ZR1 domination

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by FattyBoomBatty

That twist is called torque, I don't know if you know what that is. But it happens a lot in v8 cars.

Really? Thanks genius.

The point I was making is that quality has always taken a back seat with American sports cars. A lot of that is for affordability, but a factory car that has the ability to crack body panels and paint is just a poorly built car, plain and simple. The Corvette is a challenge because it's body can't be used for structural integrity because it's fiberglass, so it has a mostly aluminum spine chassis and a composite tub to which the body is attached. The C5's were quite a bit more rigid than the C4's, and the C6's were more than 300% more rigid than the C5's. Obviously GM engineers figured it out later on.

I'm sure this is way over your head fatty, but I'm sure everybody else here already knew this or at least easily understands it.

[Goat Blower]

Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!

Thats one of the most igneous areas of the car. The springs are not old school at all, they are totally modern composite structure used in a smart way.

"The Corvettes transverse leaf springs serve the same purpose as coil springs in other vehicles, but they are lighter and allow for the vehicles mass to be closer to the ground. The springs also allow for thinner/lighter anti-roll bars since they can assume some of that duty"

Exactly. By transverse, it's meant that the Corvette has a leaf spring that connects the left and right sides of the rear independent suspension, unlike most muscle cars that used leaf springs fore and aft to control each side independent of each other. They've been doing this on the Vette since 1963, pretty techy at that time, and improved on ever since.

[JET]

Originally Posted by Super Bleeder!!

Thats one of the most ingenious areas of the car. The springs are not old school at all, they are totally modern composite structure used in a smart way.

"The Corvettes transverse leaf springs serve the same purpose as coil springs in other vehicles, but they are lighter and allow for the vehicles mass to be closer to the ground. The springs also allow for thinner/lighter anti-roll bars since they can assume some of that duty"

Anything can sound good after going through the marketing department. They do have some advantages, but they have some drawbacks also, mainly crosstalk from one wheel to another. This doesn't show up as much on a smooth surface, but more so when bumps are involved. I am not saying they are crap or anything like that, they obviously have them tweaked pretty well. It seems like GM uses it as a distinction and won't let go of it, like Mazda and the Wankel in the RX line.

[Super Bleeder!!]

No doubt, i'll agree with ya on that.