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Old 11-01-2018, 01:28 PM   #200
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Originally Posted by GrandSport View Post
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.
I'm willing to bet that a good set of shocks with proper low-speed control will mostly fix the stock soft springs. Magna-ride stuff is not good enough. Recent C7's in SSR changed significantly with custom dampers.
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