Bash updates and info
Team Owner
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From: Springfield MO
Team Owner
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From: Springfield MO
Just pointing out that JerriVette posted bad info about the LT1 and plenty of the slurpers were on my case when I posted facts, directly from GM, that proved him wrong, and now GM backs up what I said(and what they had been saying all along), at the bash.
Le Mans Master
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From: Ventura CA
I could care less about times around VIR. I want to know the times on the Tail of the Dragon, mixed in with the slow Harleys. the stupid crazy Sport Bikers, and the local SUV's and pickup trucks. That's where the action is.
BlueOx wants to know the time it takes to wax the C7.
BlueOx wants to know the time it takes to wax the C7.
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Le Mans Master
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From: My interests are mobile
All the various engineers have been pretty clear that marketing and the higher ups arent playing games and that info will be released in a planned timeframe by the marketing dept. if they even think they cant say it...they dont
No prob. I been interrogating like crazy...lol.
No prob. I been interrogating like crazy...lol.
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Safety Car
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From: Chesapeake VA
I wish they used VIR Full course for the comparison... that's what nearly everyone races on and the majority of trackdays are run on. Mazdadrivers used to run the Grand Course configuration, but it's been a few years and NOBODY races the grand course configuration.
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Fuel cutoff at 6600 RPM. That must be another big fat lie by GM at the Bash. Our resident Internet Engineer(JerriVette) said that the LT1 made it's maximum horsepower of 475 at 6600 RPM with a redline of 7100 RPM. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...al-number.html
Now read my posts where I said the maximum horsepower is made at approximately 5900-6000 RPM with a redline of 6500 RPM and a fuel cut off at 6600 RPM.
I guess that makes me as big a liar as GM and didn't I also say somewhere that GM has not said anything about the GenV engines being FlexFuel.
Did anyone ask the speaker if the pistons were cast or forged?
Now read my posts where I said the maximum horsepower is made at approximately 5900-6000 RPM with a redline of 6500 RPM and a fuel cut off at 6600 RPM.
I guess that makes me as big a liar as GM and didn't I also say somewhere that GM has not said anything about the GenV engines being FlexFuel.
Did anyone ask the speaker if the pistons were cast or forged?
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Jimmy
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From: Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania
I may be way off but.....I believe the inference may be that JerriVette is pulling stuff out of his keester.
I believe the man wants VINDICATION.
OK-now I understand - wasn't aware of the back story. Just trying to follow along . . . . .
I believe the man wants VINDICATION.
OK-now I understand - wasn't aware of the back story. Just trying to follow along . . . . .
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Safety Car
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I mean C&D and GM... I understand it, but they should have used the full course for the lightning lap at the outset. It'd be a far more relevant comparison to anyone who's run timed laps at VIR.
Team Owner
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From: Springfield MO
JerriVette never posted any official GM dyno graphs that said different. I also quoted the two main LT1 powertrain engineers(Jordan Lee and John Rydzewski) on what they said regarding the LT1's RPM and Jerrivette never posted any quotes from a single GM engineer that proved those two GM engineers were wrong.
He just kept foaming at the mouth about some BS.
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From: Southeast, WI
I have to chuckle... the information given is of huge value to anyone who tracks these cars. You can see they made a massive effort to make this thing even better on track, yet people want HP figures and meaningless data points like 0-60 times.
Things like discussing the reduced thermal transfer to the hubs from the two-piece rotors is because the old single piece rotors allowed the hubs to get hotter which decreased their life-span and made the hub flange more prone to fracture. This is a big deal to those who track the cars.
The fact that they've re-designed the steering column, rack mount, rack, and spindles to be 5x as stiff is huge. It's these things that contribute to the overall driving "feel" of the car that so many say the Corvette lacks.
Good job team Corvette!
Things like discussing the reduced thermal transfer to the hubs from the two-piece rotors is because the old single piece rotors allowed the hubs to get hotter which decreased their life-span and made the hub flange more prone to fracture. This is a big deal to those who track the cars.
The fact that they've re-designed the steering column, rack mount, rack, and spindles to be 5x as stiff is huge. It's these things that contribute to the overall driving "feel" of the car that so many say the Corvette lacks.
Good job team Corvette!
