05-01-2016, 12:22 PM | #1 |
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Possble explanation for 1LE wheel gap
In a video from the ZL1 section on this forum, Aaron Link, Lead Dev Engr for the ZL1, explains that the ZL1 uses a wider fender and front end to accommodate the larger front tires and wheels. I believe these are the same size as the 1LE. Could a clearance requirement in the standard Camaro front fender explain the higher ride height?
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05-01-2016, 02:11 PM | #2 |
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The 1LE wheel gap was definitely not the finished product. Big Al O said there's still final tunning going on
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05-02-2016, 09:24 AM | #3 |
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Ride height has a lot to do with vehicle crash test standards and tests.
If I recall correctly (and I could be wrong)...generally a crash test doesn't need to be done for an chassis option package, so long as it doesn't lower the ride height. While I'd like to believe the show car ride height was not final (because it seemed higher than the standard SS)...there is the possibility that the ride height did not change (like the last generation 1LE) because they were unwilling to perform (and pay for) another crash test for what is essentially an SS, and the lower profile tires increased the visible fender to wheel gap. |
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05-02-2016, 10:08 AM | #5 | |
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The car companies do not pay themselves for crash tests. Taxpayers fund NHTSA's crash-test program, and the agency uses tax monies to buy test vehicles and pay its staff. As for the IIHS, they buy their own cars, at a dealer just like your average consumer. Nor do they need to re-certify for a change in trim/model line as long as it is based on the same crash structure/platform (which of course it would be). Like they didn't necessarily need to crash test a Stingray, and than a Z06. The different fenders are not part of the crash structure. Same would go for a base Camaro, up to a ZL1. Just like each of the 20 different trim packages on an F-150 are not tested...and they have a pretty large variance in ride height. So, in essence there is no reason GM can not lower the ride height on the SS 1LE's... |
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05-02-2016, 10:18 AM | #6 | |
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This was the case with the last-gen 1LE, at least. Something about ride height and pedestrian impact? It was a short conversation a long time ago.... Perhaps we'll know for sure soon. |
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05-02-2016, 10:20 AM | #7 |
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05-02-2016, 10:21 AM | #8 |
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Certainly not disagreeing.
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05-02-2016, 08:18 PM | #9 |
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Ride Height
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05-05-2016, 06:16 PM | #10 |
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I'm gonna chalk it up to forgetting to take out the yellow spring spacers that is used for transport like in the ZL1's when they got delivered
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