On the 991 GT3 models with the race seats, the main hard part of the job is getting to the back of the car. To reach the controller you simply carefully lift up the molded carpet cover and wiggle the box out of the molded styrofoam tray that it sits in. It is not bolted down or anything.
The PASM box has two connectors, a small one and a larger one. You remove the connectors by pushing their covers toward the outside edges of the box. The small one comes off with little effort. The larger connector took a bunch of grunting and jerking of small girl hands. I think a guy can do this without much trouble but the hand strength limited people might have a hard time.
Then you simply plug the DSC Sport box in place of the PASM box. The connectors plug back in easier than they came out.
Next slide the DSC Sport box in place of the PASM box, reinstall the carpet, and you are done. Christa is holding the box backward here so the picture looks good but she flipped it over before she put it back in place so the connectors face outward just like how the PASM box sits from the factory. There you go, an easy-as-pie install almost. Remember to recalibrate your zero travel setting before you start driving around as per our instructions under the settings tab.
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I need to dig through this with notes and stuff but it’s really interesting getting an idea of the algorithm that the controller’s using. On the shock hardware side themselves, do you get the impression the stock Porsche dampers are functioning like the Tractive setup DSC offers, where it’s a solenoid bleed valve to tweak bypass flow around the piston shim stack? From hearing about issues with the magnetorheological shocks, I’ve always liked the idea of doing things this way more.
I know what OEMs are using it for and all but… looking at the way you can set up the DSC controller, do you think there’s good opportunities to set up a race car to gain lap time with something like this system compared to a well setup 3 way motorsports damper setup, or are some of the ways you’d do body control with dampers for a streetable setup just kind of crutching not enough spring rate?
I am pretty sure it’s a PWM solenoid controlling a bleed around the piston. The aftermarket Damptronic version is like that, there is the valve on top of the piston that controls the flow through the shaft.
thanks for the in depth descriptions. DSC doesnt do a great job in telling people how to use this thing. this will help in tuning my c7 z06. I have the dsc box on my car and it really is professional level software and tuning with a steep learning curve (and a bad software interface to boot) therefore the only changes i have made are to the tour and sport G comfort settings and left track mode completely alone.
They really don’t but once you get the hang of it, you can do a lot with it. How well does the magnaride respond to tuning inputs with the box?
This is a few years old, but was wondering if you had the resultant PDTS file lying around somewhere to use as a new baseline. As noted, the OOB settings need some love