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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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I have a 1997 with adjustable suspention. I was thinking of putting a z51 front spring and a z06 rear spring with hotchis sway bars front and rear. any thoughts?
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 10:34 PM
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Whaddayawaydenfoe!!

I did that with my 98(not selective ride) and added bilsteins=happy,happy

I would think like results with your setup
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 01:27 AM
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I have a 1997 with adjustable suspention. I was thinking of putting a z51 front spring and a z06 rear spring with hotchis sway bars front and rear. any thoughts?
I personally have no experience with this combination to comment on how well it would work. However, the FE3 (Z51) and FE4 (Z06) suspensions use the same front spring. The FE3 (Z51) and FE4 (Z06) rear springs though are different. Also from the factory, the FE3 (Z51) rear springs were different for cars equipped with automatic (MM30) and 6sp manual (MM6) transmissions, although I don't know exactly how they differ. Here's all the part numbers for the FE3 (Z51) and FE4 (Z06) springs:

Spring, Frt 01 Y (FE3, FE4) GM # 22178729

Spring, Rr 01 Y07-67 (MM30, FE3) GM # 22146646
Spring, Rr 01 Y07-67 (MM6, FE3) GM # 22179020
Spring, Rr 01 Y37 (M12, FE4) GM # 22188038

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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 01:41 AM
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In the rear, are the Z51 or Z06 springs stiffer?
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Z06 as shown by the following: 2003-2004 Corvette Suspension Comparison
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 08:39 AM
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thanks gray , this is what I have read, I am off to WWC today, I just hope it will work out with the adjustable shocks, if not, on go the bilstins. I am going to get the Kenne Bell SC when it comes out so stiffining up the rear should be a good thing.
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