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Ssr2003 06-21-2018 04:54 PM
Looks like all wheel drive
 
Watched new video c8 at test track. Driver stops and accelerates looks like driver side front tire spins. Take a look.

jdlev 06-21-2018 05:48 PM
Originally Posted by Ssr2003 (Post 1597453512)
Watched new video c8 at test track. Driver stops and accelerates looks like driver side front tire spins. Take a look.
Man...it's so fast you can't even see it!!!

StancyPants 06-21-2018 06:01 PM
Originally Posted by Ssr2003 (Post 1597453512)
Watched new video c8 at test track. Driver stops and accelerates looks like driver side front tire spins. Take a look.
son of a... you're definitely right sir!

johnglenntwo 06-21-2018 06:11 PM
There you go! ;)
 
Syncing the electronic motors!?:eek:

Can't charge you for this:
I did some reading on building race cars. The idea of light weight needs to be thought about at the concept stage. If you build a car light from the start then aren't carrying the weight and thus can use lighter things.
katech

jimmyb 06-22-2018 10:31 AM
Smaller front wheels, so they turn more rpm's than the rears, I think it's an illusion. I think it's the base rear drive car.

MikeG37 06-22-2018 10:55 AM
:iagree:

JerriVette 06-22-2018 11:25 AM
Possible a small lithium ion batter and a front motor could eventually make awd possible...

doubtful but possible...

give that version to cadillac

firstvettesoon 06-22-2018 11:48 AM
I filmed it off the screen with my iphone in slow mo. The wheels are moving at the same rate as far as I can tell.

Trying to get a better view.

elegant 06-22-2018 12:02 PM
Originally Posted by JerriVette (Post 1597458049)
Possible a small lithium ion batter and a front motor could eventually make awd possible...

doubtful but possible...

give that version to cadillac
Best intel (and it is shaky) is that a Cadillac all electric version could be around a 2023 — but Caddy has much more immediate issues to deal with.

johnglenntwo 06-22-2018 01:42 PM
RWS on the Z51!? ;)
 
He'll yeah. Big power be the jump!:rock:

NewYuriCity 06-22-2018 02:31 PM
Originally Posted by jimmyb (Post 1597457699)
Smaller front wheels, so they turn more rpm's than the rears, I think it's an illusion. I think it's the base rear drive car.
:iagree: If you slow the video down to 25% on YouTube you can see the rear wheels start spinning just an instant before the fronts (the "chirping" of the wheels that you hear from the wheel slip), and while it doesn't definitively prove it's not AWD it does suggest that it is RWD. It's very very close, but worthy of some investigation; GIF below is at 50% speed for reference:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.cor...332b9df0cf.gif

rgregory 06-22-2018 04:23 PM
It wasn’t even accelerating fast like other said. No way that is showing it is awd.

keagan 06-22-2018 07:44 PM
For those hoping for AWD, I hope they can swallow the added weight plus the weight of a DCT.

rgregory 06-23-2018 09:00 AM
Originally Posted by keagan (Post 1597461383)
For those hoping for AWD, I hope they can swallow the added weight plus the weight of a DCT.
and I really don’t understand the desire for it. McLaren 720s are running on the high 9s in the quarter from the factory showing that the right setup on a RWD/Mid engine car can really work.

Bikerjulio 06-23-2018 09:35 AM
Originally Posted by keagan (Post 1597461383)
For those hoping for AWD, I hope they can swallow the added weight plus the weight of a DCT.
This comment caused me to do some research as to the facts. Since the current 7-spd MT and the new DCT are both by Tremec, the job was not too hard.

Current Tremec TR-6070 trans weighs 144 lbs, without a clutch.

New DCT TR-9007 weighs 198 lbs, including clutches.

So, I'd suggest that the difference of 54 lbs with the DCT is probably compensated for by the lack of separate clutch and drive shaft when compared to the current setup.

http://www.tremec.com/anexos/File/TREMEC_TR-6070(2).pdf

http://www.tremec.com/anexos/File/TR...R-9007.DCT.pdf

buddylight 06-23-2018 05:14 PM
Originally Posted by rgregory (Post 1597463805)


and I really don’t understand the desire for it. McLaren 720s are running on the high 9s in the quarter from the factory showing that the right setup on a RWD/Mid engine car can really work.
:iagree:

No need for an AWD Corvette IMHO.


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