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PfadtRacing · 08-05-2011, 12:32 PM

Some interesting changes for sure. I'm sure there are all kinds of interesting things with the ZL1 that we will discover soon! The Mag Ride system on the C5 and C6 Corvettes is really pretty easy to disable, and a set of coilovers or aftermarket shocks is netting those guys some pretty impressive handling gains. The Electronic gizmos sure are cool from the drivers seat though.

*GTAHVIT* · 08-05-2011, 01:24 PM

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What a great thread. The posts are either pure genius or comic relief. I won't name any names. I'll just point and whistle.

garcmol · 08-05-2011, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JusticePete

What a great thread. The posts are either pure genius or comic relief. I won't name any names. I'll just point and whistle.

I know which one's mine are! We've been down this road before

JusticePete · 08-05-2011, 01:49 PM

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I know which one's mine are! We've been down this road before

C5FEST III the beer is on me.

2SSRS@Gen5diy · 08-05-2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by garcmol

Now, if there was just a removable plate there where you could get to the top of the strut tower.......... That would be sweet.

I'm guessing that was pretty shocking Chris, the first time you heard that tapping in there.

And, are those the Pedder's endlinks in your pic?

I have a plasma cuter and it works GOOD i can have a hole in there in less then 30 min.

*GTAHVIT* · 08-05-2011, 04:52 PM

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C5FEST III the beer is on me.

Posting in the C5FIII thread... that ought to be a big hit.

2SSRS@Gen5diy · 08-05-2011, 04:55 PM

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Got your PM.

It really wasn't that bad... I could have lived with it. But Pete kept telling me they shouldn't make noise. we just had to find out where it was coming from...

even though the supercars are damn near stock ride quality... (and I'm not kidding... it really does ride very close to stock even down 1.5") .... it was still stiff enough to expose some rattles I didn't hear before. My Lic plate frame was loose, and the battery cable was loose, and there was a small nut bouncing in the battery well I found... that one had me going

Once I got the car all sorted out... only one small click at low speeds over like a bumpy concrete parking lot... when I'd hit the seams it get just a quiet click-click... with the windows down or radio on... I could barely hear it...

Eventually we figured out we had just a teeny tiny bit of coil slap.. ....

because I removed the coil insulators not realizing what they were.... rookie mistake. In the end Randy actually figured it out...

My car is now absolutely silent.. I even rarely get the front strut clunk... maybe 3 or 4 times... Like I said... Pete was the one who kept pestering me... when I told him what it was.... he said...

"why did you do that?"

I know a couple guys got some long speedo cable and routed the upper coilover adjustment knob into the trunk... I think Dan did it on his car.

I fixed the hitting on the bottom of the trunk by making a 3/16' shim that goes in between the frame and the strut mounting pad.

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I had coils hitting with mine too. Wondered why there would be plastic on these things? So I turned them around so the manufacturer name was facing out and made all kinds of noise.......then I found out what they were for

I never got the coil insulators it was a updated part, This early order never came with it.

PAUL SS · 08-05-2011, 05:01 PM

Looks like the suspension isn't the only thing to change....

*GTAHVIT* · 08-05-2011, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 2SSRS

I fixed the hitting on the bottom of the trunk by making a 3/16' shim that goes in between the frame and the strut mounting pad.

I never got the coil insulators it was a updated part, This early order never came with it.

I was going to use washers but Pete Said not to... but I think a plate shim would work. He was afraid that only washers would cause the perch mount plate to bend under load... Psh.. what does he know???

garcmol · 08-05-2011, 05:06 PM

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I have a plasma cuter and it works GOOD i can have a hole in there in less then 30 min.

I have one of those as well. But my wife restricts my use of it for reasons WAYYYYYYY beyond my understanding. Same with my welder

That's a story over some of the beer Pete's buyin

JusticePete · 08-05-2011, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

Posting in the C5FIII thread... that ought to be a big hit.

Quoting out of context.

GTAHVIT is banned from the free round. garcmol gets double beer.

garcmol · 08-05-2011, 05:11 PM

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Quoting out of context.

GTAHVIT is banned from the free round. garcmol gets double beer.

SAWEEEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!

PQ · 08-05-2011, 05:13 PM

So I'm ready to buy my new, longer, sway bars now.

2SSRS@Gen5diy · 08-05-2011, 05:35 PM

No part numbers right now.

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PfadtRacing Drives: 2010 Camaro, 2006 Z06 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 3,370	Some interesting changes for sure. I'm sure there are all kinds of interesting things with the ZL1 that we will discover soon! The Mag Ride system on the C5 and C6 Corvettes is really pretty easy to disable, and a set of coilovers or aftermarket shocks is netting those guys some pretty impressive handling gains. The Electronic gizmos sure are cool from the drivers seat though.

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