I was surfing on ebay and came across this post for a coil over shock for a c5. Looks to be for the rear . That I know of I have never heard of a factory installed coilover shock for the C5 and the post even gave a part number. I call on this unless otherwise proven true.
What do you guys think. I will post the pic for a day or so and then it will be in my corvette photos.

 

Maybe the C5 is for "Cavalier, 5th generation". That shock looks like it has been used on a vehicle running in the Dakkar Rally.

 

you can buy coil overs for a C5

Chris

 

I saw that last night too, I was wondering what was up

 

It could be a prototype. GM tried coilovers and tranverse shocks, but settled on the leaf spring.

 

Did you say, "THE SHOCKER"?

 

Maybe the Chevette!!

 

Two in Pi.. one in the Sti..

 

That photo does NOT look like a part for the Corvette C5 rear. It is WAY too long. The center part -- the "shock" itself, is way too small diameter to be any good. The spring perch is NOT adjustable, and the spring looks like a low rate spring. DON'T be fooled... This is a POS. Before you buy, look at real C5 coilover parts and see how they are built. Just changing to a coil-over dosen't mean anything.....What you are wanting is a specific spring rate, ease of spring perch adjustment, and proper damping specification, preferably adjustable. If you feel the transverse leaf spring in the Vette sux, don't waste your $$ chasing junk. Spend a few grand and make a correct engineering improvement.

What shocks do you have in the car now????? If they are stock, spend $300 on a set of Bilstein Sports and you will be shocked at how much better the car behaves. All the spring does is hold it up, provide the centering 'return force', and set the natural harmonic frequency of the suspension system. Given a basically correct spring setup, such as the factory leaf spring, 80% of 'handing' comes from tires, shocks, and anti-roll [sway] bars. Only after you have exhaused full exploration of those variables should you consider changing springs. And then, don't just cheap out on some unknown crap on eBay....go to a Corvette pro who has installed and tuned suspensions before. The only thing a good coilover will do for you is allow you to more easily adjust static corner weight, and change spring rates. If you are SCCA road racing, or serious autocrossing, fine, but for 99.99% of street applications, you can acheive great results tuning the tires, shocks and sway bars.

There are fine engineering details about springs having to do with unsprung mass, rate linearity, and self-damping of the spring itself. This is more advanced stuff that is kind of irrelavent for a road car, but important for a race car, I won't take the time to get into these here...It would 2 or 3 days to explain it all.


Please be carful with what you put in your suspension. A poor choice can kill you.... and others.

Jennifer

 

That worn out P.O.S. is certainly NOT off any Corvette....front or rear. That's just a run-of-the-mill strut.

These are coil-overs for a C5 Corvette. Just a slight difference.

 

I have to agree, that looks like the rear spring/shock of a Cavalier.