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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham
I think there's been a lot of misunderstandings about MRC thrown around the internet...details lost in the fanfare...MRC is not a track suspension. That's not what it's designed to do.
Magnetic Ride control is designed to allow engineers to create a track-based suspension (ie stiff springs, swaybars, etc), but maximize comfort by allowing the dampers to behave dynamically on the road. It's a "best of both worlds" technology - but it is NOT a track star...That's why the Camaro team opted for DSSV on the Z/28.
And as people have already said - SCCA sees Mag Ride as "illegal" in competition. The 5th gen 1LE was cleared for competition...so if they follow suit in this generation - standard Magnetic Ride will undermine its past purpose...in short: If they keep the intent and formula the same for this generation's 1LE...then it CANNOT have Mag Ride.
However...the new stingray offers a Z51 "track package", and optional MRC...I hope they do the same thing for the Camaro - and I'll probably check both boxes. I miss my MRC.
I drove my 1LE every day, including through the winter...where it freezes over here regularly. And now I've up DSSV struts and do the same thing. It's fine.
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If Im spending 45-50k on a car, I want better than "Fine". Im willing to wait a little and see what the 1LE has, if it doesn't have MRC Ill get an SS with MRC, but imho Itd be a mistake not to offer the option.