Base car acceleration….0-60 in 4.3 seconds!

[B17Crew]

http://www.c6registry.com/Hot_News/index.htm

B17Crew

 

[Rob]

http://www.c6registry.com/Hot_News/index.htm

B17Crew

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44764

 

[Buster1]

Did anyone else also read in B17's link about the "shift into reverse for engine shutdown." Can that be right??

 

[B17Crew]

I remember test driving my first C5 back in 97, I was impressed.

I think the first C6 I drive is going to leave me with the giggles for a while!

B17Crew

 

[Hib Halverson]

Did anyone else also read in B17's link about the "shift into reverse for engine shutdown." Can that be right??

It's not.

However, you do need to put the manual in reverse before the car will lock and that means the steering as well as the doors.

 

[Vettelt193]

reminds me of the 4+3 equipped C4 vettes. you couldn't get the key out of the ignition if it wasn't in reverse

 

[Stallion]

What's the idea behind all that? :confused

 

[Vettefan87]

It is the same way with my brothers 1973 Trans Am he let me drive it once and i left it in first and I could not figure out how to get the key out, I though I broke something, but then he told me to put it into reverse and it came out. I have no clue, why you have to do that??

 

[1969Vette350]

Aftermarket...

I can totally see companies coming out with a mod for this feature; something along the lines of those who disable CAGS.

 

[MagikDraggin]

It is the same way with my brothers 1973 Trans Am he let me drive it once and i left it in first and I could not figure out how to get the key out, I though I broke something, but then he told me to put it into reverse and it came out. I have no clue, why you have to do that??

Probably because in reverse, the drive train is at its highest rolling resistence setting and isn't likely to go anywhere if you don't set the parking brake, unless you're on a steep incline.

 

[1987Silvervette]

reminds me of the 4+3 equipped C4 vettes. you couldn't get the key out of the ignition if it wasn't in reverse

That is the only thing i hate about my C4

 

[vettepilot]

Probably because in reverse, the drive train is at its highest rolling resistence setting and isn't likely to go anywhere if you don't set the parking brake, unless you're on a steep incline.

Actually, (and I can't believe that the old guys around haven't remembered this already) the shift into reverse with the manual transmission sounds like a throwback to the late 60s and early 70s, and even into the 80s with the C4. The manual equipped cars had to be placed into reverse because that did two things. The reverse gear linkage had an additional roll of linking the reverse gear linkage rod with the lower end of the steering column that had an inner and outer sleeve in addition to the actual steering column. It turned the inner sleeve of the steering column in which was positioned a "leg" that was the moving pole of the backup light switch. By rotating the sleeve counterclockwise, the switch leg was slid into the ON position by the rotating action.Thereby completing the circuit that turned on the backup lights.
The second function of the rotating sleeve was to align the inner sleeve with a slot that when aligned properly allowed the ignition key to be turned to the lock position, and removed. Plus, it raised the steering column lock pin that locked the steering wheel by means of a pin going into one of about 16 holes on the outer ring of the steering wheel lock disk.
This whole mess was designed to be part of the early theft deterrant devices in the GM cars. The reason reverse was used and not one of the forward gears was not so much for the gear ratio, but to help prevent a would be car thief from driving the vehicle any great distance if any of the other theft deterrant systems were somehow by-passed. The forward gears could not be selected unless the key was in and turned from the lock position to run, or start. Additionally, there was a clutch safety switch that prevented the ignition circuit from closing unless the clutch was fully depressed.
The automatic equipped cars had the inner steering column workings which worked when the selector was placed into Park. Of course there was no clutch safety switch on the automatics, but there was a neutral safety switch.
I'm sure the C5 and C6 systems are much more sophisticated, they rely on electronics rather than mechanical linkages and devices to accomplish the theft deterrant job today. But back in the 60s and 70s, that was leading edge technology.

vettepilot