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Never seen a report of any issue with the engine bay (other than debris or dirt) from a heavy rain. Not much different from a front engine layout ingesting water, dirt, and debris in heavy rain.
at spring mountain they had a flooded figure of eight could not help spinout until you put it into weather mode then all of a sudden no spins. Probably had the adjustable shock not sure if that makes a difference.
How does the C8 handle rain...like a heavy storm that you could hit on the interstate? Should you pull over or does it take it like a champ?
I was caught in a very heavy rainfall, used weather mode, and I think "taking it like a champ" is an accurate description. I thought it was incredible. Of course, I was driving reasonably. In heavy rain at higher speed you are always subject to hydroplaning, not limited to Corvette. I have the all season tires, on my Z51. Not the summer tires.
If you can see.....I would imagine that a Corvette is like any other car with 2-wheel drive or 4-wheel drive with big fat tires and adequate windshield wipers and computer aided stability.....I have driven a car that would hydroplane hydroplaning occurs when tires ride on a thin film of water instead of the road - Google Search.....very dangerous......at a certain level of rainfall no vehicle is safe.....but that doesn't stop the stupid who don't revise their speed, sight or stopping distance.....I will add (with no data at hand) that multilane freeways with heavy mixed traffic under wet conditions are even more hazardous than 2 lane rural roads with slower speed limits and lite traffic ...
I guess I should have clarified...the vents for the engine being open, how does it take a lot of water? I get fat tires and water on the road is a recipe for hydroplaning.
The day I picked up my 26 Z06 it started pouring down rain for the whole 100 mile drive home between Charleston SC and Myrtle Beach SC….no issues at all...
I guess I should have clarified...the vents for the engine being open, how does it take a lot of water? I get fat tires and water on the road is a recipe for hydroplaning.
Never seen a report of any issue with the engine bay (other than debris or dirt) from a heavy rain. Not much different from a front engine layout ingesting water, dirt, and debris in heavy rain.
In South Florida there is no way to avoid heavy downpours, so it happens all the time. I just slow down, and let the car do the rest on weather or comfort mode. Of course, your tires need to have enough tread and don't drive fast over large puddles. The engine bay gets wet but not as much as you'd think. It does not hold the water, so afterwards it just looks wet until you dry it or it evaporates.
I guess I should have clarified...the vents for the engine being open, how does it take a lot of water? I get fat tires and water on the road is a recipe for hydroplaning.
Everyone is so worried about getting these cars wet, thinking the car can't handle it...
They engineer the cars to be driven in torrential downpours.
They do leak tests on them during production, spraying water from all directions at once.
The owners who talk about not wanting to drive their cars in bad weather, or get rain down in the engine compartment, is because they want to keep them looking good without having to be constantly cleaning them, not because they will fail if they get wet.
Heck, even my 93,000 miles C5 is garaged in bad weather/rain just because I don't want to get it dirty all the time and have to wash it every other day.
Never seen a report of any issue with the engine bay (other than debris or dirt) from a heavy rain. Not much different from a front engine layout ingesting water, dirt, and debris in heavy rain.
I got caught the other day in a down pour on the way home from playing golf on Saturday and the Vette was great . First time using weather mode . No issues at all.
I guess I should have clarified...the vents for the engine being open, how does it take a lot of water? I get fat tires and water on the road is a recipe for hydroplaning.
Yes you should have....I never would have guessed you were concerned about getting water in the engine bay.....of all the problems that heavy rain can cause that is not one of them I would stop for.....imho
Just last weekend I was headed to a car show here in the PNW. The roads were wet. I took the turn onto the on ramp of I-5 a bit too aggressively and the rear end started to come around. The nannies took over (as I started to counter steer) and all was just fine. That wasn't even with Weather Mode turned on. It rained all day (the car show was a bust).
The car does just fine in wet weather. So much so that I rarely bother with Weather mode even in heavy rain, but then again I don't take it much over 75 on the freeway when the rain is coming down.
