Just got back from our 24hr ride home from the General Motors testing facility in Warren, Michigan(very tired). It was like a college campus for gear heads.

This past week was one of most interesting weeks I have had when it comes to motorsports and thats saying alot considering I am around this stuff on a daily basis. The knowledge we learned from this experience is priceless. We worked directly with Thomas Froling(lead aero engineer on the C6 and Z06 body and currently putting the finishing touches on the 2012 ZL Camaro and the beginning stages of the 2014 camaro and C7). The first day we pulled the corvette into the prep room. This is where they scaled the car and hooked up all sensors in preperation for the wind tunnel testing that would take place the following day. I pulled the LMR corvette right next to a full size clay model of a 2014 camaro and 1/3 scale clay model of the C7(both were corvered as much as possible) and NO CAMERAS were allowed in this room for obvious reasons. I asked about both projects and they did not want to tell much. All they could tell me was that the C7 was far from production and that several body issues still had to be worked out as well as the powerplant.

Anyway, the next day was our wind tunnel testing from 8am to 6pm. Our main goal was to lower the drag coefficient of the vehicle while improving rear down force for traction purposes while traveling down the mile. Josh and a the general motors aero team ran SEVERAL tests and changed several setups to get the numbers we were looking for by the end of the day. I cannot disclose too much information but I can tell you there were alot of little things tested that I would have NEVER thought of to help reduce drag.

Now that we have our prototype pieces complete, we will start production on the LMR/General Motors Aero drag package for C6 Corvettes and will try and have them on the market for corvette owners looking to pick up MPH without adding any extra horsepower before the next mile event.











http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex7vFTE_wGw

 

cool!

 

Can you disclose any of the before and after info? Like Cd or frontal area that they measured? It would be good to see what kind of end results you had.

 

That's really interesting. Can't wait to see what y'all come out with.

 

Very nice

 

Very cool experience guys

 

Nice!

 

No 4th Gen Camaro?

 

Aerodynamic and lightweight material technologies are the future of automotive performance. The only criticism I've ever had for LMR was their lack of aerodynamic technologies implemented into their projects. I find it astonishing that you are working with GM, as a partner, to improve the LMR 'Vette in a multi-million dollar wind tunnel, very cool. Can't wait to see the results and I hope the aero packages are somewhat affordable.

 

Congrats guys. Thanks for getting me that intake today too. I really appreciate it

 

What about the Camaro? I'd think that would need it a lot more, lol. That's awesome, though!

 

weak. already saw this stuff on 6speed. lol jk

 

Wind tunnel was osm but that blue looks badass in those lights.

 

So what did they think about what yall have done to their c6?

 

Very cool experience that must have been. also any way to get a high res copy of the 3rd image? would make for a very cool desktop background!