Topic: Z06's falling apart.

[dorin]

He obviously had that car wound up and was putting a lot of stress on the body to do that. His RPM says it all with how he was driving it at the time. If there has been a recall then the General is aware and will be on top of it right away. Remember when the T-roofs used to spit out on all makes and models when the body was twisted. I do as I have seen enough of the panels laying on the road over the years. This lad needs to slow down while he still has a drivers licence or his life even. 

So you're saying that instead of GM screwing up and making a sub-standard roof they actually screwed up and designed a crap performance car that twists under acceleration?  As for the slowing down comment, the guy bought a freaking Corvette Z06 for chrissakes!  It's a sports cars and he's totally entitled to drive the snot out of it as much as he wants.  Assuming the rood was properly set in place then having it fall off is totally GM's fault nto the driver's.

[barrie1]

Over the years some cars have had too much HP stuffed under the hood and frames have been twisted when they have been wound up. Dorin have you ever drove a big block car doing a major launch, if not you have no understanding on how many G-forces are at work when you hit the loud pedal. I am very sure this is not happening at slower non hi revving shift points. This has only ever happened at the high RPM ranges. Being made of fiberglass will have different textile twist pressures then steel so they will be able to fix this fairly easy. A chemical change in the composite they use should cure this probelm fairly easy. 

[ovr50]

I can't believe this event is nothing more than an isolated incident. The team at GM that designs and builds the Corvette are different than the rest of the GM crew - these guys/gals really care about the Corvette and it would not be designed so that high rpm stresses would cause body panel failures. They know a Z06 can be driven hard, in fact, they drive the test models hard before the car is released for sale. We don't know the entire story behind this incident, and the poster on the Corvette Forum only posted what he wanted the world to know. I wouldn't worry that this failure is something that will happen to half the new z06s or some such number. High rpms and power shifting are nothing new to the Corvette.

If I had a C6 Corvette, I wouldn't worry about this incident at all. 

[AVToller]

I strongly suspect that you are correct, Ovr, but you have to admit that it can provide a lot of fun for all us GM haters. 

[johngenx]

...a lot of fun for all us GM haters...

I love the Corvette and don't like GM.  So there.

[84im]

I love the Corvette and don't like GM.  So there.

Semi GM hater.

[dorin]

Over the years some cars have had too much HP stuffed under the hood and frames have been twisted when they have been wound up. Dorin have you ever drove a big block car doing a major launch, if not you have no understanding on how many G-forces are at work when you hit the loud pedal. I am very sure this is not happening at slower non hi revving shift points. This has only ever happened at the high RPM ranges. Being made of fiberglass will have different textile twist pressures then steel so they will be able to fix this fairly easy. A chemical change in the composite they use should cure this probelm fairly easy. 

Sure, whatever.  My point was that this is not something that should be happening to a new car and it's GM's fault that it did happen, not the driver's.  I was just taking exception with you trying to blame the driver for it.

In this day and age there's no excuse for something like this to happen with a new sports car model.

[Silent Lucidity]

General Motors Recalls 30,000 Corvettes

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197272,00.html

"The recall issued this past week affects certain 2005-2006 models with painted roofs. The adhesive between the roof panel and magnesium frame may separate, GM spokesman Alan Adler told The Detroit News."

[Craig]

At least they didn't try to deny it was a problem.  Or were they forced into the recall?

[barrie1]

Sounds like GM is doing this on their own. Strange how its only the painted ones having this problem. Possibly the glue is not compatable with the paint and is the culprit behind the problem. A powerful engine like the vettes does a lot of twisting in the cradle its  in from the torque when you jump on the loud pedal. Tries to twist itself right out of there as between the high Horse power and the awsome torque there is a lot of force taking place on the frames of any vehicle that is wound up like that. 

[safristi]

The GERMINATOR  ?

[barrie1]

Some of the older Nova's and Chevelle style cars used to spit the back windows out of them if the body was twisted too much and also twisted the sail panels on the rear roof line as well. Mostly the bigblock cars had this probelm. 

[claudster]

IMO, I don't think that GM was forced into this recall. Its the Corvette!!! A standard bearer, os they have to make it look good. As for the body twist.
I don't think its a frame twisting issue that casues the roofs to pop out. The frame has been made stiff enough to withstand the power. The glue/paint interface is the  problem. This causes delamination wich leads to the roof popping out.