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Originally Posted by Number 3
Oddly, when I was a Design Release Manager, the work of going from two to one gas strut for holding the hood open was done by my group. Benchmarking showed us that several major OEMs had already gone there so we did some work to prove it worked. Now you will find most GM Cars with gas struts use only one for the hood.
It works just fine.
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Hey, if it helps lower the cost of the car, lowers the weight a little, and leaves one less thing to break/wear-out, I like the idea. I think this is just one little detail your team probably addressed to keep Camaro as efficient a package as possible. With all the "concerns..." about weight and mass, it seems to me that this is just one area, among a likely many, that you guys tried to be as efficient as can be
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Originally Posted by MerF
The OP is not concerned with the operation of the hood, he's concerned about the aftermarket suspension upgrades that usually involve a strut tower bar...that this design would prevent from being an easy switch.
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Well, I guess the aftermarket is just going to work a tad bit harder. I imagine that with as good as this chassis is that a STB may do more to add weight than actually enhance handling unless this thing is an all-out road racer/auto-Xer.