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Post by truenorth on Mar 1, 2020 14:36:39 GMT -8
The 2020 Corvette Stingrays Occupy Nearly All the Parking Spaces at the Assembly Plant The Corvette Blogger Keith Cornett -Mar 1, 2020 It was rumored that the 2020 Corvette Stingrays were going to be shipping on Friday, but that obviously didn’t happen when it came time to make the decision. Now we are hearing that drivers will be reporting to the plant on Monday, but again, that hasn’t been confirmed either. Our friend Rick ‘Corvette’ Conti sent us this link to a traffic cam in Bowling Green that monitors the intersection where the Corvette transporters leave the plant and head to nearby I65. We’ve been keeping an eye on it but so far, it has been pretty dry viewing… Speaking of keeping an eye on things, our own “Eye in Sky” took to the skies over Bowling Green on Sunday and he gives us this remarkable view of the 2020 Corvettes lined up at the Corvette Assembly Plant wearing their white transports covers. From these aerial views, it looks like most of the spaces behind the plant have been taken up with Corvettes ready to ship! It’s been estimated that around 1,600 new 2020 Corvettes built for customer orders so far and each of these white specs on parking lot represents a Corvette Dream about to come true for the new owners. Adam also shared with us a video of his plant-flyby and its amazing to see all those Corvettes ready to go.
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Post by truenorth on Mar 1, 2020 15:35:11 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Mar 5, 2020 14:49:38 GMT -8
GT World Challenge America CoTA Mar 5 2020
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Post by truenorth on Mar 6, 2020 9:20:55 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Mar 6, 2020 9:23:10 GMT -8
The front of the engine is so close to the firewall that mechanics some years from now having to change the accessory belts or timing chain will be cursing the design engineers because they left no room to pull out the old belts or install the new ones.
The car will have to be hoisted so the mechanic can crawl underneath. Then the engine (in front of the rear axle) and the differential and 8-speed dual-clutch transmission (extending behind the rear axle) will have to be unbolted as a unit and lowered from the chassis far enough for mechanics to access the belts, GM engineers confirm.
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Post by truenorth on Mar 6, 2020 9:24:12 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Mar 6, 2020 9:25:17 GMT -8
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Post by mmi16 on Mar 7, 2020 6:21:03 GMT -8
The front of the engine is so close to the firewall that mechanics some years from now having to change the accessory belts or timing chain will be cursing the design engineers because they left no room to pull out the old belts or install the new ones. The car will have to be hoisted so the mechanic can crawl underneath. Then the engine (in front of the rear axle) and the differential and 8-speed dual-clutch transmission (extending behind the rear axle) will have to be unbolted as a unit and lowered from the chassis far enough for mechanics to access the belts, GM engineers confirm. I suspect the 'Flat Rate Book' will allocate 10 hours (or some other high figure) for belt replacement - and 'Flat Rate Mechanics' will develop some procedure that will get the job done in a small fraction of that time.
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Post by truenorth on Mar 7, 2020 16:41:41 GMT -8
The front of the engine is so close to the firewall that mechanics some years from now having to change the accessory belts or timing chain will be cursing the design engineers because they left no room to pull out the old belts or install the new ones. The car will have to be hoisted so the mechanic can crawl underneath. Then the engine (in front of the rear axle) and the differential and 8-speed dual-clutch transmission (extending behind the rear axle) will have to be unbolted as a unit and lowered from the chassis far enough for mechanics to access the belts, GM engineers confirm. I suspect the 'Flat Rate Book' will allocate 10 hours (or some other high figure) for belt replacement - and 'Flat Rate Mechanics' will develop some procedure that will get the job done in a small fraction of that time. To change the rear plugs on the Dodge Hemi in a pickup requires disconnecting the motor mounts.
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Post by Carlo_Carrera on Mar 7, 2020 16:51:06 GMT -8
I am surprised GM did follow Ferrari's lead and make the rear bulkhead behind the seats removable.
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Post by Pistola on Mar 7, 2020 17:25:20 GMT -8
Y'all worry to much. there's only a couple belts accessible from beneath the car. It's also an American pushrod V8 so the only thing to wear is the timing chain which being American wears out after the rest of the car disintegrates. The belts, oh yeah, they get inspected at 150,000 miles. Damn spark plugs will only last 97,500 miles.
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Post by Pistola on Mar 7, 2020 17:30:15 GMT -8
FWIW the cars have started shipping this week.
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Post by truenorth on Mar 16, 2020 8:35:06 GMT -8
Peter Delorenzo June, 1968, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Tony DeLorenzo in the No. 50 Hanley Dawson Chevrolet-sponsored 427 L88 Corvette on the way to the win in "A" Production in the June Sprints RoadAmerica
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Post by Spin on Mar 16, 2020 15:18:04 GMT -8
Y'all worry to much. there's only a couple belts accessible from beneath the car. It's also an American pushrod V8 so the only thing to wear is the timing chain which being American wears out after the rest of the car disintegrates. The belts, oh yeah, they get inspected at 150,000 miles. Damn spark plugs will only last 97,500 miles. If trends continue, that's over 35 years for the typical Vette owner. In the snow belt, you can probably double that.
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Post by truenorth on Mar 18, 2020 6:37:20 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Mar 21, 2020 6:16:33 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Mar 25, 2020 14:45:54 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Mar 26, 2020 10:33:45 GMT -8
Chris Springer – 1965 Chevrolet Corvette
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Post by truenorth on Mar 26, 2020 10:37:03 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Mar 26, 2020 11:14:48 GMT -8
Gay Bentley – 1965 Chevrolet Corvette
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