Is there any way to add the C7's rev matching function to a C6?

 

Every other post in the road racing section if for “auto blip “ crap. You could learn to heal/toe

 

Couple companys make blip boxes, @C6_Prodigy installed one recently I'm pretty sure.

 

Yep, I have the Xineering module.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-overview.html

There's a video a few posts down. This is the closest you can get to the C7 rev matching with a plug and play solution.

 

not the answer you may want to hear, but proper rev-matching with heel and toe downshifts is intrinsic to the true sports car experience.
depending on your shoe size, it may help getting a gas pedal with a slight extension, like this
https://eliteengineeringusa.com/c6-a...num-gas-pedal/
I did because my size 9 shoes, were a bit small to comfortably blip the throttle on this car, designed for huge Texans. Its perfect

Or, you can get something not quite as pretty, but even larger https://amtmotorsport.com/products/c...dal-extensions

 

when you have a size 14 foot you gotta make due lol... I'd like to pretend I'm a great driver but at the end of the day I know I'm not... blip box is a happy compromise for us fat footed folks lol.

 

holy chit! you got flippers!

 

pretty much... i will say though I've driven a few cars now with active rev matching and its alot of fun. Is it as fun as doing it yourself? I dunno... maybe? Either way it puts a smile on my face so does it matter how you achieve it?

 

I guess...

admittedly the only car I ever drove with rev matching was a C7 Z06, and only on track, briefly, a couple of laps (student's car). I asked him to turn it off for me...but suggested he use it if he wishes. I was unaccustomed to it

 

My first experience with it was on a PP2 2020 Mustang (great car less the crappy mt82)... Ford has it dialed, the car was actually more fun with it on than with it off, very intuitive. I havent tried a GM system yet so I can't really say for sure if its as good. I imagine the blip boxes are nowhere near as good as an OEM setup all that being said. Good to have the option though I suppose. I completely get where your coming from.

 

The C7 rev matching is nirvana to me. I love it. I rev match my C6 for every down shift, but when I am driving harder, I prefer the blip module. It's turned off 90% of the time but I loooove flipping the switch and letting it help me out.

 

A proper heel/toe shift is an amazing feeling. I started getting into HPDE and wanted to remove one thing from my plate while I focus on line and braking points. For that I put an auto-blip in. I agree that every driver should learn how to properly downshift however I still want to drive on track and my 2/5 success rate doesn't give me confidence while I'm already task loaded. You can youtube "C6 auto blip" and see install/review vids. When I get better I'll leave the box off. Or if someone wants to drive my car they can have the option.

 

I guess i'm old enough to have learned to rev/match properly at a young age, having been weaned on many fragile old British/Italian sports cars.
Learning to heel and toe properly was critical back then, and not doing so would beget another learning experience...transmission swaps and cracking the cases open to fix them. That, and looping the car!
BTW, it may be easier to do on track, when braking harder (greater brake pedal pressure) and revs are at a higher rpm for the blip, than on street where the rate of deceleration is slower and we may only have very light pedal pressure. Depends on the car.
But there's nothing as satisfying driving a manual gearbox than perfect heel/toe down shifts through the gears. In this respect, our torque monster V8s, with their tall gearing, may even be a bit less enjoyable than some old school torqueless wonders on a backroad. We can just leave these cars in 3rd or 4th on the twisties, and rarely need WOT anyway. In this scenario, its pretty unnecessary to be rowing through the gears to keep the engine in its power band, it being so broad (I do it anyway, for the satisfaction and burbles)

So, for the past 50yrs, I automatically heel & toed on every manual transmission car I've owned (dozens)....some easier than others (pedal placement) ...as have my old GF's and wife of 39yrs. And if I could teach them to do so as a second nature, truly anyone can perfect this lost art.
I suggest anyone owning a manual try to focus on learning this as it adds immensely to the experience.

 

I can heel toe like a champ, have done it in many other cars. But the pedal placement of the c6 is very off to my size 14s, at least for street driving.

like another poster mentioned, it’s much harder in the street because of the high brake pedal position and what little pressure you’re applying. The brake sits much higher than the gas, on track it’s probably be much easier (never tried my c6 on track)

Totally agree that blipping the throttle and downshifting smooth as butter is soooo satisfying

 

The 6-speed automatics have the rev-match from the factory, when using the paddles for downshifting (IIRC from 2008 -> )

 

True that, unfortunately you loose that feature as soon as you tune them. Or that is to say no tuner I'm aware of has yet to figure out a way to retain it.

 

it's on my 08 C6

 

You can't try heel and toe from

 

The heel and toe gas pedal from elite engineering elevates the pedal to about same level/place as the brake pedal. Plus sidewise bottom extended gas pedal reduces the distance between the two pedals. OEM set up is impossible.

 

I have tuned the trans software with mine and it still has the rev-match working?