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I know ... that's why I said: "They" in the quote above referes to GM or Dephi.
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Weight can be reduced
Less than 2600-2700 lbs can be and has been achieved with current technology.
Mosler produces a road car that weighs in at 2450 lbs.
This includes AC, electric locks, electric windows, am/fm/cd stereo and an LS7. Seems to me that GM could produce a plush ride with an additional 150-250 lbs. Give them 350 lbs and you still have 2800 lbs vehicle. At 3000 lbs, an additional 550 lbs, you could have dual clutch and 4 wheel drive and whatever else. I seem to recall that one of GM's manager types stated that Mosler's approach was the future for Corvette.
Mosler produces a road car that weighs in at 2450 lbs.
This includes AC, electric locks, electric windows, am/fm/cd stereo and an LS7. Seems to me that GM could produce a plush ride with an additional 150-250 lbs. Give them 350 lbs and you still have 2800 lbs vehicle. At 3000 lbs, an additional 550 lbs, you could have dual clutch and 4 wheel drive and whatever else. I seem to recall that one of GM's manager types stated that Mosler's approach was the future for Corvette.
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Less than 2600-2700 lbs can be and has been achieved with current technology.
Mosler produces a road car that weighs in at 2450 lbs.
This includes AC, electric locks, electric windows, am/fm/cd stereo and an LS7. Seems to me that GM could produce a plush ride with an additional 150-250 lbs. Give them 350 lbs and you still have 2800 lbs vehicle. At 3000 lbs, an additional 550 lbs, you could have dual clutch and 4 wheel drive and whatever else. I seem to recall that one of GM's manager types stated that Mosler's approach was the future for Corvette.
Mosler produces a road car that weighs in at 2450 lbs.
This includes AC, electric locks, electric windows, am/fm/cd stereo and an LS7. Seems to me that GM could produce a plush ride with an additional 150-250 lbs. Give them 350 lbs and you still have 2800 lbs vehicle. At 3000 lbs, an additional 550 lbs, you could have dual clutch and 4 wheel drive and whatever else. I seem to recall that one of GM's manager types stated that Mosler's approach was the future for Corvette.
#1 That is a dry weight. No fuel, no fluids. You can add about 200 to that just for fluids.
#2 Also has Dymag wheels, which cost a fortune, or OZ/Work wheels, which cost not too much less and save tons of weight.
#3 Does not have the full array of airbags, or power seats, or all the other luxuries that vette owners crave.
#4 No storage space at all.
#5 Costs $330k, granted they are small time, but they still have more than the ~ $50k that Chevy has to build a corvette.
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It should be pointed out that the DI V6 going into the base Camaro is right at 300HP - about where the LT1 was 10-12 years ago.
In a Corvette, you could lose front end weight, overall vehicle weight and have a smaller powertrain package to design around.
I'm not advocating abandoning V8s but just saying - there's a lot to like about a smaller package. Nissan isn't doing too bad with the twinturbo 6 they are stomping the world with in the GTR.
In a Corvette, you could lose front end weight, overall vehicle weight and have a smaller powertrain package to design around.
I'm not advocating abandoning V8s but just saying - there's a lot to like about a smaller package. Nissan isn't doing too bad with the twinturbo 6 they are stomping the world with in the GTR.
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It should be pointed out that the DI V6 going into the base Camaro is right at 300HP - about where the LT1 was 10-12 years ago.
In a Corvette, you could lose front end weight, overall vehicle weight and have a smaller powertrain package to design around.
I'm not advocating abandoning V8s but just saying - there's a lot to like about a smaller package. Nissan isn't doing too bad with the twinturbo 6 they are stomping the world with in the GTR.
In a Corvette, you could lose front end weight, overall vehicle weight and have a smaller powertrain package to design around.
I'm not advocating abandoning V8s but just saying - there's a lot to like about a smaller package. Nissan isn't doing too bad with the twinturbo 6 they are stomping the world with in the GTR.
