problems with model change
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problems with model change
I have an early production 1968 convert. As other owners of 68 model year Vettes know, there were some bad design features on this first year of the new C3 production model. Advanced planning and design have improved since 1968, but I wonder what design problems will slip through the cracks on the new C8 when the first couple hundred cars come off the assembly line?
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I dont hink there will be many problems at all performance wise. Maybe some electrical issues from bad 3rd party suppliers.....maybe
With the 68, they tried to use as many of the 67 parts as they could from the frame, steering, front spindles, engines, trannies, rear differential, radiators etc...to save money and the engineers were limited to these facts as well as having to calculate everything by hand. If they wanted to change or improve something they had to recalculate everything that touches that part plus any performance changes, again by hand. And again the market wouldnt wait if they had a set back, they had other high performance choices at a lower price to placate them.
today with CAD programs, water jets and robot welders they can change a part and calculate for it in minutes, then build that part in hours, not days. Your not going to see major overheating issues, steering issues, frame stiffness problems, or ancillary system failures either.
the stories I have read recently say that none of the parts swap over from a C7 to the C8. But i would think there may be a few little electronic bits like relays and things would be swapped over. THose would probably be reliable. Other than that its all new. But its been driven and ridden hard for something like 2 years now to shake out the bugs, plus they have them on race tracks already. I dont think we'll see big recalls at all for major problems, maybe small things like bad cruise control modules or air bags that are sourced from a third party. Probably sensors and stuff that they had to design new.
I also dont think they will be popular and sought after in 30 years either, except for some of the very high optioned cars. Can you imagine trying to find a chinese repop for all the computers on one of these things. And I read that the ECU is reportedly encrypted and if tampered with had a default low tune mode like a limp home mode.
With the 68, they tried to use as many of the 67 parts as they could from the frame, steering, front spindles, engines, trannies, rear differential, radiators etc...to save money and the engineers were limited to these facts as well as having to calculate everything by hand. If they wanted to change or improve something they had to recalculate everything that touches that part plus any performance changes, again by hand. And again the market wouldnt wait if they had a set back, they had other high performance choices at a lower price to placate them.
today with CAD programs, water jets and robot welders they can change a part and calculate for it in minutes, then build that part in hours, not days. Your not going to see major overheating issues, steering issues, frame stiffness problems, or ancillary system failures either.
the stories I have read recently say that none of the parts swap over from a C7 to the C8. But i would think there may be a few little electronic bits like relays and things would be swapped over. THose would probably be reliable. Other than that its all new. But its been driven and ridden hard for something like 2 years now to shake out the bugs, plus they have them on race tracks already. I dont think we'll see big recalls at all for major problems, maybe small things like bad cruise control modules or air bags that are sourced from a third party. Probably sensors and stuff that they had to design new.
I also dont think they will be popular and sought after in 30 years either, except for some of the very high optioned cars. Can you imagine trying to find a chinese repop for all the computers on one of these things. And I read that the ECU is reportedly encrypted and if tampered with had a default low tune mode like a limp home mode.
Last edited by Rescue Rogers; Nov 16, 2019 at 07:23 AM.
