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Old 11-13-2006, 01:05 AM
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has a front mounted engine and rear mounted transmission... makes the weight balance nearly 50/50... cool!

i never knew this.. how many years have they been doing this?



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Old 11-13-2006, 01:08 AM
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I knew it. But don't know how many years they have been doing it. It is PRETTY cool.
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Old 11-13-2006, 01:11 AM
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At the very least the C5 was like this too...
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At least since the C6 has been around...
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been that way since 97
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damn i need to get up to date on my vette history...
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Old 11-13-2006, 01:24 AM
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hydroformed alum chassis started in 97 too. it was quite an achievement back then from what I have read.
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C5 corvette









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did you know that back in the early 60'* the vett was the first car to have a 50/50 weight distrabution
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thats pretty amazing that tube can hold that all together...

those exhaust bends cant be good.. especially how it had to flow through the muffler like that
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