from the outer bleed screw, which introduces air into the system causing the fluid to boil, and the brakes to go away quickly. The inner screw and caliper seem to be largely unaffected and stay clean.

Since this is only able to be reproduced under track conditions, the dealers aren't able to diagnose or fix it. Can someone from your engineering team help by investigating the issue, diagnosing the problem and coming up with a resolution.



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Old 12-04-2016, 08:59 AM
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Default No water temp pocket gauge for Z06?

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jcthorne asked:
The instrument cluster in the Z06 will not allow engine water temp to be displayed as a pocket gauge. It is displayed as a numeric value in the tour mode info display but not available in sport or track at all.

I understand the base model has a physical water temp gauge where the Z06 boost gauge is so the choice made some sense for the base model but would really like to be able to have water temp as a pocket gauge in sport mode in my Z06.

Any way this could be added as a software update for the instrument cluster?
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