Countdown to C7

[scottfab]

This Sunday night there will be a live video feed of the unveiling:
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/c7-corvette/133364-live-video-feed-2014-c7-corvette-unveiling-sunday-night.html

I know where I'll be.

I have the distinction of being the same age as the Corvette brand having been born on the day of the announcement and showing of the original C1.

With the exception of the C5 - C6 all generations have been greatly different in profile. Will the spy pics be accurate? Will there be anything gross about the new design? Will it still be affordable?
It won't be long now.......

[BigJohn]

This Sunday night there will be a live video feed of the unveiling:
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/c7-corvette/133364-live-video-feed-2014-c7-corvette-unveiling-sunday-night.html

I know where I'll be.

I have the distinction of being the same age as the Corvette brand having been born on the day of the announcement and showing of the original C1.

With the exception of the C5 - C6 all generations have been greatly different in profile. Will the spy pics be accurate? Will there be anything gross about the new design? Will it still be affordable?
It won't be long now.......


So you are an old fart like me!

:neutral:

[scottfab]

So you are an old fart like me!

:neutral:

I prefer to call it "age challenged" or "pre-geriatric"

[Mystic ZR-1]

GM will be streaming the
live unveiling of the 2014 C7 Corvette on the Corvette Action Center -
Sunday night, January 13, 2013, starting at 6:45pm EST.

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/c7-corvette/133370-2014-c7-corvette-reveal-live-video-stream.html (http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/c7-corvette/133370-2014-c7-corvette-reveal-live-video-stream.html)

[vilant]

I'm anxious to see what they look like, too. I don't know if I'd call any new Corvette "affordable". I think of a small sedan as that, that's just me though, lol.

[scottfab]

Well, that's it.
The new "Stingray " is born.
Corvette is now 60 yrs old. (in a few days)
The "suits" were not impressive to me.
The car is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQGcD0TJvw&feature=player_embedded#!

[scottfab]

So most of the magazines were WAY off.

[Kevin]

it's awful. whoever designed the rear end should have been drowned at birth for the good of all corvette kind. Did the camaro not sell as well as they hoped and they had a stock pile of tail lights and they thought we wouldn't notice? Big vents on the rear quarters, so water will flood whatever is under then in the rain or being washed?

I'm so pissed off i'm going to go watch ted

[scottfab]

2000 psi on the fuel rail.
wow.
Better not get a leak.

[scottfab]

Some great data to be found at Car and Driver:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUrtMZ20rFk

another one from Autoweek:
http://www.zr1netregistry.com/Information/TechNet/tabid/109/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/101/Secondary-Port-Vacuum-Diagnosis.aspx

[Fully Vetted]

http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=220&pictureid=1906

http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=220&pictureid=1905


Separated at birth

Really it's just the front that is similar. Vette is much more angular. I like both till we get to the backside.

[Fully Vetted]

Body Double:


http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=220&pictureid=1907

http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=220&pictureid=1908

Body double:
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=215&pictureid=1851
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=220&pictureid=1909

Just sayin'...

[USAFPILOT]

I like it...cant wait for higher performance versions to surface. So far the Viper has my attention.

[Jagdpanzer]

2000 psi on the fuel rail.
wow.
Better not get a leak.

Scott,
2000 psi is not all that high. Common rail Diesel engines today run with fuel rail pressures of 25,000 psi.

[scottfab]

Scott,
2000 psi is not all that high. Common rail Diesel engines today run with fuel rail pressures of 25,000 psi.

Yah, I'm sure there are higher pressures in air craft carriers and locomotive diesels too. Come to think of it there are hydrolic systems that run 30,000psi that carried that space shuttle. But then they are totally different animals too.
I don't know of a corvette or other gasoline engine with 2000 psi.

[scottfab]

Definitely has a few "sharp" angles like the Aztec.
I suppose I'll get use to it like a bad fitting tooth crown.



http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=220&pictureid=1905


Separated at birth

Really it's just the front that is similar. Vette is much more angular. I like both till we get to the backside.

[DaveK]

Monstrous carbuncle... I don't have a problem with different, just fugly...

Dave

[ZZZZZR1]

I'm with David (fully vetted), I hate the new c7 azz and love the accurate pictures!!!!!

Thanks, you made my morning!

:cheers:

David

[FU]

http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=215&pictureid=1851
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=220&pictureid=1909

Just sayin'...

Now THAT"S a nice azz !!!

[BigJohn]

Yah, I'm sure there are higher pressures in air craft carriers and locomotive diesels too. Come to think of it there are hydrolic systems that run 30,000psi that carried that space shuttle. But then they are totally different animals too.
I don't know of a corvette or other gasoline engine with 2000 psi.


Is it not to better vaporize the fuel; like in the Chevrolet Traverse???

:)

[Fully Vetted]

Now THAT"S a nice azz !!!

Why, thank you, Frank. Thank you very much...:redface:

[scottfab]

revised set of links:

Some great data to be found at Car and Driver:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUrtMZ20rFk

another one from Autoweek:
http://www.zr1netregistry.com/Information/TechNet/tabid/109/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/101/Secondary-Port-Vacuum-Diagnosis.aspx

[RyanChappel]

This is a freakin' joke. Did they have to glue on the side trim piece behind the front wheel that Cadillac had left over? Jeebus!

I've been trying to decide what my next project/toy would be...I really wanted to build a giant horsepower FRC, but I now think it will be a twin-turbo Ford 5.0....

I am so over Government Motors.....

[BigJohn]

All Corvettes and other cars are held together with alot of "GLUE"!!!!

[-X

[scottfab]

This is a freakin' joke. Did they have to glue on the side trim piece behind the front wheel that Cadillac had left over? Jeebus!

...snip...


Of all the sharp what they are calling "angular" pieces that just
don't fit, it has to he the classic lover behind the front wheels. Gezzz
Gross is the only term that comes to mind. Well, that and Aztec.

[scottfab]

Latest link list:

Car and Driver:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUrtMZ20rFk

another one from Autoweek:
http://www.zr1netregistry.com/Information/TechNet/tabid/109/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/101/Secondary-Port-Vacuum-Diagnosis.aspx

and Auto Blog
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/13/2014-chevrolet-corvette-c7-stingray-everything-there-is-to-know

[scottfab]

So this is the new butt.
http://zr1.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=221&pictureid=1914http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-chevrolet-corvette-live-reveal/full/#photo-5565973http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-chevrolet-corvette-live-reveal/full/#photo-5565973

[Fully Vetted]

And this is what it should be...

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-general-discussion/3199922-came-across-this-photoshop-pic.html

[FU]

I'd like to see the C7 up close before it get's the fickle finger of fate.

[jimmy b.]

I too will wait til I see the C7 in the flesh before I pass judgement, I do like the silver and gray colors kinda makes it stealth looking. My daughter sent me this link last night:

http://thechive.com/2013/01/14/its-not-the-60s-or-70s-this-is-the-2014-corvette-stingray-36-photos/

I hope Bryan approves:)

[scottfab]

This is a link to the segment about the C7 in the program
Sunday Morning:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57564889/the-corvette-an-american-classic-renewed/

These are the previously posted links:

Car and Driver:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUrtMZ20rFk

another one from Autoweek:
http://www.zr1netregistry.com/Inform...Diagnosis.aspx (http://www.zr1netregistry.com/Information/TechNet/tabid/109/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/101/Secondary-Port-Vacuum-Diagnosis.aspx)

and Auto Blog
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/13/2...ere-is-to-know (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/13/2014-chevrolet-corvette-c7-stingray-everything-there-is-to-know)

[scottfab]

Here is yet another opinion about the C7.
Note the "angular" tail pipes at the end.

http://jalopnik.com/5975819/heres-why-the-2014-corvette-stingray-be-better-than-the-c6

[FU]

That car is growing on me a little more.

[scottfab]

That car is growing on me a little more.

Me too. There still seems to be a bit too many louvers but hey, they're all functional. And the thing has "attitude".

[Hog]

The C7 Stingray can be had with a starting price of $51,995.

The C7 is a cheap date compared to the LT5 powered 2nd iteration of the ZR-1.

peace
Hog

[XfireZ51]

I really like the C7. IMO, it screams for a DOHC motor although I understand the arguments about weight, packaging, balance blah blah blah.