5 Things You Should Know About The New Redesigned Chevy Corvette Stingray
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The New Designed Chevy Corvette Stingray Insider Info
Well it’s here, the new redesigned Chevy Corvette Stingray sports car. At first when I seen it, it was a little ackward looking for me with the sharper edges and odd looking rear end. But after seeing the new Corvette Stingray many times and in different angles and colors, it’s starting to grow on me and I’m thinking about giving it careful consideration for purchasing. additionally, I just discovered a whole slew of tech advantages that Chevy crammed into the new Corvette.
Below, are 5 of the most important things that you need to know about the new redesigned Chevy corvette before you decided to buy. Check them out and let me know what you think.
The New and Redesigned Chevy Corvette Stingray Is Faster Than a Grand Sport
Chevrolet announced only a few weeks ago that the Corvette C7′s documented lap time at the VIR (Virginia International Raceway) Grand Course is 2:51.8. What Chevy didn’t want nto tell you is that the outgoing C6 Grand Sport model (fitted with larger 275mm front and 325mm rear tires and weighing in at 60 or 70 pounds less) is a bit slower around that exact track.
The Chevy Corvette’s lap time was in the 2-minute, 54-second range at VIR. The current Z06 runs a 2:49. Wow… that’s not very far off at all from the blazing speed of the Z06!
Performance Traction Management Reaction Time
Alex MacDonald is the chassis control engineer who has calibrated the C7′s Performance Traction Management system or PTM. After many miles of laps around the Milford Road Course (also known as the Lutz ring) at GM’s Milford Proving Ground, he’s quicker using PTM 5 (the most aggressive mode) than he is with the system totally deactivated.
Even Jim Mero, the ride/handling performance engineer responsible for all of the Corvette’s official lap times, says the system is truly unbeatable. Mero used PTM in the C6 ZR1 to set that car’s 7-minute, 19-second lap time at the Nurburgring (Track in Germany) and admits he hasn’t tried to beat PTM on the Lutz ring, but that it would be difficult.
According to MacDonald he knows he’s got the calibration perfect — and he’s got the data to back this up — when Mero complains that it’s just barely slowing him down. “That’s where the calibration needs to be for the best corner exit speed,” says MacDonald. So basically we coming closer and closer to cars being able to perform all on their own without human interference.
Bass When You Want It and Quiet When You Don’t
Each new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 is equipped with active noise cancellation that utilizes the car’s audio system to diminish unwanted road and tire noise. A 14-liter bass enclosure built into the car’s rear bulkhead enhances the bass-booms you want and cancels the ones you don’t. The C7′s optional 10-speaker Bose audio system comes with two subwoofers.
Audio manufacturers say that never before has a Chevy Corvette’s audio system has ever sounded and boomed like this one. Just means you will not have to go out and spend a fortune on an upgraded audio system. The new and redesigned Chevy Corvette Stingray is filled with tons of cutting edge tech advantages like this.
Honestly though, do any of us really care about the radio and how much “boom” it can make? I know most of us only really care about the noises of the growls and snarls the powerful Corvette engine can make.
New Michelin Rubber Hits The Road
According to Jim Mero, what the best part of a Z51 Stingray is and he says it’s the tires. Michelin North America’s Lee Willard, lead development engineer for the new Corvette tire, the Pilot Super Sport ZP says there is a hybrid tire that utilizes technologies from both the Pilot Super Sport line of ultrahigh-performance tires and the Pilot Sport Cup DOT race tire currently optional on C6 Corvettes.
Mero states that “The tire has high limits but also lots of latitude.” By latitude Mero means the tire (at freezing or below air temps) only requires one lap to reach its maximum potential on a dry track. And thanks to dual compounds and asymmetric sidewalls, it outperforms the outgoing standard-fitment tire on the Corvette in every category , including tire wear.
Tire Temperature/Chassis Controls Are Included
The new redesigned Chevy Corvette Stingray now uses the tire temperature data available through the C7′s tire pressure sensors to more meticulously control its ABS and electronic differential. Because the pressure sensors don’t measure tire temperature directly (they actually measure the temperature of the TPMS sensor’s microprocessor), it’s not a perfect , but it is one that data monitoring can largely adapt to. And it’s one more piece of information that can be utilized to enhance the exhilarating driving experience.
The Corvettes tire temperatures are divided into three categories: cold (below 45 degrees), warm (45-115 degrees) and hot (above 115 degrees). In “cold” mode ABS overrides a lot sooner and more progressively, while the differential is more aggressive to place limitations inside wheelspin. As temps increase, ABS control intervenes later and becomes more forgiving, while differential locking ramps up at a slower pace.
Is the New Redesigned Chevy Corvette For You
After reading this article, I hope that it has given you more insight and peace of mind if you are considering buying the new redesigned Chevy Corvette Stingray. The new corvette isn’t for everyone but I can tell you that if you are a Corvette enthusiast then your love this advanced, ridiculously fast light-weight wonder.
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Eric Walters II