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Originally Posted by Pushing_Tin
Show me any other "high performance cars" that have this sort of quality engineering. One Porsche, Ferrari, M series Bimmer, just one. 
Why wasn't careful evaluation and validation done one, two or three years ago when the car was testing?  |
LOOK PEOPLE
Other high-end, high performance cars DO use weighted brake caliper dampeners.
Here is one that they use on a Porsche (notice the lead):
http://www.design911.co.uk/fu/pt66_2...bration-shims/
Here is one that they use on Audi cars:
That said, the only valid point to any complaining is that this is a band-aid type of dampener. My guess is that GM WILL NOT need to replace anybody's Brembo calipers, but will engineer a proper dampening plate similar to the way that Porsche and Audi (and many other "high-performance" cars) engineering has. At that point, you should be able to take your early production SS into your local Chevy dealership and they will install the properly engineered dampener. I would also be willing to bet that the later production SS Camaros will come with the same Brembo's except an internal dampener instead of the wheel weights. They just have to spool up a subcontractor to make the properly engineered dampener.
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