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Originally Posted by Zeke.Malvo
No its not. In a court of public opinion, it's clear that you are a dummy (the purchaser of the car, not you YOU) if you expect a car with no coolers to perform in any capacity at a track. It's stupid to have thought otherwise. If they wanted to TRACK their car, they should have bought a TRACK PACK car. Very simple. These people chose the technology (or base) and expected track pack performance.
It was pretty clear from the get go which one would be track worthy, and which would not.
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This point was clear to the Camaro5 community and I'd bet my house I can find the lack of coolers being criticized before the first Tech cars were produced. The non-track car, track car. Even a base Camaro SS comes with three radiators oil/trans/diff cooler and Chevy's assurance that you can take it to the track and burn a full tank of gas without overheating.
It was a poor decision on Ford's part gave them their $49,900 base MSRP headline that was quote by fans and press whenever discussing the TP or R performance. That's where the water got muddy.
Edit: there is a thread on Camaro6 regarding the inability to even register a reading on the transmission temp gauge of a 1LE. The SS has the same cooling and even with the A8, I need to aggressively manual shift up and down to register heat on the gauge during street use.