Drivetrain

The C5 Corvette is an amazing machine. It features a lot of components that can take users well beyond what the car was ever originally intended to do are other folks covet to swap into their own cars... but there are a few shortcomings. The harmonic balancer, the ABS/EBCM woes, the guibos in the torque tube... there's things that just weren't going to hold up for 25+ years of life, let alone the abuse a lot of enthusiasts are throwing ...

Ah yes, the humble Torque tube on the C5 Corvette. The torque tube is the least mechanically complex piece of your drive train, just spinning away on some bearings, some large rubber connectors helping ensure power transfer transitions and drivetrain harmonics are smooth... and yet in all it's simplicity, the humble torque tube can and sometimes does have it's issues! We've put together a comprehensive article that should cover anything anyone would ever want to know or need to know ...

The factory limited slip differential on the Corvette... one of my many features that make that Corvette stand out over other sports car offerings. Even better yet, the differentials on these Corvettes are pretty robust and can handle the vast majority of users use cases and even hand some rather notable power gains. While the differentials on these corvettes are quite robust, they do require some basic maintenance to keep happy. Most folks recommend changing the differnetial every 20k miles ...