*Insiders Look* Upcoming Pfadt Featherlight Mag-Ride ZL1 Coilovers...

[BaylorCamaro]

Originally Posted by CHMuscleCamaro

hello

are here any news to get a coilover for the mag ride?

thank you

PFADT went out of business. So this is dead.

[KaBoom1701]

Trying to improve on MRC suspension when their is no need could have been one of the many reasons they went out of biz.....

[Jackass]

Originally Posted by Matt @ FSP

Not taking it as argumentative, I'm glad that you have asked such a question actually.

That question can be posed about pretty much any upgrade on any car. The car already comes with a suspension, why replace it? The answer is plain and simple: pure performance.

Flatter cornering, less deflection in the suspension joints and more consistent grip levels associated with the contact patch being planted on the pavement. The OEM suspension is fantastic, no doubt about it. But there are many concessions made in the interest of mass production and cost cutting that leave there more to be desired. Plus most cars from the factory are set up relatively soft which can overload the outside tires in a turn. One way to get the car to perform better is to simply get each tire perform more equal work when going around a turn and you do that by stiffening things up a big with bigger anti-roll bars and coilovers with upgrade spring rates, to name a few. This is stuff that the factory can not install for a variety of reasons, some having to do with costs and other associated with perceived ride quality.

The adjustable coilovers in this thread actually RETAIN the full functioning Mag ride system that you bought the ZL1 for but makes it lighter weight, and adds ride height adjustability and stiffer spring rates to hold the car up a bit more in turns and lower it to the ground for a slightly better aero profile and flatter cornering. All of this contributes towards more grip and better performance.

Any more questions please ask!

I'm not an auto engineer , but when you say that by stiffening up the suspension it holds the car up a little more , then you go on saying that it helps distribut the wheight a little better on the turns
I'm not sure if doing that ( stiffening ) actually helps all that much besides keeping the car from rolling as it navigates the turns
Just because the car may have a stiffener suspensions , it doesn't mean that the center of gravity won't shifted around as in goes into , during , exiting the turns , braking or accelerating ? Or it stops that from happening ?