Did you do or are doing V academy

[AdamUCF]

In the Nov 7-8 class I took (Todd was there too) I seem to remember the instructor who taught the segment which included PDR discussion alluding to some differences with the '26s in how to use/interact with PDR, versus what we were spending time on, which was the current '25 version.

The PDR is the same for 25 and 26 5BW as well as the 26 Corvette.

 

[Smorgas_Morg]

Just completed the Fri/Sat class. Great experience. Weather was clear, peak temps were 79F. Instructors were great- patient, personable and knowledgeable. During one of the classroom sessions, Ron Fellows himself even popped in. He sat quietly in the back until someone asked a technical question about the Precision Pack on the 5s- then he chimed in with some extra details on chassis/tire differences after the instructor had answered. Turns out the Cad-spec PS4Ss have a foam layer to reduce NVH, while, as one would expect, the Cup 2Rs don't.... Very cool to have him just pop in, on a Saturday too.

Facilities were great. I was expecting a continental breakfast and sandwiches for lunch, but we got a lot more (even Salisbury steaks and orange-glazed salmon for lunch on day 2). The facilities looked clean and well-kept all around. I stayed in one of the new "Casitas", the fixed travel trailers that had just been built in the past year. Think I was the only person to use the weights in the gym the whole time I was there...

Track times were pretty plentiful for a course like this. I think we had 6-7 dedicated lapping sessions over the course of the 2 days, each being 30 minutes. Plus all the other activities like launch control, skidpad, slalom, autoX etc. And the classroom sessions were useful- not just a summary of how to drive on track (hitting apexes, modulating braking, and so on) but also how to navigate all the mode settings, tips about hardware on the car ( I did not know the key fob battery could be so easily accessed with the "emergency" key in the fob for ex.) and other platform specific things.

All in all it was a great time. Even better of course was that it was no-charge. Apparently, all Corvette owners have to pay, even Z06 owners. They don't pay full price as someone off the street would, but still, that's at least $1k they have to fork over which we don't.

I do wish that Cup2R/PP cars were available, even if only for a short time/few sessions for those of us who had bought said setups, but I get their point about getting what GM sends them, not to mention the accelerated wear of C2Rs vs running 4Ss. It would be awesome to be able to feel the difference on back to back hot laps between a base 5VBW and a PP, but oh well.

Strongly recommend all 4/5 owners take the class if they have any interest in performance driving. Seems like 1/2 of my class had never been on track and had no plans to aside from this course. I'll bet a few perspectives changed by end of day 2.

So, idk if you weren't looking close enough but there were a TON of Precision Package-equipped cars out there. I think there had more of them on CCBs than not, tbh, which I though was great since I wanted one that was as close as possible to my own.

 

[Todd]

So, idk if you weren't looking close enough but there were a TON of Precision Package-equipped cars out there. I think there had more of them on CCBs than not, tbh, which I though was great since I wanted one that was as close as possible to my own.

Not sure if I’m understanding what you’re saying, but I think you are making the assumption that CCB equals Precision Package? It does not. You can get the CCBs separately.

All the 5BWs had CCBs at the school, but according to the instructors none of them had the rest of the parts/programming from the Precision Package.

 

[Ramsman]

So, idk if you weren't looking close enough but there were a TON of Precision Package-equipped cars out there. I think there had more of them on CCBs than not, tbh, which I though was great since I wanted one that was as close as possible to my own.

When I was there a few weeks ago I was also hoping to get one with the precision package. When we divided into our groups the first day, I know none of the 5BW's to choose from in my group had the precision package because I was looking for one. If they have them, they were not made available to the group I was in. I am pretty sure I even asked if they had some with the package and the instructor I asked didn't know if they had any. They must have been somewhere else when I had my class.

 

[nordique14]

I am not aware of a way to visually tell a BW with the Precision Package from one without it. All PP have CCB, but not all with CCB have the PP. So you cannot tell just by looking at the brakes. Maybe if the rear links have been installed then you can tell it is PP. But that is not done at the factory, so again, not a good way to differentiate.