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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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Did 1996 vettes have FX3 or similar adjustable shocks?
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Yes, the adjustable suspension is an option.

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It was the F45
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Was it mechanically the same as FX3? with actuators and gears on the shocks?
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Was it mechanically the same as FX3? with actuators and gears on the shocks?

No, and the shocks can not be revalved either.
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Originally Posted by DREGSZ
Was it mechanically the same as FX3? with actuators and gears on the shocks?
It's called Selective Real Time Damping and has sensors at each wheel. It's an upgrade from FX3, much faster acting and, from what I've read is not inter-changable with FX3.

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The FX3 shocks had little cogs ad crowns. How do the F45 shocks differ in appearance from a regular or FX3 shock?
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Also, the F45 Selective Real-Time Damping system has a computer that calculates and adjusts each shock individually, rather than all four at once as FX3 does.

Adjustments are made in something like 10-15 every millisecond.

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The F45 was a one-year-only option.
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how can the shocks be identified compared to FX3 or regular non FX3 Bilstiens?
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No FX3 on 96

F45 and it also came in 97 with C5. Was that an experiment?

The F45 shocks for a 96 are WAY DIFFERENT.

FX3 Rules !! I wish my 95 was a FX3 Vette

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