Please GM, Fix the Corvette
10-18-2009, 10:02 PM
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Just a few dimensions (all rounded to nearest whole inch because I'm lazy 
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S2000:
L: 162", W: 69", H: 51", wheelbase: 95"
Miata (current):
L: 157", W: 68", H: 49", wheelbase: 92"
Cayman:
L: 172", W: 71", 51", wheelbase: 95"
911 (current, base):
L: 176", W: 71", H: 51", wheelbase: 93"
Corvette (base):
L: 175", W:73", H: 49", wheelbase 106"
):S2000:
L: 162", W: 69", H: 51", wheelbase: 95"
Miata (current):
L: 157", W: 68", H: 49", wheelbase: 92"
Cayman:
L: 172", W: 71", 51", wheelbase: 95"
911 (current, base):
L: 176", W: 71", H: 51", wheelbase: 93"
Corvette (base):
L: 175", W:73", H: 49", wheelbase 106"
10-19-2009, 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by [DT
,Oct 18 2009, 10:25 AM]
For your item #2, I did this:
[IMG] cool seats [IMG]
Not only did it escalate the interior quality, but it made the drive much more engaging. Hell, I think at least part of the poor steering feel is the general "floaty-ness" you get because the seats have pretty poor bolsters/support.
For your item #2, I did this:
[IMG] cool seats [IMG]
Not only did it escalate the interior quality, but it made the drive much more engaging. Hell, I think at least part of the poor steering feel is the general "floaty-ness" you get because the seats have pretty poor bolsters/support.
10-19-2009, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by rockville,Oct 18 2009, 10:55 PM
That's bullsht and you know it. The Suburban uses the long wheel base MG900 chassis. The Corvette's hydroformed chassis is a shortened version of the MG900-A chassis which is used for the Tahoe.
10-19-2009, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Silverstreak HX,Oct 19 2009, 12:05 AM
WTF man? Is this place becoming a Corvette forum? For some reason you Corvette fans just can not realize that some people don't dig your plastic fantastic!
I guess we could open up a bunch of threads about the Pontiac Aztec to balance things out...
10-19-2009, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by [DT
,Oct 19 2009, 07:11 AM] If you read 'All Tahoes are Black', Chief Engineer Dave Thomas (who incidentally owns a line of fast food restaurants), says that all the frames are actually derived from 1/24th scale parts that are hydroformed into the correct scale production parts. GM is the master of economy of scale.
Is the scaling created with an optical lens or Photoshop? I would suggest that with the power of modern stupidcomputers the older style optical methods are no longer credible.
