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Oct 3, 2016 | 11:44 AM

#21

Maxpowers

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Get it. When I ordered mine earlier this year (Z51), I was not intending to get it. The salesman strongly reccomended it (he's a corvette guy), I came back to the forum and researched for hours.

We have some rough roads here and it definitely smooths things out.

Oct 3, 2016 | 12:01 PM

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QKSLVRZ

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Originally Posted by ZMan64

No need to go to other forums because in your last post you made no mention of modifying the suspension.

Sure it did, you even quoted it.

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unless you want to get any racier

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Granted, if OP felt a need to change up an already amazing suspension system for something more intensely track dedicated it would have an effect on the MR system, but from reading his posts it doesn't seem like something he's considering, even remotely.

So you get to decide what the OP's intentions are? I would presume he's glad about that, right?

I also noted

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likely a must have

See how this works?

If you are not making changes to your car to make it even more of a track car, such as slick tires, springs and sway bars, until someone comes out with a way to program them, those upgrades are not compatible with stock MR.

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Oct 3, 2016 | 12:17 PM

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ZMan64

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Originally Posted by QKSLVRZ

Sure it did, you even quoted it.
So you get to decide what the OP's intentions are? I would presume he's glad about that, right?
I also noted
See how this works?
If you are not making changes to your car to make it even more of a track car, such as slick tires, springs and sway bars, until someone comes out with a way to program them, those upgrades are not compatible with stock MR.

So, you're saying "unless you want to get any racier" literally translates to suggesting changing/adding parts/modifying a suspension system? Utterly flawed assertion.

OP's intentions were clear to anyone, well almost anyone, that read his posts. Try to reread his posts and then you'll hopefully grasp the intent of mine.

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Originally Posted by ZMan64

Earlier you offered advice, and I'd like to do the same for you now. Consider taking some reading comprehension courses.

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Oct 7, 2016 | 04:30 PM

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Bill Dearborn

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Originally Posted by EcoBrick Bob

This too has been discussed many times and it isn't that expensive to repair.

That all depends on how much you think a shock absorber should cost. At $300 to $400 ea they are a little on the pricey side. Probably a good idea to trade the car before it reaches 10 years of age when they will probably reach unobtaineum levels.

Bill

Oct 7, 2016 | 04:50 PM

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ZMan64

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Nah, the shocks are about the same price that they were four years ago. In addition to that, GM continues to build numerous models with MRC (technology owned by BWI), meaning plenty of supply. No reason to assume cost will reach unobtanium levels.

Oct 10, 2016 | 02:44 PM

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C7fasttoy

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Electronically controlled suspension is the future for sporty cars now and soon will also be the future for a daily driver. This technology allows for handling performance variation on the fly from a touring to stiff setup. Some people argue that hard-core track driver can get better handling out of a dedicated coilover system. I believe the answer for this question varies based on how OEM setup the baseline and how hard-core the car needs to be at the track.
DSC already sells today a controller that you can program your own setup what allows flexibility and potential spring rate changes.
I do understand not everybody driver their cars at the track or even want to mess up with calibration but like with all the onboard eletrocnic system this will be one more.