2008 LS3 Corvette spotted in Kentucky

[overst33r]

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/24/2008-ls3-corvette-spotted-in-kentucky

The official unveiling is apparently set for this Saturday, April 28 at the C5/C6 Bash at the National Corvette Museum in BowlingGreen, but thanks to a poster at Digital Corvettes, you can get sneak preview of the 2008 Corvette and its LS3 V8 right now. The new mill is expected to pump out 430 horsepower, and the '08 Vette will also sport new 5-spoke wheels and interior tweaks, among other things. We'll have to wait until the weekend for the full dog & pony show to go down, but one thing's certain: the presence of 430 standard horsepower will only further cement the Corvette's standing as an unbelievable performance value. Production of the LS3-powered Vettes is scheduled to start this week.

I reckon with some suspension upgrades and a good tune, this baby will take a Z06 around a circuit with some money to spare.

 

[buck]

No front pic? Lame....

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: buck
No front pic? Lame....

The car will probably look the same.

 

[ponyo]

Corvetteforum LS3 thread

Only couple more days until the official unveiling.

 

[andylawcc]

LS3 = 6.0? or some other displacement?

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
LS3 = 6.0? or some other displacement?

LS2= 6.0
LS3= 6.2

 

[RichUK]

Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

Very true.

Still, you would have thought in this day and age a car of this calibre would at least be using a modern suspension system.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

Very true.

Still, you would have thought in this day and age a car of this calibre would at least be using a modern suspension system.

Old School suspension and Old School engine and still owning cars 2-3 times what it costs. I really wouldn't complain.

 

[Minjin]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

Very true.

Still, you would have thought in this day and age a car of this calibre would at least be using a modern suspension system.

There are many ways to solve an engineering problem. The result proves that it works. How about those junky MacPherson struts that are only found on economy cars? Oh wait, the Porsche 996 Turbo still used them...

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

It still uses leaf springs but you can get the optional F55 Magnetic Selective Ride Control suspension package which detect road surfaces and adjust the damping on the fly.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

Very true.

Still, you would have thought in this day and age a car of this calibre would at least be using a modern suspension system.

I don't understand this argument. Corvette leaf springs don't look anything like leaf springs on a pickup truck. Or hell, even on a horse and buggy. They're not even facing the same direction. Personally I love the leaf spring idea. It's a simple beam undergoing a bending moment - easy to calculate spring rates, easy to fabricate, and much less space claim than a spring. There's downsides, too, but that is true for every suspension configuration. Coil springs have been around for quite a while, too.

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

Very true.

Still, you would have thought in this day and age a car of this calibre would at least be using a modern suspension system.

I don't understand this argument. Corvette leaf springs don't look anything like leaf springs on a pickup truck. Or hell, even on a horse and buggy. They're not even facing the same direction. Personally I love the leaf spring idea. It's a simple beam undergoing a bending moment - easy to calculate spring rates, easy to fabricate, and much less space claim than a spring. There's downsides, too, but that is true for every suspension configuration. Coil springs have been around for quite a while, too.

The leafspring argument was started by the Jeremy Clarkson review of the C6 Corvette on Top Gear. The people who keep bringing it up do not have first hand experience with the implementation. It's all regurgitated information from an entertainment show.

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: AdamK47

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

Very true.

Still, you would have thought in this day and age a car of this calibre would at least be using a modern suspension system.

I don't understand this argument. Corvette leaf springs don't look anything like leaf springs on a pickup truck. Or hell, even on a horse and buggy. They're not even facing the same direction. Personally I love the leaf spring idea. It's a simple beam undergoing a bending moment - easy to calculate spring rates, easy to fabricate, and much less space claim than a spring. There's downsides, too, but that is true for every suspension configuration. Coil springs have been around for quite a while, too.

The leafspring argument was started by the Jeremy Clarkson review of the C6 Corvette on Top Gear. The people who keep bringing it up do not have first hand experience with the implementation. It's all regurgitated information from an entertainment show.

Yes and no, or at least to a certain extent it is sort of a true thing to pick on. But it's like another "for instance" someone mentioned. Porsche has a tendency to use an old technology or two, but it works.

 

[DigitalWanksta]

If you notice, the county on the plate is "Warren." This is Bowling Green KY which is home to the Corvette. I'll be going to school next semester at Western Kentucky University which is in Bowling Green, KY. I wish I was going to be driving that around campus =)

 

[SVT Cobra]

I do not like the wheels.


Anyway the magnetic suspension is okay, I would not check the option for it. It uses oil with little metal particles that when subjected to charge it changes viscosity.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: AdamK47

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

Very true.

Still, you would have thought in this day and age a car of this calibre would at least be using a modern suspension system.

I don't understand this argument. Corvette leaf springs don't look anything like leaf springs on a pickup truck. Or hell, even on a horse and buggy. They're not even facing the same direction. Personally I love the leaf spring idea. It's a simple beam undergoing a bending moment - easy to calculate spring rates, easy to fabricate, and much less space claim than a spring. There's downsides, too, but that is true for every suspension configuration. Coil springs have been around for quite a while, too.

The leafspring argument was started by the Jeremy Clarkson review of the C6 Corvette on Top Gear. The people who keep bringing it up do not have first hand experience with the implementation. It's all regurgitated information from an entertainment show.

Really? I used to work for BMW where I was educated on various automotive technological advances in their 'Centre for Development' at BMW UK. I am quite familiar with the technology from a general stand point, albeit not with the exact implementation on the corvette.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
I do not like the wheels.


Anyway the magnetic suspension is okay, I would not check the option for it. It uses oil with little metal particles that when subjected to charge it changes viscosity.

The new wheels don't do it for me either. But I love other changes like the engine, exhaust, performance axle ratio for auto, and possibly new T6060 tranny for the manual.

I didn't go with the F55 Magnetic Selective Ride Control package because I didn't want to pay the big replacement repair cost later on.

 

[overst33r]

Originally posted by: AdamK47

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: RichUK
Does the new corvette still use leaf springs?

AFAIK yes it does. Who needs all that fancy magnetic suspension stuff when a 7:42 lap time for the C6 Z06 around the 'ring says that the technology is still good!

Very true.

Still, you would have thought in this day and age a car of this calibre would at least be using a modern suspension system.

I don't understand this argument. Corvette leaf springs don't look anything like leaf springs on a pickup truck. Or hell, even on a horse and buggy. They're not even facing the same direction. Personally I love the leaf spring idea. It's a simple beam undergoing a bending moment - easy to calculate spring rates, easy to fabricate, and much less space claim than a spring. There's downsides, too, but that is true for every suspension configuration. Coil springs have been around for quite a while, too.

The leafspring argument was started by the Jeremy Clarkson review of the C6 Corvette on Top Gear. The people who keep bringing it up do not have first hand experience with the implementation. It's all regurgitated information from an entertainment show.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that the transverse mounted leaf springs in the Vette do the same thing any leaf spring does; go back to its original position after being put under stress. Yay for keeping the tires on the road.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: RichUK
Really? I used to work for BMW where I was educated on various automotive technological advances in their 'Centre for Development' at BMW UK. I am quite familiar with the technology from a general stand point, albeit not with the exact implementation on the corvette.

That does nothing to your lack of understanding on the Corvette's suspension. If you didn't study the Corvette's implementation of leaf springs, why did you call it non-modern?

 

[SVT Cobra]

JC STFU people

Everyone on here has to act like a car expert in these threads...and you are not, otherwise you'd be posting on a CAR forum.

 

[ElFenix]

jeez, even the solid rear mustang has coil springs, gosh, the corvette sucks such donkey balls for having such an archaic suspension design, even though the archaic design seems to work well enough on the track, but still! i mean, if clarkson the english supremacist hadn't brought it up on top gear i'm sure that everyone would still know about how awful the corvette's suspension design is

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
JC STFU people

Everyone on here has to act like a car expert in these threads...and you are not, otherwise you'd be posting on a CAR forum.

And what makes you a car expert? You drive Mustangs. Chazing!

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
JC STFU people

Everyone on here has to act like a car expert in these threads...and you are not, otherwise you'd be posting on a CAR forum.

You're right, car topics should be verboten here on this forum.