F55 Magnetic Selective Ride question?
02-29-2012, 01:10 AM
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Now that many exotic sports cars offer it as an $5K+ option, I think it's legitimized. And we should be thankful we can change settings at any time. On Ferraris, everything is tied to the 'manettino', from magneride suspension calibration, throttle mapping, steering assist to transmission harshness. And that SUCKS.
Can't wait to try it on the GS CE next Thursday (finally!).
Can't wait to try it on the GS CE next Thursday (finally!).
03-05-2012, 09:09 PM
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Didn't like the F55
I ordered a C5 with the selective ride suspension. Then it had 3 modes -Tour, Sport and Performance, I think. I thought it was a huge wast of about $2500 (something like that). At the time, my brother was working for GM as an engineer so I asked to be put in touch with one of the systems engineers. I had a problem that I couldn't tell the difference between the modes! When I talked with one of the system designers he told me that the system is speed dependent- the shocks get firmer at higher speeds. I liked having that selector there rather than a blank spot but other than that it was worthless to me. I remember as I was getting ready to sell the car (2 yrs & 11mo old with 17K), the Service Traction Control System warning came across the DIC. Those shocks are (were) about $700 each! I told the buyer to go have it checked out before the warranty expired....just to make sure.
I wonder if the newer systems are any better. From what it looks like here some say so, others not so much.
I wonder if the newer systems are any better. From what it looks like here some say so, others not so much.
03-05-2012, 10:04 PM
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I ordered a C5 with the selective ride suspension. Then it had 3 modes -Tour, Sport and Performance, I think. I thought it was a huge wast of about $2500 (something like that). At the time, my brother was working for GM as an engineer so I asked to be put in touch with one of the systems engineers. I had a problem that I couldn't tell the difference between the modes! When I talked with one of the system designers he told me that the system is speed dependent- the shocks get firmer at higher speeds. I liked having that selector there rather than a blank spot but other than that it was worthless to me. I remember as I was getting ready to sell the car (2 yrs & 11mo old with 17K), the Service Traction Control System warning came across the DIC. Those shocks are (were) about $700 each! I told the buyer to go have it checked out before the warranty expired....just to make sure.
I wonder if the newer systems are any better. From what it looks like here some say so, others not so much.
I wonder if the newer systems are any better. From what it looks like here some say so, others not so much.
03-05-2012, 10:26 PM
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03-05-2012, 10:40 PM
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04-30-2016, 02:50 PM
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electronic suspension control module... ride control failure
wondering anyone has had the Electronic Suspension Control module fail?
my dealer replaced the cats for a failure and when i went to get the 2011 Z06 the "check Ride height sensor" was on the DTS..
They said it was not their fault... I'm not so sure, they have been straight shooting over the last 3 yrs of service.
they put a new Electronic Suspension Control module in and that did not work..
Ideas?
my dealer replaced the cats for a failure and when i went to get the 2011 Z06 the "check Ride height sensor" was on the DTS..
They said it was not their fault... I'm not so sure, they have been straight shooting over the last 3 yrs of service.
they put a new Electronic Suspension Control module in and that did not work..
Ideas?
12-13-2016, 11:40 PM
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The product in question that will allow an F55-equipped car to run a non-MSRC shock is a small jumper set from Casper's Electronics. They plug into the chassis-end of the pigtail harness that connects to each shock. They essentially return a dummy signal to the computer, which sees the car as in a perpetually still state, as if the car is sitting still.
And I wanted to bring up a talking point regarding the "impossibility" of retrofitting F55 to a non-equipped car...
Why is it impossible? We have shocks, ride sensors that mount to the a-arm and chassis using a small turnbuckle on a rotating sensor, and wire harnesses leading back to a control box- presumably the BCM (or whathaveyou).
Hardparts notwithstanding, is there more to this than swapping BCM's? Before I'd discovered the Caspers jumpers to facilitate my coilovers, I intended to swap my entire F55 system out with that of a non-equipped car. Assuming both cars were similarly equipped with whatever options/systems the BCM controls, what obstructions are there to simply trading them along with their respective suspensions? I'm still fairly confident there are people out there with base suspension cars that would like the option to retrofit a system from a car converting to a more aggressive suspension like I did.
If it can be done with ECM's (which it can), why not a BCM?
And I wanted to bring up a talking point regarding the "impossibility" of retrofitting F55 to a non-equipped car...
Why is it impossible? We have shocks, ride sensors that mount to the a-arm and chassis using a small turnbuckle on a rotating sensor, and wire harnesses leading back to a control box- presumably the BCM (or whathaveyou).
Hardparts notwithstanding, is there more to this than swapping BCM's? Before I'd discovered the Caspers jumpers to facilitate my coilovers, I intended to swap my entire F55 system out with that of a non-equipped car. Assuming both cars were similarly equipped with whatever options/systems the BCM controls, what obstructions are there to simply trading them along with their respective suspensions? I'm still fairly confident there are people out there with base suspension cars that would like the option to retrofit a system from a car converting to a more aggressive suspension like I did.
If it can be done with ECM's (which it can), why not a BCM?
If you do decide to swap out your entire F55 system and do not need the Electronic Suspension Control (ESC) module, I'd be interested.
Paul
12-14-2016, 12:15 AM
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