Pfadt Race Engineering Brings you live Q&A with Racing Legend Johnny O'Connell
08-31-2011, 12:46 PM
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, to race with, which would it be?-Johnny
08-31-2011, 12:47 PM
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Who GM would everyone need to contact to get you back into the Corvette? Miss seeing you there buddy!
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08-31-2011, 12:49 PM
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Hi Johnny,
I've got an '05 Vert that I've supercharged and headered and now I want to improve the suspension. I noticed in your Stage 1 package that you use shocks. Would coilovers be overkill or something I might want to go ahead and do now? It's a weekend use street car only, but I love to drive it "spiritedly". Cost is not much of a problem, just don't want to have to do it twice. What's your recommendation? Thanks for your time.
I've got an '05 Vert that I've supercharged and headered and now I want to improve the suspension. I noticed in your Stage 1 package that you use shocks. Would coilovers be overkill or something I might want to go ahead and do now? It's a weekend use street car only, but I love to drive it "spiritedly". Cost is not much of a problem, just don't want to have to do it twice. What's your recommendation? Thanks for your time.
08-31-2011, 12:50 PM
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-Johnny
08-31-2011, 12:51 PM
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08-31-2011, 12:54 PM
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Hey Johnny,
How did you come to be a factory driver? Most pro drivers bounce around from team to team with mediocre success, but most factory drivers seem to stay put and are racing on a very consistent basis. Another factory driver (of a different manufacturer) told me it's the best place to be.
-Drew
How did you come to be a factory driver? Most pro drivers bounce around from team to team with mediocre success, but most factory drivers seem to stay put and are racing on a very consistent basis. Another factory driver (of a different manufacturer) told me it's the best place to be.
-Drew
-Johnny
08-31-2011, 12:55 PM
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08-31-2011, 12:56 PM
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Cool. Good luck in the future. Maybe I'll run with or against you sometime soon.
08-31-2011, 12:56 PM
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-Johnny
08-31-2011, 12:58 PM
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I can describe what my C6 is doing on the track, but I'm never sure what to do to fix it (air pressure, shock stiffness, bar stiffness, raise / lower). Since I don't have a team of engineers making the decisions, could you point me to a good reference for Corvette suspension tuning?
08-31-2011, 12:58 PM
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In closing, thanks to everybody for sharing the in the love of Corvettes. They truly are the best sports car America has ever produced. That said, if you want to make the greatest car even better, I promise every owner that the JO/Pfadt Suspension package will make their car even a bigger super star. 
I look forward to seeing everyone at the race track soon.
-Johnny
I look forward to seeing everyone at the race track soon.
-Johnny
08-31-2011, 01:20 PM
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I can describe what my C6 is doing on the track, but I'm never sure what to do to fix it (air pressure, shock stiffness, bar stiffness, raise / lower). Since I don't have a team of engineers making the decisions, could you point me to a good reference for Corvette suspension tuning?
Feel free to use us a resource to lean on for Corvette suspension!
09-01-2011, 11:29 AM
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After an extremely careful review of the questions posed to Johnny, it was a close call.
The winner of the 50 bucks Pfadt Cash is Daytona Bob! Great question about the transition to NASCAR road course specialist and this years successes compared to the Italians.
Thank everyone so much for their questions, and to CorvetteForum for giving us an avenue to host this! Stay in touch with Pfadt Race Engineering on CorvetteForum and Facebook for fun events like this in the future!
The winner of the 50 bucks Pfadt Cash is Daytona Bob! Great question about the transition to NASCAR road course specialist and this years successes compared to the Italians.
Thank everyone so much for their questions, and to CorvetteForum for giving us an avenue to host this! Stay in touch with Pfadt Race Engineering on CorvetteForum and Facebook for fun events like this in the future!
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