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Continuous on-track and street development combined with the pursuit of perfection have pushed our Corvette engineers to develop updated tuning strategies and algorithms for existing MRC equipped Corvettes. Each calibration is independently tuned for its respective chassis; updates Tour, Sport, and Track modes unless otherwise noted, and includes independent compression and rebound calibration for front and rear dampers. This allows for precise control of heave, pitch, and roll under a wide variety of situations to fine tune the vehicle’s response. Corvette MRC Suspension Calibration Upgrades improve ride quality and handling feel, and have been rigorously developed and tested, ensuring all chassis systems work together seamlessly.

Attributes for the New MR Calibration Updates - Tour Mode

Major Improvements in impact isolation and integration – Impacts are softer, and less harsh.
When the vehicle does encounter rough roads, the structural feel is greatly improved.

Major improvements in ride motions at all speeds. Much more balanced and less abrupt. The car is
more poised in compression and rebound, resulting in a flatter ride. This is not implying stiffer
body motions, but the vehicle exhibits a more composed ride.

Parking lot and low speed (25 mph and less) ride motions are more compliant and less jarring.

Handling is more responsive and much more precise. The response of the vehicle is more exact
responding to the driver steering inputs.

Attributes for the New MR Calibration Updates - Sport Mode:

Sport also has major improvements in impact isolation and integration. With these new
improvements, the impact isolation and integration is better than the Tour mode with the original
production calibrations. – Impacts are softer, and less harsh. When the vehicle does encounter
rough roads, the structural feel is greatly improved.

Major improvements in ride motions at all speeds. Much more balanced and less abrupt. The car is
more poised in compression and rebound, resulting in a flatter ride. The Sport mode exhibits
significantly more body motion control that Tour.

Handling is more responsive and much more precise. The response of the vehicle is more exact
responding to the driver steering inputs weather using Sport mode as a daily driver, or carving
through a mountain road.

Parking lot and low speed (25 mph and less) ride motions are more compliant and less jarring.

Attributes for the New MR Calibration Updates - Track Mode: (Grand Sport and Z06 only)

The new track mode is better balanced and response to driver inputs are much more linear near
and at the limit of adhesion. With the new Track calibration, the redistribution of the damping
makes the car more fluid as it is cornered. The rotation of the car is more precise at initial turn in,
and maintains its path through the turn. As the driver applies throttle, the car sustains its heading
much better.

The new Track calibrations increases driver confidence. This, coupled with the vehicle being better
balanced during the cornering maneuvers resulted in an average of a 1 second lap time
improvement over the original calibration.

Revised temperature compensation tables. As the fluid heated up, during long continuous and
repeated runs, sometimes over 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit), the damping was
effected, not only on an absolute basis, but also the front to rear effecting the balance of the car.

New temperature compensation tables were developed to make the balance of the car much more
exact regardless of the damper fluid temperature.