[pony-up]

I placed my order for a Z07 mainly because mainly because i really wanted the carbon ceramic brake option. I plan to track the car very little it will be a weekend car not a daily driver.
I keep reading that ride quality will suffer from Z06 to Z07 not quite sure why because both cars come with magnetic ride with several modes. I currently drive a ZL1 Camaro with MR and totally love the suspension.

Thanks

 

[elegant]

A Z07 might be the perfect car for you! It will be far from the perfect car for all Z06 orders, due its much greater spring rates, probable (but not yet confirmed) stiffer sway bar bushings, re-calibrated firmer MSRP shocks in tour, sport and track modes, and it's required aero package.

As Alex MacDonald, Z06 Chassis Engineer, said to me, when you have much stiffer springs, with their consequent much greater compression and rebound rates, one needs to correspondingly re-calculate the shocks to absorb those stronger actions and reactions. Hence, even in tour setting, the MSRC shocks will need to be, and will be, much differently calibrated.

Perhaps this is the key fact that some previous posters have missed, that once you make your springs much stiffer, not matter what you do with your magnetic selective ride control shocks, the ride can not be calibrated as if your car did not have the firmer springs.

Here is more specific previous information that will help all.

http://www.stingrayforums.com/forum/2015-corvette-z06/6041-z06-daily-driver-2.html

And, as always, that is why GM gives us different options, so we each get to choose what we we want, from a Z06 "enthusiast's" car to a "track extremist's" car. Some will track the Z06; most will not; some will use it as a daily driver, others for special occasions, others for cross country trips.

We each get to choose whether we want the Z07 package or not.

 

[badhabit_wb]

In the late 70's I had a big block 70 vette that I completely redid the suspension. I took the stock springs and sway bars and replaced them with daytona front and rear springs and bars. It rode like a go-cart. I went back and put bilsteins on it changed the leaves on the rear spring and put longer bolts, mounted the motor, transmission, and rear end with solid mounts and put in steel bushings in the a arms and trailing links. that helped the ride a lot but it was never a soft ride. 30+ years later i ordered my z06 with stock suspension. I think it would be much easier to tighten it up than get it to ride softer and for dd I would think you'd be a lot more satisfied with it stock.

 

[talon90]

Don't forget the Pilot Sport Cup tires with the Z07. These will dramatically reduce the utility of the car as far as temperature and moisture level that you can safely operate the vehicle. These are basically what would be classified as intermediate tread racing tires. When warm and dry there will be no greater level of grip on OEM tires. When cold and wet out it will be like driving on baby oil.

 

[pony-up]

I plan to replace the rims and tires with aftermarket anyways. So the tires wont be an issue.

 

[Jim Shearer]

I plan to replace the rims and tires with aftermarket anyways. So the tires wont be an issue.

I am undecided on the Z07 but if I do get it I will replace the tires too. Probably not the wheels unless I just don't like the gray on the Torch Red.