Two days ago I traded my 2015 Stingray 1LT M7 for a 2023 3LT Z51. Is anyone willing to share what settings (and why) they chose for Z Mode? I'll mostly cruise with the car with some spirited driving.

 

I set mine to have the exhaust and engine of Track, but steering and brakes of Sport. Basically a middle ground. I have MyMode similar as a middle ground between Tour and Sport.

 

When I'm cruising I use MyMode with exhaust sound and steering set to Sport and the others set to Tour. I think that's what Kracka described above, For spirited driving I use Z Mode set like Kracka said above.

 

Thanks for the advice, It’s night and day from the drive modes of a C7 with a M7.

 

Agreed; that's what I came from as well.

 

As I remember, I finally left Z Mode at the default settings and My Mode at Tour settings other than the exhaust set to Sport. I normally drive in My Mode and use Z mode when I'm not constrained by traffic.

 

Z Mode at default settings. Z mode EVERY time. TC off

 

I drive in one of 2 Modes, Z Mode and MY Mode.

Have Z Mode Powertrain to set to Track. Like driving a different car. Shifts at higher rpm up and down, won’t shift to 6th until about 72 mph. No need to have it shift to lower gear when accelerating. No need to use shift paddel when entering a corner agressivly, just apply brakes agressivly and it will downshift two or more gears while rev matching in the blink of an eye. Shifts close to redline by itself when accelerating using WOT. With my MRC have Ride set to Sport. In my case steering to Sport. Your choice. If no MRC ride doesn’t change.

Have My Mode set to Sport, steering in Sport, eBoost like Z Mode Track. NPP in both to Track. Car handels about the same in both but My Mode uses all 8 gears and shift rpm lower. Best of both worlds switching between the two depending how I’m driving.

There is a poster who uses only Z Mode and if using modest throttle and brakes it drives less aggressively. It still will not use 7th and 8th and never V4. Sounds like it might give poor mpg but not the case! 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th are all overdrive ratios. 8th is 0.33:1 a crazy low OD but that is only helpful at ~60 to 65 mph on an intestate with flat road. Any acceleration will cause it to downshift and if even modest hills will do the same. In my rural driving have tested and never shifting past 5th gear and no V4 got about 2 mph less but not a night and day difference. Yep those 8 gears and V4 help GM get best EPA drive cycle defined test numbers. But few drive that way. Reminded of my M7 C7 stanard shift skip shift where at lower rpm’s car was forced to shift from 1st to 4th. Enough to meet EPA drive cycle very modest acceleration but only a grandma might accept that as driving! Skip shift was only there for GM to quote a higher mpg value! Same with C8 8th gear and V4. Even 7th is more OD than needed for a more fun drive.

 

Close here.
Loudest exhaust on Z
Steering + suspension on sport.