Originally Posted by nthfinity
Magnetic ride was available on somewhat early C4's in the 80's if I'm not mistaken, and definitely available on the ZR1 in 1990...
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Ah - you are almost correct with your Corvette lore.. but not quite
The original FX3 Selective Ride Control was a purely hydraulic system where by the valving was changed by rotatting the shock shaft to expose differing sized orifices - the 2002(2003 model year) newer FX3 Magnetic Selective Ride Control system used an electronic current to essentially change the viscosity of the fluid.
The older system only took vehicle speed into account (maybe yaw, I dont recall) but the new system is more of an active response to a multitude of inputs.
But the real cool thing about the early FX3 system, was that it was I believe the 2nd production car to have active suspension - the 1st was the 959 - so even back in 1989 Corvette was running and gunning with the big dogs - its just taht no-one admitted it.
But the bottomline is that the 599 and the ZR1 both use a system first designed for and used by GM . GM leads the way again
