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Hey Justin & Nathan,
While I'm not disputing Penske's reputation for quality shocks & struts, have they actually spent time doing R&D to find optimal damping rates/spring rates for the 5th Gen Camaro? GM designed the Camaro, had two track based performance packages under their belt (ZL1 and 1LE) and they still spent a year or more refining the damping rates/spring rates on the Z/28. So I would be hesitant to buy a Penske package that may not have had any R&D time devoted to refining the damping/spring rates for the 5th gen Camaro. As I said I am not disputing the fact that Penske builds a top notch product, but putting that top notch product into an application for which it was never designed/developed for doesn't mean you'll get optimal results. So if you have any other info you can share showing how Penske put some R&D time into developing this package specifically for the 5th gen to improve track handling then I think that would go a long ways towards selling this package to people. (unless I missed that part since your original post was pretty long and I may have skimmed over that part).
Also with many of the other aftermarket choices we have had there have always been customer support contacts from these aftermarket choices (Pedder's, Pfadt, Ridetech,etc...) that provide buyers with guidance on best settings, alignments, etc... Does Penske have a person like this to help provide customer education and support if someone were to buy one of these strut packages from you?
These are just a few of the questions/thoughts I had while reading over your very educational post on shocks/struts. I really do appreciate all the technical info you provided on shocks/struts as all that knowledge is obviously applicable regardless of the brand. But the brand name alone doesn't sell me on product. Regardless of brand I still want to see data showing that their product was truly design for my application.
Thanks!
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