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Z07 optioned car, that does not appear to have selective ride and handling?

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bfit:
Check the vin on one of the reputable US vin check companies and find out its history before it can to Australia
Bfit

Vettech:
I have a 90. My book indicates FX3 was std for 90 onward, but I think this is a missprint.

Your correct the switch is located in between the seat switches on centre consol ("gtc" put up a good pic last week.).

There should be a module secured to the top of each Shock, basically a motor which drives a shaft installed thru the centre of the shock, when turned it changes the "effective" valving inside the shock from soft, medium to hard. This is set as required and does not change untill YOU change it. Not sure where control box is located. My081 posted last week that our friend Kiwi Col has this set up and sent his shocks away to the US, to be rebuilt, some $100s of dollars each. So maybe it was removed. Check around the car for stray connectors, easiest under the hood, or cut off and loose wiring etc.

It is possible the wiring was removed professionaly at conversion, more than likely just butchered and stuffed back into the loom tubing covers.
Maybe shocks were stuffed after 8yrs of service, and removal was cheapest option, especially if the converter was the importer. Time is Money.

But these C4's are really like driving a rocket sled, fantastic shape, no silly plastic headlights, mines as quiet as a mouse.

P.S Col my be coming to the Xmas luncheon c/w vette. Contact Club Sec.

Regards.

Vettech:
Some more info.

Sective Ride Control.
Selective Ride Control is the ultimate Corvette suspension option. The computerised system allows the driver to select one of three suspension settings (Touring, Sport or Performance) via a consol mounted switch. Within each of the three settings, ride firmness automatically increases as speed increases.
Selective Ride Control is available on Corvette Coupe with 6-speed manual transmission ONLY. And requires Z51 Performance Handling Package.

I took this out of the "1990 Corvette Sales Book" by Chevrolet

So now (today) we would call this "Active Ride Control", and is not as I previously stated, but indeed varies whilst driving.

So Mr JKLUMPP there would need to be a small micro processor (control box) most likely in the dash close to speedo electronics where it could derive the necessary inputs/outputs to determine speed. It could also be incorporated in the Instrument Electronics cluster as a unitized circuit on the main circuit board.


P.S - and I saw something to the effect that the 13 1/2 disks were a std ZR1 and an option for others.

Best of Luck.

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