Return Of The Corvette Stingray

Henning said:
No worries, Corvette pulls light trailers with no problem.
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With 450hp, 450 lb ft of torque, 7 speed transmission and huge disc brakes, I'd say it would tow trailers better than most any stock pick up you can buy.
 
Geico266 said:
Try towing 14,500 pounds with a Corvette. :nono:

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As long as the tongue weight is balanced properly and you have a brake controller, no worries. The Vette isn't exactly a light car, it'll hook up and pull 14,500 without a problem. You should see what they tow travel trailers in Europe with.
 
Henning said:
As long as the tongue weight is balanced properly and you have a brake controller, no worries. The Vette isn't exactly a light car, it'll hook up and pull 14,500 without a problem. You should see what they tow travel trailers in Europe with.
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Come on now 14,500? I guess all of us dopes are driving around in diesel pickups when we could just by a Vette. If you had a nearly zero tongue weight trailer and perfect circumstances, sure. Just like the 1/2 ton Tundra could tow the 165,000 lb. space shuttle. Neither is realistic.
 
Henning said:
As long as the tongue weight is balanced properly and you have a brake controller, no worries. The Vette isn't exactly a light car, it'll hook up and pull 14,500 without a problem. You should see what they tow travel trailers in Europe with.
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I'll give it to you that it will tow that down a runway just fine, put it in the real world and it won't equate to a good towing experience. The Corvette weighs less than half of my 2500HD, get that trailer slightly ahead of the Vette and you're in for a fun ride. Plus the TQ comes in so high in the RPM range isn't going to make it's utility value very high. Alternately I think my Duramax has peak torque at 1900RPM.
 
Alexb2000 said:
Come on now 14,500? I guess all of us dopes are driving around in diesel pickups when we could just by a Vette. If you had a nearly zero tongue weight trailer and perfect circumstances, sure. Just like the 1/2 ton Tundra could tow the 165,000 lb. space shuttle. Neither is realistic.
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Granted not the best use of a Vette, but it would do it. I've seen 3 series BMWs (my cousins), Citroens and VWs pulling what I know are over 10,000lb trailers. Pickups don't exist in Europe and there are many trailers being pulled around. It's all an issue of proper balance of the trailer and having brakes on it. Americans all have heavy pickups for it because of marketing and image, not technical necessity. The Diesel just adds performance and efficiency, although the efficiency is now moot due to the 30% premium on the fuel price.
 
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guardrail said:
I'll give it to you that it will tow that down a runway just fine, put it in the real world and it won't equate to a good towing experience. The Corvette weighs less than half of my 2500HD, get that trailer slightly ahead of the Vette and you're in for a fun ride. Plus the TQ comes in so high in the RPM range isn't going to make it's utility value very high. Alternately I think my Duramax has peak torque at 1900RPM.
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Tap the trailer brake controller or just set it properly. As I said, not the best use of a Vette, but no worries, wouldn't bother me a bit to do it.
 
Henning said:
Tap the trailer brake controller or just set it properly. As I said, not the best use of a Vette, but no worries, wouldn't bother me a bit to do it.
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We're still talking about 14,500lbs right? You're nuts man...:D I don't care how you balance your tongue weight or how good your trailer brakes are, ain't no way that car is towing it as good as a truck designed to tow, lol.
 
Henning said:
Granted not the best use of a Vette, but it would do it. I've seen 3 series BMWs (my cousins), Citroens and VWs pulling what I know are over 10,000lb trailers. Pickups don't exist in Europe and there are many trailers being pulled around. It's all an issue of proper balance of the trailer and having brakes on it. Americans all have heavy pick ups for it because of marketing and image, not technical necessity.
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Where to start. Everyone wants to talk about the engine with regard to towing, that has little to do with it, so we'll set that aside. When you are towing 14,500 with a vette chassis, what happens in a panic stop? The trailer weight pushes forward and down. If the tow vehicles suspension can't keep the trailer in plane then the downward force will lift the front end and take away steering and most of the braking. So when you slam on the brakes for someone running a yellowish light, you will slide through the intersection without steering.

Also, there has to be a relationship between the two vehicle weight and the trailer gross. The vette is almost a ~5:1 disadvantage vs. a pickup at ~2:1. That relationship will have a lot to do with road manners. So when you are driving your vette with a 14,500 travel trailer and you get into a stiff crosswind, what will happen? The vette will be dragged all over the road and the trailer will end up going over.

Last how will the vette's chassis handle the trailer loads? Unibody chassis with a central tunnel for chassis stiffness will be under incredible strain with a trailer. Better leave the doors ajar before towing or you might have to get in like the Dukes of Hazzard.
 
guardrail said:
We're still talking about 14,500lbs right? You're nuts man...:D I don't care how you balance your tongue weight or how good your trailer brakes are, ain't no way that car is towing it as good as a truck designed to tow, lol.
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Never said as well, but that doesn't make it impossible or dangerous.
 
Henning said:
Never said as well, but that doesn't make it impossible or dangerous.
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I'll agree with your first two statements (Dave said it would tow as good as a truck, thought that was your comment). On dangerous or not, that's a subjective call. I was always taught to not depend on trailer brakes and to always account for distance in the event they failed because they will (and have!). One frisky situation in that Vette and you're wearing that trailer as a hood ornament.

Let's not talk about the appropriate tongue weight...
 
I'm certain this will be one HELL of a performer, but to my eye the C7 looks very much like it was designed by committee, with each team assigned to add "X" number of chintzy flares, scoops and trim to a Nissan GT-R.
 
Henning said:
Yep, I'm thinking about shipping back a Holden SS Ute and grabbing one of the late model GTOs out of a wreckers and getting the steering and dash out of it for the left hand conversion then stick so El Camino tags on it.:yes: You can also get them in a cab-chassis with a tray back.
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Id like to drive that! :yes:
 
Just saw the CEO of GM. He said only two pieces on the car are hold overs from the C6. the door latch and the oil filter. All Aluminum frame -100 lbs. 50% stiffer. hood and roof carbon fiber.-50 lbs, lowering the C.G. New Eco tech Engine.Better mileage than last years model. But no H.P. numbers.
 
Henning said:
Granted not the best use of a Vette, but it would do it. I've seen 3 series BMWs (my cousins), Citroens and VWs pulling what I know are over 10,000lb trailers. Pickups don't exist in Europe and there are many trailers being pulled around. It's all an issue of proper balance of the trailer and having brakes on it. Americans all have heavy pickups for it because of marketing and image, not technical necessity. The Diesel just adds performance and efficiency, although the efficiency is now moot due to the 30% premium on the fuel price.
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No pickups in Europe????:eek:

What do the rednecks drive?

Nothing against pickups if you need one, but this country wants less dependance on foreign oil, yet the trucks/suvs seem to get bigger every year.
 
Are we using bungee cords to attach that 14,500 lbs?
 

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I drove a friends Z06 on the street and thought it was just ok. Several months later I went to Bob Bondurants school of driving and learned to drive the Z06. I can say it was a ton more fun to drive after instruction, I would jump at the chance to drive the new Vette as the school said it was to be a much better handling car as the previous.
 
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I would love to own any '63-'67 Stingray.Had the occasion to witness a fistfight between two local boys at a downtown intersection back in my high school days in Daingerfield,Tx. They both were driving '67metallic blue hardtop Stingrays. Not sure if it was over a girl or the cars or both.
 
I see an aluminum cross member and a bit of creative glass work to carry the tongue. You guys have never built hot rods or altereds huh...:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Where there is a will there is a way, all it ever takes is some creativity and fabrication skills.;)
 
Henning said:
I see an aluminum cross member and a bit of creative glass work to carry the tongue. You guys have never built hot rods or altereds huh...:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Where there is a will there is a way, all it ever takes is some creativity and fabrication skills.;)
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Or you could just buy a truck for a few thousand dollars that would do the job ten times better.
 
This topic drift reminds me of


Seriously, though, Henning is correct. With the proper setup on someone else's Vette, there is a good number of people here who could make it happen (maybe not more than once) and have a ball doing it.

There is also a large number of people who should get nowhere near that rig.

Just step away from that thing, Hawg. :no:
 
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I've got a hitch on my S2000. Completely bolt-on with quick release pins. No bumper cutting required. With the Corvette having more torque, I can see someone doing the same for them, too.

Most people use them for bike racks, towing tire trailers for autocross events, or towing motorcycle trailers. Some people use them to tow boats.

--Carlos V.
 
Unbeliever said:
Some people use them to tow boats.

--Carlos V.
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Hopefully, small boats. I have plenty of S-2000 time and while the car is wonderful in it's own way, towing a boat is not something I would ever plan on doing with it. However, towing a small sailboat, like a Sunfish, or a small fishing boat like a Boston Whaler, or a Klamath Falls aluminum boat would be fine. Might use up a few clutches though.
 
Henning-

I finally found a late model Vette setup for towing.

Yee Haw
 

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