convertible handling
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Racer
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convertible handling
Usually a convertible will have inferior handling compared to a "roof" car, since they will be more flexing / less stiff. Someone told me that on Corvettes this is not so because of their construction. Is this true?
Drifting
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From: Shell Point (Crawfordville) Florida
Yes, that's true. The frame on each is the same, they are each as stiff as the other, no difference. The "roof" does not add anything to the "stiffness".
Last edited by mrlmd; Dec 19, 2015 at 02:00 PM.
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From: South Western Ontario
The piece of roof between the windshield and hatch is easily removable on a coupe (via 3 latches), so it's roof add no real structural strength to the chassis.
Even the Z06 fixed roof is just a piece of the SMC with a bar on each side spot welded a couple of times at each end so it really doesn't add very much to the strength.
Even the Z06 fixed roof is just a piece of the SMC with a bar on each side spot welded a couple of times at each end so it really doesn't add very much to the strength.
Last edited by lionelhutz; Dec 19, 2015 at 05:19 PM.
Drifting
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From: Summerville South Carolina
In effect, the C5
Dave
Last edited by David Shiel; Dec 19, 2015 at 10:55 PM.
