Corvette Question

[TheWill]

Ok, there is this guy in my home town that im'd me last night and was talking about this new corvette that he had gotten. I dont think it is a Zo6, i think its just a coupe, but he says that it has 500whp, and its stock as far as i know. Also he said that there are two buttons that say tour and sport and that they control some sort of hp converter, one button allows more that the other. Is any of this true, i looked around and most of the ones that i found are only running like 350 stock on the Z06. Thanks in advance

[Grider]

:bs:

That sounds like an switch for suspension setting. Do the c5 and c6 have the same system that used to come on the c4 vettes?

[Inspector]

'62-'69 L88 - ~500+whp

thats the only vette, i think, that was over 500whp from the factory... and he does not own one.:bullshit:

...HE'S A LYING 50 YEAR OLD MAN!!!! I DID NOT SAY FUCKING!!!

[Jess]

I dont think it is a Zo6, i think its just a coupe, but he says that it has 500whp

Nope, only the 'Vette sedans came with 500whp.

Edit: and yeah those sound like suspension settings.

At best he's got a switch (PWR/ECON, etc) that changes the transmission shifting points and crap

[adam p]

Don't the 50th anniversary C5s have the electronically variable suspension? They come only in a dark red with a very light tan interior. Maybe it's that?

[xamraci]

'62-'69 L88 - ~500+whp

thats the only vette, i think, that was over 500whp from the factory... and he does not own one.:bullshit:

...HE'S A LYING 50 YEAR OLD MAN!!!! I DID NOT SAY FUCKING!!!

QFT:D

[TheWill]

thanks guys, i figured it was :bullshit: but i dont know much about vettes

[VR4Rob]

thanks guys, i figured it was :bullshit: but i dont know much about vettes
I think you should just walk up to him and SMASH HIS TREAT IN HIS FACE... IN HIS EYES!!! YOU REMEMBER ME FOREVER

[ElQuay]

I think you should just walk up to him and SMASH HIS TREAT IN HIS FACE... IN HIS EYES!!! YOU REMEMBER ME FOREVER

lol @ dane cook quotes

[I want something fast]

It is my understanding and Greg or Michael could further clarify, but the c5's don't have electronicly adjusted suspensions. The modes are for stability management, and have various levels of intereraction depending upon which level the driver wishes. Usually the Competitive driving mode allows you to have fun but still will keep the car from getting out of control. Those systems usually only control the position of the throttle body(drive by wire), and the braking in the car to keep it straight and level.

[Jon|Hazan]

I think you should just walk up to him and SMASH HIS TREAT IN HIS FACE... IN HIS EYES!!! YOU REMEMBER ME FOREVER
haha.. I say we take a baseball bat and smash out the windshield and side window and rear window and headlight and yell "You see what happens larry? This is what happens, Larry, when you fuck a stranger in the ass!" while we're doing it

[1.8t]

It is my understanding and Greg or Michael could further clarify, but the c5's don't have electronicly adjusted suspensions. The modes are for stability management, and have various levels of intereraction depending upon which level the driver wishes. Usually the Competitive driving mode allows you to have fun but still will keep the car from getting out of control. Those systems usually only control the position of the throttle body(drive by wire), and the braking in the car to keep it straight and level.

Bingo. Only suspension options are the Z51 package and whatnot. No electronically controlled shocks...etc.

[helo pilot]

honestly, he could know nothing about his car and just be repeating what was told to him by whomever sold it to him. i highly doubt that is the case, but there are some dealers that no nothing about the cars that they are selling. when my mom baught a rav4 a while back, the salesman told her that the traction control was only for one thing...im quoting here..."yea, pull into this parking lot and we'll test the turning radius...pretty good turning radius, huh...and see that button to the left of the wheel there that says trac cont...do you know what it does...when ever you're stopped and you turn the wheel hard over to either direction and floor the car, the traction control will keep it from tipping over" i was sitting in the back seat laughing to myself. she did buy it, not because of the traction control though. i was impressed with its traction control though. she got a all wheel drive model and i was driving it after a snow and hit a patch of ice as i was turning onto a busy street and the traction control kicked in before i could even make a steering corection and by the time i started to correct the car, it had regained traction.

sorry about going way off on a tangent; from corvette to traction control on a rav4. ill slap myself for that one.

[SK VR4]

Def the nos button. I was driving with an old friend in his automatic accord and he insisted that button on the "shifter" was for vtec. It made me sad. :(

[Vetteman2003]

Actually there is a electronic suspension option for the Corvettes since '97. Option code FE45, or at least I think that was the code. It allows you to set the supension into three modes for pre-2003 cars and two modes for 2003-present. The newer cars have two modes, Touring and Sport. Touring is going to give a more compliant ride and the Sport setting is going to be a more harsh Z06 like ride. The shocks fluid in the shocks can change viscosity something like 200 times a second. This will keep the car glued to the road. I have seen several demos of two cars one with and one without the package and the results are amazing. Much more stable over irregular surfaces and such. But you don't want to have to replace an active shock absorber and if one wants to put regular shocks on a car with the FE45 option he has to buy sims so the car thinks the shocks are still connected.

[1.8t]

Cool, for some reason I know this, but I just never hear any talk of it. Either way, cool stuff.

[VR4Rob]

Actually there is a electronic suspension option for the Corvettes since '97. Option code FE45, or at least I think that was the code. It allows you to set the supension into three modes for pre-2003 cars and two modes for 2003-present. The newer cars have two modes, Touring and Sport. Touring is going to give a more compliant ride and the Sport setting is going to be a more harsh Z06 like ride. The shocks fluid in the shocks can change viscosity something like 200 times a second. This will keep the car glued to the road. I have seen several demos of two cars one with and one without the package and the results are amazing. Much more stable over irregular surfaces and such. But you don't want to have to replace an active shock absorber and if one wants to put regular shocks on a car with the FE45 option he has to buy sims so the car thinks the shocks are still connected.
Bastards copied my car... :bullshit: :D

[VDUBNDizzy]

The ZR1 did have the ability to limit HP with a key switch on the dash, a valet mode if you will. lol