ultimate factories are building ultimate
Corvette the z06 the goal keep Corvettes
classic design while pushing it to
record-breaking top speeds faster than
ever before in pure speed and horsepower
this 71 thousand dollar Corvette rivals
exotic foreign cars like the Ferrari
f430 and the Lamborghini Gallardo so
light this Grand Touring mega machine
handles like a racecar so powerful it
goes from zero to 60 in four seconds so
fast it pushes nearly 200 miles an hour
all backed by a custom Corvette engine
on steroids for engineers it was a tough
challenge
for a chassis frame worthy of a 06 Chevy
hire the ultimate chassis manufacturer
specialists their solution a thick
aluminum skeleton called a space frame
durable moldable and lightweight while a
standard Corvette space frames made from
steel the zo6 is aluminum frames thirty
percent lighter shedding an incredible
136 pounds and whiter equals faster now
that skeleton is ready for some skin the
body panels that give the Corvette its
unmistakable look most cars have raw
metal body panels added before the cars
painted but the Corvettes body panels
aren’t steal their lightweight
fiberglass now it’s time to build the
most powerful engine ever put in a GM
passenger car almost everything is
unique about the ls7 engine and the zo6
everything about the way it breeze the
way the air flows through the engine the
size of the valves the material used is
extremely efficient and it’s really the
heart of the zo6 most modern engines are
put together on an assembly line but not
the ls7 its hand built like a racecar
engine by one technician new hand
assembles it a turntable device helps
with the monster engine assembly the
operator uses a wheel to rotate the
engine base while different components
are added on this is the most important
part of this engine the part that we all
love the most is when we put our name on
it
in an ordinary car an engine is directly
attached to a transmission but the
Corvette zo6 is no ordinary car it’s one
of the fastest sports cars in the world
and it must have world-class handling to
match its world-class speed one key to
perfect handling perfect weight
distribution over the front and rear
axles the Corvette zo6 waist just three
thousand 162 pounds the massive ls7
engine is lightweight at 450 pounds but
in a featherweight car like the Corvette
it’s still like a boat anchor weighing
down the front of the car a car heavy in
the front will steer poorly and plow
into turns something you don’t want in a
sports car or a llamar racer Chevy
solution move the heavy transmission to
the back of the car to balance out the
weight well this is what they call the
torque tube and it bolts up directly
into the bell housing and into the motor
and this is what transfers the power to
the transmission in the back end yeah
that’s a unique design what it does it
aids in the weight distribution of the
car now the zo6 is ready for one more
race car edition a dry sump oil system a
typical car uses an oil pan to circulate
oil throughout the engine but the zo6 in
the c6.r racecar use something different
a separate reservoir outside of the
engine that pumps oil through the engine
of course a key component of handling
performance is the wheel and tire
combination the zo6 features Corvettes
largest wheel and tire combination ever
the front 10 spoke wheels are 18 inches
in diameter and nine and a half inches
deep that is one heck of a wide tire
that’s a lot of traction
that’s the front car what you say the
back the rear wheels are even larger
they’re 19 inches in diameter and 12
inches deep with the tires and wheels in
place the Corvette factory brings the
car to life for the first time but
before it hits the road it hits the
testing station the dynamic vehicle test
zeroes in on the wheel and tire pressure
and how it handles at 70 miles per hour
this zo6 test perfect and is ready to
leave the ultimate Corvette factory from
a bare aluminum spaceframe to a fully
loaded chassis the zo6 is now a
world-class sports car ready for the
open road
Corvette the z06 the goal keep Corvettes
classic design while pushing it to
record-breaking top speeds faster than
ever before in pure speed and horsepower
this 71 thousand dollar Corvette rivals
exotic foreign cars like the Ferrari
f430 and the Lamborghini Gallardo so
light this Grand Touring mega machine
handles like a racecar so powerful it
goes from zero to 60 in four seconds so
fast it pushes nearly 200 miles an hour
all backed by a custom Corvette engine
on steroids for engineers it was a tough
challenge
for a chassis frame worthy of a 06 Chevy
hire the ultimate chassis manufacturer
specialists their solution a thick
aluminum skeleton called a space frame
durable moldable and lightweight while a
standard Corvette space frames made from
steel the zo6 is aluminum frames thirty
percent lighter shedding an incredible
136 pounds and whiter equals faster now
that skeleton is ready for some skin the
body panels that give the Corvette its
unmistakable look most cars have raw
metal body panels added before the cars
painted but the Corvettes body panels
aren’t steal their lightweight
fiberglass now it’s time to build the
most powerful engine ever put in a GM
passenger car almost everything is
unique about the ls7 engine and the zo6
everything about the way it breeze the
way the air flows through the engine the
size of the valves the material used is
extremely efficient and it’s really the
heart of the zo6 most modern engines are
put together on an assembly line but not
the ls7 its hand built like a racecar
engine by one technician new hand
assembles it a turntable device helps
with the monster engine assembly the
operator uses a wheel to rotate the
engine base while different components
are added on this is the most important
part of this engine the part that we all
love the most is when we put our name on
it
in an ordinary car an engine is directly
attached to a transmission but the
Corvette zo6 is no ordinary car it’s one
of the fastest sports cars in the world
and it must have world-class handling to
match its world-class speed one key to
perfect handling perfect weight
distribution over the front and rear
axles the Corvette zo6 waist just three
thousand 162 pounds the massive ls7
engine is lightweight at 450 pounds but
in a featherweight car like the Corvette
it’s still like a boat anchor weighing
down the front of the car a car heavy in
the front will steer poorly and plow
into turns something you don’t want in a
sports car or a llamar racer Chevy
solution move the heavy transmission to
the back of the car to balance out the
weight well this is what they call the
torque tube and it bolts up directly
into the bell housing and into the motor
and this is what transfers the power to
the transmission in the back end yeah
that’s a unique design what it does it
aids in the weight distribution of the
car now the zo6 is ready for one more
race car edition a dry sump oil system a
typical car uses an oil pan to circulate
oil throughout the engine but the zo6 in
the c6.r racecar use something different
a separate reservoir outside of the
engine that pumps oil through the engine
of course a key component of handling
performance is the wheel and tire
combination the zo6 features Corvettes
largest wheel and tire combination ever
the front 10 spoke wheels are 18 inches
in diameter and nine and a half inches
deep that is one heck of a wide tire
that’s a lot of traction
that’s the front car what you say the
back the rear wheels are even larger
they’re 19 inches in diameter and 12
inches deep with the tires and wheels in
place the Corvette factory brings the
car to life for the first time but
before it hits the road it hits the
testing station the dynamic vehicle test
zeroes in on the wheel and tire pressure
and how it handles at 70 miles per hour
this zo6 test perfect and is ready to
leave the ultimate Corvette factory from
a bare aluminum spaceframe to a fully
loaded chassis the zo6 is now a
world-class sports car ready for the
open road
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