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Anyone else center console feeling a bit warm to the touch? I just noticed this last night while driving around with the outside temperature about high 70s. No reason for it to be warm right? I have an 8 speed auto if that makes any difference. Let the dealership look into it?
This was an issue in my C6 but I have not encountered the problem in my C7. I know that this is of no help but I would take it to the dealer. All of the C7s I have been in did not have excessive heat on the console, neither auto or manual. Hope you find an easy solution.
Exhaust is routed under the tunnel. It's not an issue, just a characteristic of the car. Dealer can't do anything
Here is a good pic. The console sits right above the metal tunnel, suggest not storing chocolate bars! They use a very fancy, expensive insulation but it mainly increases the time it takes to get warm. Here is some info: NASA-developed insulation called Aerogel is used on the transmission tunnel.
Many owners concur that the center tunnel in the C6 can get toasty, and with the C7 now locating the exhaust in an even tighter space, the potential to exacerbate the problem is very real. To combat this, Chevrolet is using insulation made from Aerogel, a material developed by NASA for use in space suits. Considered for years to be the lightest solid material in existence, Aerogel is 99.8 percent air (thereby replacing the liquid portion of a gel with a gas), yet it insulates 39 times better than the best fiberglass. The C7’s tunnel has a 10-mm (0.4-inch) layer of an automotive grade version of the stuff applied to its sides, and another 5 mm (0.2 inch) on top.
Anyone else center console feeling a bit warm to the touch? I just noticed this last night while driving around with the outside temperature about high 70s. No reason for it to be warm right? I have an 8 speed auto if that makes any difference. Let the dealership look into it?
If I drop down the LCD display, the inside compartment can become quite warm if I have been driving the car for a long time. I just thought it was due to the fact that there is no air conditioning circulating around in there though. Definitely made me reconsider ever putting anything in there that could melt!
Here is a good pic. The console sits right above the metal tunnel, suggest not storing chocolate bars! They use a very fancy, expensive insulation but it mainly increases the time it takes to get warm. Here is some info: NASA-developed insulation called Aerogel is used on the transmission tunnel.
Many owners concur that the center tunnel in the C6 can get toasty, and with the C7 now locating the exhaust in an even tighter space, the potential to exacerbate the problem is very real. To combat this, Chevrolet is using insulation made from Aerogel, a material developed by NASA for use in space suits. Considered for years to be the lightest solid material in existence, Aerogel is 99.8 percent air (thereby replacing the liquid portion of a gel with a gas), yet it insulates 39 times better than the best fiberglass. The C7’s tunnel has a 10-mm (0.4-inch) layer of an automotive grade version of the stuff applied to its sides, and another 5 mm (0.2 inch) on top.
Anyone else center console feeling a bit warm to the touch? I just noticed this last night while driving around with the outside temperature about high 70s. No reason for it to be warm right? I have an 8 speed auto if that makes any difference. Let the dealership look into it?
The thin layers of Aerogel used in the C7 to insulate the tunnel no doubt reduce the heat getting to the console and reduce the temperature. Aerogel is a very interesting material, it's 98.2% air. The air is encapsulated in extremely thin shelled, entangled silica threads.
This is my first corvette so I had no clue that this is a normal occurrence. Wonder why GM doesnt use a thicker layer of gel to further reduce the heat from radiating into the center console.
This was an issue in my C6 but I have not encountered the problem in my C7. I know that this is of no help but I would take it to the dealer. All of the C7s I have been in did not have excessive heat on the console, neither auto or manual. Hope you find an easy solution.
This is my first corvette so I had no clue that this is a normal occurrence. Wonder why GM doesnt use a thicker layer of gel to further reduce the heat from radiating into the center console.
Originally Posted by bob guzzy
There is a product that insulates the exhaust system one of the vendors here sells it.
I have no first hand knowledge of it working but I'm sure someone knows the good and bad of the material.
Aerogel is an excellent insulation. Better insulator than the that sold for exhausts etc. However there is only so much room in the car. In fact they did make the C7 console a slight bit higher, perhaps due to the added insulation. The cup holders are somewhat deeper. With some modification I am able to hold a full water bottle in 1 "g" turns and > 1 "g" stops. Could not do that in the C6!
A house has 4, 6, 12 inch thick insulation in walls and ceiling and you still loose heat! Insulation can only do a limited amount. As several have noted, the C7 is better than the C6 and I didn't put a chocolate bar in my C6 console nor would I in the C7.
This is my first corvette so I had no clue that this is a normal occurrence. Wonder why GM doesnt use a thicker layer of gel to further reduce the heat from radiating into the center console.
I guess a thicker layer of insulation means either a shallower cupholder / storage bin or a taller console, neither of which would be great.
08-16-2015, 11:51 AM
Warm center console
Here is a good pic. The console sits right above the metal tunnel, suggest not storing chocolate bars! They use a very fancy, expensive insulation but it mainly increases the time it takes to get warm. Here is some info:
