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Originally Posted by GrandSport
Yeah, that's really more your springs, not the shocks. Base model and Z51 corvettes have this problem. Anything even resembling a track day tire is too much for them whereas the GS, Z06 and Z07 springs are just fine on substantially larger slicks. My friend's Z51 practically endos on the brakes on 265 RE71 whereas my car would be 100% fine on 315 slicks (and I have much stronger brakes too). We both have the same mag-ride shocks. He dialed his up to max stiffness and it didn't do much.
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It's allllll a system, it's not just spring rate.
What's the spring rate delta between the stock/Z51 and the GS? *EDIT* think I found it - for the C7 stingray with the Z51 package and the C7 GS, it looks like the front spring rate was 2% stiffer and the rear was 8-ish percent. Not exactly a huge rate difference - i'd be surprised if I could feel that difference all things being equal. Not saying the suspension action and car performance you describe wasn't occurring - his car may have been nose diving like a mutha - but it wasn't due to a massive spring rate disparity
