JIAZZ06

http://www.motor1.com/news/65630/201...-improvements/

mxk

I wonder if the new hood with improved cooling vents will be offered to existing customers.

sunsalem

From the link:

Tadge Juechter, Corvette executive chief engineer, says that a small number of customers reported heatsoak or overheating issues when running their Z06s hard on track. The exact number might have been less than five percent of all buyers, Juechter said, but those drivers complained loudly about the issues. As part of his engineering team’s emphasis on “continual improvement,” updates are coming this fall.
The 2017 Z06 will receive a new hood with improved cooling vents and some other changes “for additional cooling on the track.” Chevrolet says more precise details on the tweaks will come later this year.

fleming23

Not thinking a larger supercharger lid and revised hood is going to solve much of the 5%'s issues....

jklein7

This could be huge. Like the other comment would this be offered to those of us who bought the 2015,2016 Z? And what about charges?

JMB

I applaud Tadge for FINALLY fessing up and addressing this VERY apparent issue....the only unfortunate part is that owners of the 2015/16 Z06's will have to pay dearly to retrofit the improvements (assuming that they are all retrofit-able).

rsilver

I question the number of 5% that over heat. Thats 500 cars approx.
Regardless, the hood is one thing which I doubt will help much given various threads on this forum, its the " along with other changes" regarding cooling that is the key. Interesting they postponed Z06 production to " allow for grand sport" production. My sense, they are not ready with their cooling package for the 2017 Z06 but just my .02.

LFZ

Glad I didn't get a 2016!

jvp

Here's 2 pennies in change. You'd be wrong with that.

fleming23

Dropped valves.....glad I didn't get a C6....

Monkey D. Luffy

Glad my 2016 has never overheated !!

0Myhardtop

This is great!

Finally, GM admits to the heating mess and doing something about it. Since things gets really hot here in Texas, I don't even bother driving my Z06 in the middle of the summer heat.

Hey, nothing is wrong with fixing issues and keep moving forward...it took long enough.

Thanks,
Carlos

davepl

It'll be interesting to see how hard it will be to retrofit the new hood and ancillary pieces to the 2015s (etc). They're going to change as little as possible, generally, so there's a good chance the fenders and bumper cover won't change (but it could, of course).

I think you'd be hard pressed to find 500 owners that track Zs, let alone have overheated them. Glad they're fixing it, but they're only doing it because the very small minority are also (a) vocal and (b) get press coverage.

I can provide you with a reason not to buy pretty much any year of Corvette. Should we start with the Blue Flame 6 and powerglide? The C3 rear suspension? The Crossfire injection?

You just know that somehow fixing this will turn into a bad thing for that certain set of never-happies.

Unless you meant to say "on the track", there's something wrong with your car, then, because no one overheats a Z in normal driving no matter how hot it is. Only at the track, and only when pushed. If I can track it in 112F by short shifting I'm pretty sure you can make it to Safeway in Texas!

william wyatt

Now that's funny.He thinks hood vents is going to solve this problem.Thats as stupid as them releasing the car from the get-go knowing it would melt down.

tail_lights

Daily drive mine in South Texas, 101 degrees the other day and barely hit 200 (oil and water) with AC blasting. Now I'm not tracking the car, but Carlos' comment makes it sound like these cars melt if it's summertime and you pull them out of the garage

mxk

What I find equally funny is you jumping to equally idiotic conclusions about someone else's thought processes.

LFZ

LMMAO

BLK06ZO6

I remember reading somewhere on this forum that during aftermarket cooling solution testing, completely removing the hood did not significantly affect oil, coolant, or trans max temps on track. It was either LG or GSpeed performing the testing. If that's the case, I'm not sure how good vents would have any effect. Maybe some huge intake holes in the front bumper like a GT3 would help.

four0nefive

How do we know these are official changes? That's right, we don't. Until GM releases an official statement of what they have done, none of this is confirmed. But being a troll, why would you care about actual facts like the fact that GM hasn't confirmed anything yet?

jvp

I actually had the same thought after re-reading this thread and the poorly written "article" on Motor1. BTW, what is Motor1 and who are they? Anyway, I'll bet a dollar that they're not at the track with GM right now, and that what Motor1 has decided to write is culled from reading...

Corvette Forum.



I pulled that from one of Tadge's answers in "Ask Tadge".

Folks, changes are coming and we should be reading (real) details on them soon. I don't know what will be changed for sure, though I do have an idea of the things they've been working on for quite some time. Whether we'll see those things reach production or not is another story.