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Old 02-12-2010, 04:15 PM   #9
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Well I had a good answer until two of the better known suppliers gave their answers. Of course for entertainment we should ask them to tell us why their solution is better than the other guys. LOL, no don't go there.

But the simplest answer taken from the above is adjustability. If you can find a set the allows you to adjust spring preload, and both compression and rebound damping you have it.

This is one of the advantages of the MR shocks GM uses on the Corvette and CTS-V. You can adjust the damping to some pre programmed levels to change the "balance" between ride and handling.

Your Camaro has a very well tuned suspension. But it was done to achieve an overall ballance between performance and general driving. A car tuned for the track, say a Z06 is actually a pretty hard ride to take on vacation, but at the track, not much fiddling required.

As Mike points out, you can drive the car to the track in relative comfort and then switch to the track settings fairly quickly.

Keep in mind most performance motorcycles offer this suspension adjustability. It's just very expensive to make standard on a car in the Camaros price range.

Also, as Pfadt mentions, you can go a cheaper route. You can specifically taylor the car to the one track you'll be driving. Get a set of springs and some shocks that set the car up right. But again the advantage of adjustability is you can tweak it for different tracks etc.

But again, redundant answers to previous posts. Good luck and drive safe.
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