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Note there is a parallel thread discussing the DSC Controller in the C7 General Forum. It provides a great deal of additional information, comments and buyers critiques. Here's the link: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ervations.html
I have a DSC Sport magnetic shock controller on my 17 C7Z. In my opinion it is the best modification available for our cars. It's game changing and truly transforms the cars performance. I have a hard time putting into words just how transformational the DSC Sport Controller is in EVERY driving situation. The handling gains during aggressive street driving and on the track are shocking. Hugh improvement over the OEM controller. Just truly amazing.
I was out in the country yesterday testing/playing on fun roads with the various modes and observed something "new" I found very interesting/useful just cruising down the highway. Traveling to the fun roads took about 1.5 hours each way on the highway. While cruising I killed the boredom by playing with ALL the shock setting modes.
I was astonished at how comfortable/compliant the ride was while cruising the highway in RACE/PTM WET mode. It was GREATLY better than non-PTM TOURING or non-PTM WEATHER settings. Amazingly good at smoothing out everything including small bumps and expansion joints.
I was surprised enough at the ride that I called DSC Sport from the car on my way home to discuss. They were at first surprised at my observation but then said it makes perfect sense. They said their calibrations in RACE/PTM WET are softer than other OEM settings which results in a much better highway ride. They had just never considered trying that setting on the highway.
Bottom line, my "new" go to setting for going up and down a highway is RACE/PTM WET. Very, very comfortable. Not good for aggressive performance driving but game changing for boring highway cruising.
Just wanted to share my observations. C7 owners with magnetic shocks owe it to themselves to get one of the controllers. It truly provides game changing performance improvements. Not "slight" improvements you "think" you can feel but HUGH, real world performance improvements.
FWIW, I'm not affiliated with DSC Sport but am a very satisfied customer. They are a Forum supporting vendor:
I wanted to pull my controller out this weekend to take it up to TPC Racing for a firmware update and decided this was a good opportunity to do a quick write-up on how to install the DSC controller.
First of all, please pay no mind to the fact that I have the suspension all torn apart on my car - that was for a different project and you should be able to do this with the wheel on and turned or worst case just pull the wheel. Now let's get started.
First, gently pull on the splash guards at the rear of the left front wheel well to pull them free from the clips. Note that there is small slot mid way up the splash guard that slips in to the liner and a 7mm bolt on the bottom under the car and just behind the wheel well you will also need to remove.
Now remove the (3) T-15 screws that were behind the splash guard. You can see them loose in this picture.
Followed by removing the 4 push pins. You will see 3 of them loose in this pic. The 4th one I also removed was just above the area I took a picture of.
Now peel back the wheel liner and you will see the suspension control module in the wheel well (it's the white box in the picture). Mine is already a DSC module so the OEM unit will look a little different and it won't have the USB cable plugged in to it like I do.
The black bracket that the white controller sits in has two little plastic tabs at the top. Just push those back and pop the controller out of the bracket. Then pull it out of the wheel well towards you with the wiring harness still attached.
Now pull from the back of the wiring harness to remove the clip securing it to the controller. Then pull the controller from the harness.
Now plug in your new DSC Sport controller, close the clip, put it back in the bracket, and put the wheel well screws and pins back in.
This really is a super easy mod to install so don't let the install sway you from getting one. Enjoy!
I have a DSC Sport magnetic shock controller on my 17 C7Z. In my opinion it is the best modification available for our cars. It's game changing and truly transforms the cars performance. I have a hard time putting into words just how transformational the DSC Sport Controller is in EVERY driving situation. The handling gains during aggressive street driving and on the track are shocking. Hugh improvement over the OEM controller. Just truly amazing.
I was out in the country yesterday testing/playing on fun roads with the various modes and observed something "new" I found very interesting/useful just cruising down the highway. Traveling to the fun roads took about 1.5 hours each way on the highway. While cruising I killed the boredom by playing with ALL the shock setting modes.
I was astonished at how comfortable/compliant the ride was while cruising the highway in RACE/PTM WET mode. It was GREATLY better than non-PTM TOURING or non-PTM WEATHER settings. Amazingly good at smoothing out everything including small bumps and expansion joints.
I was surprised enough at the ride that I called DSC Sport from the car on my way home to discuss. They were at first surprised at my observation but then said it makes perfect sense. They said their calibrations in RACE/PTM WET are softer than other OEM settings which results in a much better highway ride. They had just never considered trying that setting on the highway.
Bottom line, my "new" go to setting for going up and down a highway is RACE/PTM WET. Very, very comfortable. Not good for aggressive performance driving but game changing for boring highway cruising.
Just wanted to share my observations. C7 owners with magnetic shocks owe it to them selves to get one of the controllers. It truly provides game changing performance improvements. Not "slight" improvements you "think" you can feel but HUGH, real world performance improvements.
FWIW, I'm not affiliated with DSC Sport but am a very satisfied customer.
Rick
Hey Rick - when you called DSC did they indicate they had a new download that provides "launch control" settings? Reason I ask, was at DSC on Friday and Mike installed DSC controller and "new load" on my C7R - have not had a chance to play with chitty weather here in Repulik of Maryland
Hey Rick - when you called DSC did they indicate they had a new download that provides "launch control" settings? Reason I ask, was at DSC on Friday and Mike installed DSC controller and "new load" on my C7R - have not had a chance to play with chitty weather here in Repulik of Maryland
I was told they're hoping to have the new download available this week. A users guide is also nearly complete.
That's interesting news. I'm a pretty tolerant sports car owner but driving my Z for 400 miles over some nasty highway expansion joints was enough to ruin my day. Even in non-PTM Touring I was getting pretty tired of the bone jarring.
That's interesting news. I'm a pretty tolerant sports car owner but driving my Z for 400 miles over some nasty highway expansion joints was enough to ruin my day. Even in non-PTM Touring I was getting pretty tired of the bone jarring.
Exactly my feelings as well. I couldn't believe the very significant difference I experienced driving the boring miles to the fun roads where I want to get chassis feedback. It gets old....
Once you get to the fun stuff you just turn the **** and you're provided the needed feedback without getting beat up on the way.
This is very exciting news! I have my car at TPC as we speak having a unit installed. Mike said the latest updates include launch control (I won't use that) and wi-fi, not 100% on what wi-fi means until I talk to him again.
This is very exciting news! I have my car at TPC as we speak having a unit installed. Mike said the latest updates include launch control (I won't use that) and wi-fi, not 100% on what wi-fi means until I talk to him again.
what wi-fi will provide is the capability to download/upload updates, etc. direct to the controller rather than needing to have a cable connection to do the upload - at least that is what Mike told me on Friday. Again, haven't had a chance to play with chitty weather here in Republik of Maryland
This is very exciting news! I have my car at TPC as we speak having a unit installed. Mike said the latest updates include launch control (I won't use that) and wi-fi, not 100% on what wi-fi means until I talk to him again.
I think it might actually be Bluetooth so that you don't need the USB cable to upload the latest updated software.
Bish
I think it might actually be Bluetooth so that you don't need the USB cable to upload the latest updated software.
Bish
Bish,
No, it's Wi-Fi and a reliable source told me yesterday it's nearly ready. They don't want to release until they're sure it's ready to go without bugs. The blow back from a product with bugs is worse than not offering the feature at all.....
I personally really don't think I'll even use the Wi-Fi as a wired connection is always better. I have a somewhat long USB cable run from the controller through an existing grommet/firewall hole to near the OBD port. I just extend the USB cable to the passenger seat and the laptop.
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I had a long talk with them during the holidays and will have LG setup to carry them as well as develop our own "tunes" for the shocks. Looks very promising and from the customer feed back it seems like a very well done product.
I'm seriously considering this mod. Can you say more about how it transforms the car on the fun roads or speeding on highway sweepers? Also, are they going to charge more to activate the wifi once it's available? Sadly I'm not able to get to the track these days so I'd like to hear about the benefits of street performance other than the added comfort? Is your car also a Z07?
I didn't talk about the launch control in this post because I wasn't sure if Mike was ready for it to be discussed publically. However, check out the acceleration table and you can get some feel for how it helps put the power down. The new software will have a couple of additional boxes to help with the additional shock when you launch from a dead stop and are in launch control mode.
Also, you can see in the PTM table where he takes 10% out of the shock in PTM Wet which helps with the ride.
I've tried the OEM WEATHER mode and it does not provide anywhere near the level of comfort the DSC controller provides in PTM/WET.
I'm VERY curious about the the comfort level provided by the OEM controller in PTM/WET. I never tried the OEM controller in this setting on the highway before installing the DSC controller. As stated earlier, I just stumbled across the comfort level provided by the DSC controller as I was bored and playing with the vaious modes driving down the highway.
I'm just not sure I'm curious enough to swap out the controllers to find out...
01-03-2017, 11:38 AM
DSC Sport Shock Controller Observations
