Bringing it all to a stop is a disc brake system consisting of 14-inch (355-mm) vented and cross-drilled front rotors and
13.4-inch (340-mm) vented and cross-drilled rear rotors. Clamping the rotors up front are huge, red-painted six-piston calipers that use six individual brake pads. Out back, four-piston calipers with four individual brake pads are used.
The race-bred technology continues in the Z06's body structure. It has a unique aluminum body structure for optimum stiffness and light weight for the fixed-roof bodystyle (the only one available, and thankfully better looking than the C5 Z06's roof.) Perimeter frame rails are one-piece hydroformed aluminum members with cast suspension nodes, which replace many welded steel components on other Corvette models.
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structural composites featuring carbon fibre are bonded to the aluminum structure. The wider front wheelhouses, for example, are carbon composites and the passenger compartment floors combine carbon-fibre skins with an ultra-lightweight balsa wood core.
The Z06 has a new magnesium cradle that serves as the attachment point for the engine and some front suspension components. It helps improve the front-to-rear weight distribution, as do carbon-fibre front fenders and wheelhouses. The battery has been moved from underhood to a position behind one of the rear wheels.
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| The Z06 features a unique aluminum body structure for optimum stiffnessand light weight. (Photo: Gerry Frechette, Canadian Auto Press) |
The race-bred technology continues in the Z06's body structure. It has a unique aluminum body structure for optimum stiffness and light weight for the fixed-roof bodystyle (the only one available, and thankfully better looking than the C5 Z06's roof.) Perimeter frame rails are one-piece hydroformed aluminum members with cast suspension nodes, which replace many welded steel components on other Corvette models.
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| Advanced structural composites featuring carbon fibre are bonded to the aluminum structure. (Photo: Gerry Frechette, Canadian Auto Press) |
The Z06 has a new magnesium cradle that serves as the attachment point for the engine and some front suspension components. It helps improve the front-to-rear weight distribution, as do carbon-fibre front fenders and wheelhouses. The battery has been moved from underhood to a position behind one of the rear wheels.