427 C5

Any info on the ZO6's clutch/differential/transaxle?
I hope that GM will include significant drive train upgrades to handle the increased power.

Buckmaster

I asked this awhile ago and got no info. I am really interested to see what GM does with the clutch and hydraulics............on the Z06...

Scissors

If they don't upgrade the POS differential, there are going to be a lot of expensive warranty fixes in GM's future. Output shafts, too.

Yano

Tom Steele

Honestly I'm suprised that you haven't gotten four or five "zero-shift"/paddle shifter posts and a couple of dozen people who had their dealers tell them that it will be a transmission and rear-axle from a UFO and at least a couple of folks who "know someone at the factory..."

Buckmaster

*89x2*

Scissors - what have you heard about the stock differential??

Here was a question I asked earlier... http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=947455

Thanks

John Wiz

Oh yea the Zero-shift snake-oil transmission, designed based on a bicycle, can cut 1.5 seconds on 0-100 times in a TVR (based on the fact the driver takes .75 seconds per gear shift and it requires 2 gear shifts) and for 15,000 dollars they will retrofit you T56.... oh and by the way, they are looking for engineers.....

427 C5

I recently read that the new ZO6 will get an upgraded differential.

Any new news?
Does this mean the new ZO6 will get an upgraded transmission?
or larger "pumpkin" out back?

Will we be able to retrofit the upgraded parts to a C5 or C6 coupe?

81ZZ4

One article sited a larger rear and cooling lines.

tome

From Gm Release:

Drivetrain
The Corvette Z06’s powertrain and drivetrain systems are matched to the LS7’s performance capability. The light, four-into-one headers discharge in to new, close-coupled catalytic converters and through to new “bi-modal” mufflers. The mufflers each feature a vacuum-actuated outlet valve, which controls exhaust noise during low-load operation but opens for maximum power.
At the rear of the LS7 engine, a single-mass flywheel and lightweight, high-capacity clutch channel torque to the rear transaxle. The six-speed manual transmission has been strengthened to handle the LS7’s increased torque load. The transmission includes a pump which sends transmission fluid to the front radiator for cooling. Upon its return, the fluid removes additional heat from the differential lube before returning to the transmission.
The M6 transmission connects to a limited-slip differential, with enlarged ring and pinion gears. Stronger axle half-shafts with tougher universal joints transmit power to the rear wheels

LTC Z06

Oh, it's gonna be the zero shift, my cousin's ex-girlfriend knows the friend of the janitor at the Wendy's across the street from the factory.

427 C5

Thanks for posting the above.
This is the article that I was referring to.

Sooooo,
does this mean the enlarged ring and pinion are going to require a whole new, larger, upgraded, "pumpkin" out back?
Does everyone really believe the transmission will be truly upgraded over the existing 6-speed?
Does everyone believe the same thing about the half-shafts andU-joints?

Next,
how do we find out about retrofitting these items to the C5 and C6 coupe?
Pricing out a LS7 drivetrain retofit on a C5 or C6 coupe and comparing that number to the MSRP of the new ZO6 will determine what project I will be starting this year.

Mighty-Mouse

WTF is a zero-shift?

LTC Z06

http://www.zeroshift.com/

Mighty-Mouse

I'm not sure Sir Issac Newton would approve.

LTC Z06

From reading the info on that web page I don't see how they are violating any laws of physics?

Mighty-Mouse

I was being a bit sarcastic!

But the name "zero-shift" is really a mis-nomer here. Nothing can change speed in zero seconds (or zero milliseconds as stated-as if there's a difference).

Therefore, it's not "Zero-Shift"

They say:
Sound an awful lot like what a CVT does to me, just bigger and more complex.


I'm very skeptical, very.