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Welcome back and congrats on the ride. The LT1 is an awesome engine, and the MR shocks are amazing. Cool car!

-Geoff
 
Thanks guys. They just released a ZL1 1LE which I feel is kind of silly but whatever.
 
DeFormula said:
How hard and expensive is it to replace shocks/struts?
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You can't add them to a car that doesn't come with them because the vehicle is calibrated specifically with them by the manufacturer. There are multiple calibrations on the new Camaro - touring, sport, track, and snow & ice - that you select with a rocker switch. The switch also includes the calibration on the exhaust valve. Open almost all the time in Track, closed in Touring. MR is standard on a 1LE car, too. I am sure they are expensive to replace. The option was $1700 on my car.

On my car which already has MR, I can even buy a 1LE kit which is springs and sways, which also includes a calibration for the shocks to match what you get with the 1LE kit. I don't get the eLSD, but at least I can get the handling if I wanted. On the Corvette, you can actually buy a special "Rough Track" calibration from the dealer because they found trouble at high speed on certain tracks that had a poor road surface. There was even some talk about adding track specific calibrations, but I don't think that ever happened. As it is now, they are tuned on MRC and tested at Nurburgring, so they are pretty good from the factory!

My 2012 Camaro was a great car, but the ride was REALLY stiff. The MR suspension on my 2016 has solved this. The car eats up bumps like 72 Catalina, but if you put it hard into a turn, it tightens up the outside shocks while softening the inside, almost tipping you into it. It is pretty amazing technology. I know I am a biased GM employee, but the new Camaro is at least two generations ahead of the last one, and at least one ahead of its competition.

-Geoff
 
There are even aftermarket tuners/controllers for the MR systems out now. It's some cool technology that's really going to take off in the next year or two.
 
That looks fucking awesome.....

Got some room between that fender and tire, what's it take to lower a car like this nowadays?

Awesome ride man, congrats.

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The Man said:
That looks fucking awesome.....

Got some room between that fender and tire, what's it take to lower a car like this nowadays?

Awesome ride man, congrats.

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Thanks, it's still got the 2" transit blocks on the springs which is why it's sitting high. This is literally ten minutes off of the trailer. She will be there through the weekend getting some OEM stuff installed that for whatever reason couldn't come on the car. Also, waiting for this shitty weather to pass through.
 
Saw one on Van Dyke two days ago...looks really sharp in person. And this is from one of the guys who owns two of those gay mustangs. LOL.
 
WhiteHawk said:
You can't add them to a car that doesn't come with them because the vehicle is calibrated specifically with them by the manufacturer. There are multiple calibrations on the new Camaro - touring, sport, track, and snow & ice - that you select with a rocker switch. The switch also includes the calibration on the exhaust valve. Open almost all the time in Track, closed in Touring. MR is standard on a 1LE car, too. I am sure they are expensive to replace. The option was $1700 on my car.

On my car which already has MR, I can even buy a 1LE kit which is springs and sways, which also includes a calibration for the shocks to match what you get with the 1LE kit. I don't get the eLSD, but at least I can get the handling if I wanted. On the Corvette, you can actually buy a special "Rough Track" calibration from the dealer because they found trouble at high speed on certain tracks that had a poor road surface. There was even some talk about adding track specific calibrations, but I don't think that ever happened. As it is now, they are tuned on MRC and tested at Nurburgring, so they are pretty good from the factory!

My 2012 Camaro was a great car, but the ride was REALLY stiff. The MR suspension on my 2016 has solved this. The car eats up bumps like 72 Catalina, but if you put it hard into a turn, it tightens up the outside shocks while softening the inside, almost tipping you into it. It is pretty amazing technology. I know I am a biased GM employee, but the new Camaro is at least two generations ahead of the last one, and at least one ahead of its competition.

-Geoff
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Great more shit for me to explain to the customer on why the hell they can't do anything above or bypass any of it... :rant:
 
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