the C5's chassis structure is four times stiffer than the C4. This was an amazing accomplishment for a mass-produced sports car. With the strongest structure ever created for a Corvette ...

The pending C8 aside, the C5 was the most revolutionary Corvette; because of the hydroformed steel perimeter frame, center backbone, all-aluminum LS1 fuel-injected engine and transaxle.

Here’s a good example – while an LS-powered Ford Focus riding on a C5 Corvette chassis might sound like a great idea, actually turning it into reality could get a little messy. Nevertheless ...

Weighing in at just 3,132 pounds, you have to go back to 1964 to find a lighter Corvette (3,125 pounds). Powered by the mighty 427 LS7 engine with 505 net horsepower, with C5-R suspension ...

The C5 was the first all-new Corvette in more than a decade, and it set the template used to this day. Its hydro-formed steel space frame was lighter and stiffer than the C4's chassis, and its new ...

No C5 suspension parts were carried over to the C6. For the first time, different chassis were available with different Corvette models. The higher-performance C6 Z06 and ZR1 models received a ...

Now, high-performance parts producer QA1 is briefly outlining its C5 Corvette and C6 Corvette coilover suspension systems. Clocking in a just under two minutes, the video is very brief ...

The C5’s shoestring development shows through ... after years of evolution and well-executed chassis tuning, this latest Corvette also offers refreshing levels of refinement to go with its ...

Dubbed the C5 because it is the fifth-generation Corvette, the new model uses a structure that is four times as stiff as the C4 chassis. Its natural frequency measures 23 hertz, close to the ...

Chevrolet’s 2003 C5 Corvette, foreground ... both internally and by customers as too heavy and not grippy enough. Chassis engineers said they are leaning toward more aggressive rubber, such ...

Enter the “Corvoucus,” an LS-powered Ford Focus built on a C5 Corvette chassis—a wild custom project that has captured the ...