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Originally Posted by ULTRAZLS1

Yeah I would agree...the camaro owner will be more likely to get caught in a dead spot. But that doesn't make it faster....I would never roll race my car from a dead spot.

But I know what your saying...good point.

I really want to look into gears for my car...such as the 4.10. But damn us 5th gen guys seem to be VERY BEHIND in terms of testing and tuning. It has been a year now and we still dont have reliable information on the effectiveness of 4.10's in the camaro.

Seems like the 5.0 has had almost as much hot rodding/tuning done to it as the camaro which has been out for a year longer. Not a good thing...

As far as the clutch. Mine has performed fine so far. I got a little bit of the clutch smell in the first month or two of ownership if I slipped it. Havent had it lately.
The clutch also makes a bit of noise when pushing down the pedal quickly from a stop or slow roll. Other than that it has been fine. I will drive it like this till the clutch is gone. Then I will put a performance clutch in it and do it myself.

I have also heard of clutch issues from the 5.0 as well. Evolutions car only lasted 13 passes. But not enough cars have been sold to know for sure.
Yet LG motorsports full weight 480rwhp low 11 second 2010 camaro was on the stock clutch....so I guess you never know. And they had been running that car since it was stock.

I guess it is just the luck of the draw so far...no recall has been issued.

the chasis has been out since the 2005 model year. minor changes to 2011 means just lightly mod chasis pieces, and focus on the motor. getting an S-197 to hook is easy.

so far my car is good. but miles will tell.