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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Rods2 on 15 January 2013, 17:43:48
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It has been launched at the 2013 Detroit motor show and very good it looks to. :) :) :) :)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motor-shows/detroit-motor-show/9802419/Detroit-motor-show-2013-Corvette-Stingray.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motor-shows/detroit-motor-show/9802419/Detroit-motor-show-2013-Corvette-Stingray.html)
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very nice but there's something Ferrari about it :y
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Looks good but will it go around corners though ::)
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nice looking car :y
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That does look very nice indeed! :y
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pure sex!!! :y
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Very impressive! :-* :-* :-* 8) 8)
With a V8.......................... :y :y :y :y :y :y :y :y
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very nice but there's something Ferrari about it :y
possibley the price
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7 Speed manual transmission ???.
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7 Speed manual transmission ???.
thought corvettes were all ''stick'', Del?
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very nice but there's something Ferrari about it :y
Paint it black... ;)
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Looks good but will it go around corners though ::)
Probably not - still got cart springs? And only 450bhp from a 6.2 V8 ;D ;D Still nice looker & I wouldn't say no if someone bought me one ;)
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how do the yanks manage to extract so little out of so much engine???
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how do the yanks manage to extract so little out of so much engine???
They're American - 'nough said ;)
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Looks good but will it go around corners though ::)
Probably not - still got cart springs? And only 450bhp from a 6.2 V8 ;D ;D Still nice looker & I wouldn't say no if someone bought me one ;)
Funny I thought they had Independent Rear Suspension like old Jags And its TORQUE that counts not bhp V8s usually have loads of Torques - Check out Gassers they wheelie on start line=TORQUE
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Torque will give you acceleration .. BHP (power) will give you top speed ... simple laws of physics .. :)
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Yep but that Vette probably more economical around town than you think as it drops cylinders only all 8 when needed Plus being mouse motor theres tons of speed equipement out there for them-I know you can take 350 to 425ci as an example.
Ford got new engine at SEMA 302ci-5litre =425bhp its a quad cam 32 valver
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Looks good but will it go around corners though ::)
:y :y my thoughts exactly :y :y
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Torque will give you acceleration .. BHP (power) will give you top speed ... simple laws of physics .. :)
For a given gearing. Suit the ratios to the engine and torque means absolutely nothing at all. ;)
BHP is everything. Trust me, a hayabusa engined Westfield will have half the torque of mine for similar power..
So, naturally, this one's a bit slow...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xu23nUTLDM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xu23nUTLDM)
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All I get are a load of horses and then an Audi add......???
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All I get are a load of horses and then an Audi add......???
Hmm. Works for me. :-\
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There is more than one version of the Corvette and handling is not as bad as you would think (cart springs went 20 years ago). The biggest issue is the flimsy plastic bodywork
I note the new one has a new Gen V small block (all alloy etc) which will give the 450bhp. Note the older Corvette had the Gen IV LS9 engine with supercharger giving 638bhp and I would expect that as the new engine is developed then the bhp will increase.
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Torque will give you acceleration .. BHP (power) will give you top speed ... simple laws of physics .. :)
For a given gearing. Suit the ratios to the engine and torque means absolutely nothing at all. ;)
BHP is everything. Trust me, a hayabusa engined Westfield will have half the torque of mine for similar power..
So, naturally, this one's a bit slow...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xu23nUTLDM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xu23nUTLDM)
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The car is quick but the driver is quicker :y
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The problem is that the motorbike engined kit cars are only any good where you ahev to make a single standing start e.g. the track.
There bloody awful on the road.
I note that the new Gen V has a monster flat torque curve and is obviously aimed at the larger car market (stick a motorbike engine in a Corvette or CTS and it would barely have the ability to start the V8!)
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The problem is that the motorbike engined kit cars are only any good where you ahev to make a single standing start e.g. the track.
There bloody awful on the road.
I note that the new Gen V has a monster flat torque curve and is obviously aimed at the larger car market (stick a motorbike engine in a Corvette or CTS and it would barely have the ability to start the V8!)
Oh, I agree. My argument was about torque vs. acceleration.
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Its interesting as for me, if people spoke in KW rather than the fabled bhp (of which ever of the three different standards it might be) then the average person would better understand as you can appreciate that more KW is more power.
We know (hopefuly) that BHP = (Torque x revs) / 5252
Hence why an electric drill has a motor that revs to many 10's of thousands of rpm as the motor has very little torque (it would be a bit bit if it did!) and then is geared down.