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Building A Tunable C5 Suspension

Below is an enthusiast article written by the automotive experts at Corvette Fever. When building the C5 Corvette, GM engineers had to consider the broad range of future owners. A compromise between ride and handling was necessary to please as many as ...     read more
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Building A Tunable C5 Suspension

Tailor The Ride Of You Car By Simply Turning A Knob Located On Each Shock Body
By Andy Bolig
Photography by Andy Bolig
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When building the C5 Corvette, GM engineers had to consider the broad range of future owners. A compromise between ride and handling was necessary to please as many as possible. Now, with a set of HAL shocks, a C5 owner can tailor the ride of his car by simply turning a knob located on each shock body. Follow along as Mike Norris of Norris Motorsports installs a highly tunable suspension that you can tune to handle almost any situation.

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1997 Chevrolet Corvette