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Originally Posted by 1_2Many
Thanks expert. Very insightful 
Tell us more about the "geometery" will you? I'm dieing to hear this.
And while your at it please explain why I had axle hop on my solid axle 1991 Firebird Formula? |
I'm not sure why there is so much venom in your post, but I think you (and others) have taken my first post to be some sort of cut on the new Camaro, which was never the case.
My comments were directed at the shortcomings of an IRS setup at the dragstrip, in stock form, on anything other than pure performance vehicles. Yes, there are vehciles with IRS that perform extremely well at a dragstrip, but almost all of them that do have a suspension under them that is more performance-oriented. Can you solve wheel-hop in an IRS car, sure, I did it with my GTO. It's more a matter of will the vehicle come from the factory with those solutions already in place. My guess is that they will not, and here is why I say that.
Like any other mass produced car, you have to figure the new Camaro is going to be delivered with a setup that is a compromise on many levels. Remember, while one person might want their Camaro to have great cornering, the next guy might want great straightline performance, and the next guy/gal might want a smooth ride. One type of suspension bushing might eliminate wheel-hop altogether, but might result in NVH that is no acceptable to the everyday driver. Likewise the type of shocks and the valving in those items.
See, as far as GM is concerned (or Ford, or Dodge for that matter) the car has to be a jack of all trades and master of none, which is why I believe there
will be wheel-hop on as-delivered-from-the-factory Camaros despite what others might suggest. Heck, my GT500 had wheel-hop when I bought it for these exact same reasons. Likely that was why your Formula had it as well.
I am by no means an expert in this area at all, but I am still entitled to have my opinion and will do so until those opinions are proven to be incorrect. I, for one, hope they are, because I would prefer not to have the same issues with my new Camaro and wheep-hop as I did with my GTO or GT500.