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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 06:57 AM
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Can anyone help me??? Other than the Z06 frame are C5 and C6 Corvette frames the same??


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Can anyone help me??? Other than the Z06 frame are C5 and C6 Corvette frames the same??


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No. Even though they are the same in appearance, the C6 frame has a longer wheelbase then the C5.
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FWIW...although the C6 was certainly an evolution of the C5, as one GM engineer put it "...the C6 is about 80% different than the C5." The Corvette Action Center has an old C6 press release (link below) which sets forth many of these differences:

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...005press3.html
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C6 is 1" narrower, 5" shorter, 1.4" taller, with 1.2" longer wheelbase.
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Originally Posted by trojjan
Can anyone help me??? Other than the Z06 frame are C5 and C6 Corvette frames the same??


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The mounting points for front and rear cradles was changed and they moved the mount points for the front wheels to change the wheel base i think 1 inch or 1 1/2 inches the frame on c6 and c5 are the same. z06 and zr1 are aluminum.
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