Question For 2018 PP Magneride Owners

[NoVaGT]

I'm in Houston temporarily, and the roads are beyond bad, they're obstacle courses you have to navigate. I have to slow waaay down all the time with my 2016 PP car.

Does Magneride have a "soft" setting that would help in such a situation, or does it not work that way?

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[jasonstang]

I would imagine it would have settings to allow soften or stiffening up the suspension.

 

[MFRAce]

I'm in Houston temporarily, and the roads are beyond bad, they're obstacle courses you have to navigate. I have to slow waaay down all the time with my 2016 PP car.

Does Magneride have a "soft" setting that would help in such a situation, or does it not work that way?

The Magneride settings are tied to the MODE you are in. IE - Normal, MyMode, Sport +, Track or DragStrip.

There is no other setting other than that. But "Normal" does feel pretty soft.

 

[c-rizzle]

Engineers have said Magneride has 3 modes. So they must be tied to the other various modes, but b/c it can react in 1,000's of a second to any condition no mode is bad and all of them are adaptive.
The below modes would match the display modes, so I'm guessing the 3 modes are this:
Normal & Snow/Wet
Sport
Track / Drag Strip - (guessing launch mode may use this plus a special launch algorithm?)

But even in Sport mode if you've been going smooth on a straight away for a long time it will "soften" up the suspension. So if you're weaving around to avoid pot holes, the magneride might stiffen up and be worse when weaving!! Though the whole point of Magneride is to give you the best ride for ANY road/driving condition, as its measuring inputs from everything, speed, angles, gyroscopes, etc... and delivers dynamic handling for any and everything.


Transmission has 5 modes: (see below as it changes display mode)
Normal
Sport
Track
Drag Strip
Snow/wet

12" LCD has 3 modes:
Normal & Snow/Wet - RPM left dial, speed right with digital #
Sport - RPM dial on left wraps over to the top
Track & Drag Strip - HUGE rpm bar across top


Active Exhaust has 4 modes:
Quiet - (also can be set to "Quiet Start" with a timer for how long)
Normal
Sport
Track

Power Steering Assist has 3 modes:
Comfort - nope
Normal - for your grandma
Sport - yes

 

[Mustang1260]

I'm in Houston temporarily, and the roads are beyond bad, they're obstacle courses you have to navigate.

Then you want the Mag ride. This is what it was designed for...
The whole purpose of the suspension is keeping the tires on the road thus the instant reaction times to road conditions.

When it was first released in 2002 on the C5 Corvette GM showed pics and a video--C5 going over some railroad tracks and wheels coming off the ground (not good for control) the same car, same road, same speed but with the Magna ride and all 4 wheels stayed planted going over the tracks.

It is NOT a racetrack suspension-- it is a road (and all the variables roads in the US have) suspension. It is designed around 'control' and does not turn the car into a 1963 Lincoln land yacht cruiser...

 

[entaiiie]

as previously mentioned / just confirmation: you cannot individually toggle suspension modes, they are tied to the 'mode' you're driving in. by it's very nature it is meant to be ultra adaptive however.

I would say it makes the bumps and dips a little easier to absorb compared to my prior sportscars, but don't expect it to be extremely pillow like : )

 

[Timeless]

The real question for me is how much softer the Magneride would be than the non Magneride.

Coming from an RS, I am sure they both feel like Limos.

 

[Doobie083]

Is anyone disappointed in the magnetic ride? How much body roll does this setup counter? I've done shocks, springs, sways, and bushings on my S197 and GTO for about the price of magnetic ride. I'm looking at either doing magnetic or the above modes if I get an 18. Maybe a PP2 if PP1 is not sufficient. I only drive on street but love having a car that handles very well.

 

[Bullitt]

The real question for me is how much softer the Magneride would be than the non Magneride.

Coming from an RS, I am sure they both feel like Limos.

This is what I'm trying to figure out too. I'm guessing PP Magneride might be softer than regular PP, but the standard non-PP suspension is pretty soft, I doubt a PP MR car would be softer, but maybe someone that has experience with a non-PP car can compare.

 

[jacknifetoaswan]

Is anyone disappointed in the magnetic ride? How much body roll does this setup counter? I've done shocks, springs, sways, and bushings on my S197 and GTO for about the price of magnetic ride. I'm looking at either doing magnetic or the above modes if I get an 18. Maybe a PP2 if PP1 is not sufficient. I only drive on street but love having a car that handles very well.

I haven't driven a Mustang with Magneride, but I test drove a 2016 Chevy SS with the system, and it was damn near amazing. The car barely rolled in corners, was planted everywhere, and just made everything feel very, very stable. The ride was stiff, but compliant, and while you knew there were bumps, it soaked them up, regardless.

JR

 

[DickR]

Ask again in mid January after I trade my Koni equipped 2015 GT PP for an 18 GT PP with MagneRide. I've been doing some "benchmark" driving on various bumpy roads to "calibrate" the seat of my pants. Note that I like the compliance and control of the Konis, even with rebound at full soft, so the real test will be my wife's opinion.

According to Ford engineers the "steel" (springs and bars) are the same with or without MagneRide so the ride and handling differences are all from shocks. Compression damping at "high" shaft speeds (bumps) can have a big "impact" (pun intended) on comfort and grip. Conversely "low" shaft speeds can slow lean and dive/lift in transitions, cornering and brake/accel. MagneRide can optimize for different conditions and needs much better than typical oem grade shocks or even higher performance shocks like single adjustable or even double adjustable Konis. I got input from top level autocrossers who have experience with Chevy and with GT350 mag shocks and they all recommend them. Otherwise I would be transferring my current Konis to an 18 without MagneRide instead of leaving them on the trade-in 15.

I don't know how the 18's improved standard and PP shocks compare to the 15's which "were not the best". :-) I do know that Konis were "no harsher" and maybe "better" riding than the oem GTPP shocks in my very subjective opinion.

 

[awmustang]

Engineers have said Magneride has 3 modes. So they must be tied to the other various modes, but b/c it can react in 1,000's of a second to any condition no mode is bad and all of them are adaptive.
The below modes would match the display modes, so I'm guessing the 3 modes are this:
Normal & Snow/Wet
Sport
Track / Drag Strip - (guessing launch mode may use this plus a special launch algorithm?)

But even in Sport mode if you've been going smooth on a straight away for a long time it will "soften" up the suspension. So if you're weaving around to avoid pot holes, the magneride might stiffen up and be worse when weaving!! Though the whole point of Magneride is to give you the best ride for ANY road/driving condition, as its measuring inputs from everything, speed, angles, gyroscopes, etc... and delivers dynamic handling for any and everything.


Transmission has 5 modes: (see below as it changes display mode)
Normal
Sport
Track
Drag Strip
Snow/wet

12" LCD has 3 modes:
Normal & Snow/Wet - RPM left dial, speed right with digital #
Sport - RPM dial on left wraps over to the top
Track & Drag Strip - HUGE rpm bar across top


Active Exhaust has 4 modes:
Quiet - (also can be set to "Quiet Start" with a timer for how long)
Normal
Sport
Track

Power Steering Assist has 3 modes:
Comfort - nope
Normal - for your grandma
Sport - yes

It was my understanding that the Drag mode used the softest suspension setting to allow for the most squat. So I'm not sure it's accurate to group track and drag.

 

[w3rkn]

I'm in Houston temporarily, and the roads are beyond bad, they're obstacle courses you have to navigate. I have to slow waaay down all the time with my 2016 PP car.

Does Magneride have a "soft" setting that would help in such a situation, or does it not work that way?

Mustang are tested in Detroit... have you ever driven in Wayne County..? It makes you Houston comment laughable.

The REASON for magneride, is so that your car doesn't drive like a horse carriage on the road, yet it still drives like a racecar on the track. Magneride is essentially the only option I deem as a need, not a want.

 

[c-rizzle]

It was my understanding that the Drag mode used the softest suspension setting to allow for the most squat. So I'm not sure it's accurate to group track and drag.

You may be right. The 3 suspension modes may be more like normal/wet, sport/track & drag. But obviously they're very adaptive in each mode.

I kind of presumed when you put it in LAUNCH mode in the track apps, it may actually do something specially like completely soften up the rear only. So it can squat.

But the only information I've seen/heard is an engineer saying that the magneride has THREE MODES, and each mode has a very adaptive "3d type" map of how it reacts.

 

[DickR]

Some more info in this interview.

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