okay, egocentric maybe, usually a bit shy, but... this is the first objection i will agree is probably true. I know my limits, and you know yours, GM is coming out of the hole, and they wouldnt want to build the best they could GM is capable of better then the z06, but why introduce it all at once, lets give baby steps so we have some ideas 4-5 years later...

The last time I showed a fellow friend my concept he believe that no one would want it, although he confirmed my beliefs about the performance.

 

Nice flame war guys...take it to PM

 

I'm done on this thread... ugg... lol and please dont fill my pm box

for the record there are two of these threads? wow how did that happen?

 

My company spent a much-smaller buttload of money to get Alcoa to "help" us design the chassis for our 250-400cc equivalent electric motor scooter. They were next to useless. We did our own design (myself and our CAD jockey), throwing out most of their suggestions to use some of their proprietary methods that would only have cost us more money to have a less efficient structure. In the end their report acknowledged that our design was cheaper, stronger, and lighter

We also had Getrag do some gearbox work for us. We had to redesign that as well. Their design as structurally deficient, and their analysis was WRONG (constraints inconsistent with reality). We're now working with DESC/Tremec (same folks that made/make the Fbody, C5, C6, and GTO 6-speed trannies). Now THOSE guys have their shiznit TOGETHER!

Of course, GM obviously has all their ducks in a row before they go to a supplier, and they get a LOT more serious attention than the small company I work for does.

But still, a big-name company doesn't *necessarily* imply efficient, or even ADEQUATE, design.