Z06 Roof.................scarey

[viper paul]

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/ac

[anonymous-user]

Hasn't this problem been known for some time? Or was that roof panel separation on the standard C6 targa?
Certainly doesn't look like the end of the world to me.

[viper paul]

Unless your behind on you bike !!!!!!!!!!

[Gixer]

What a great feature, the first Corvette ever to feature the all new automatic removeable roof

[Gixer]

viper paul said:

Unless your behind on you bike !!!!!!!!!!

But you'd be infront on a bike

Edited by Gixer on Wednesday 18th October 18:23

[franv8]

Damn - to do that on the C4 you need the funny wrench that comes with the car!

Edited by franv8 on Wednesday 18th October 18:28

[viper paul]

No I ride a Harley, i'd be behind

[gtrclive]

Dum Yanks don't they realise they have to undo the catches first......

[viper paul]

No I ride a Harley I'd be behind

[ERIKTHEVETKING]

WOW... My Z06 just gets cooler every day I didn't realise it had the 'kick release' roof option. Hope it's sunny this weekend, can't wait to give it a good boot and let the fresh air in .....

[graeme73s]

A friend of mine swears that the ZO6 has a balsa wood floor. If this is true what happens when it gets wet or if you drop the end of off your cigarette.

[anonymous-user]

graeme73s said:

A friend of mine swears that the ZO6 has a balsa wood floor. If this is true what happens when it gets wet or if you drop the end of off your cigarette.

"There are two layers of composite material with balsa wood in between. Dave Hill [Corvette chief engineer] says that they examined synthetic materials. But he pointed out that the fiber structure of the balsa wood, with thousands of oriented fibers per square inch, is not possible to achieve with synthetic materials. He admitted that it costs more than a synthetic, but drivers can feel the difference in the stiffness and damping that it provides."

[franv8]

Balsa wood is a surprisingly good material, we did a materials selection exercise at uni for the best material to make lorry leaf springs from - and surprise surprise - balsa wood. I think the practicality (and probably cost of consistent manufacture) means we don't see lorries with wooden springs.

[Twin Turbo]

Isn't that also used in F1 cars, as part of the undertray (sorry, we're off topic!)

[identti]

It's just that at primary school I can remember using scissors to cut up balsa wood!

[franv8]

Let's face it, you can use scissors to cut metal (copper wire/aluminium foil) and if you had some carbon fibre mat in front of you the same would be possible, balsas great properties are its strength to weight ratio, but its low density probably means you'd need a larger volume of the material.