Norm Peterson
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You don't suppose that Cadillac customers might be a bit fussier about NVH now, do you? It's quite possible to add reinforcement that chases vibration modes off to locations/frequencies that are less annoying without adding much to the overall chassis stiffness.The Alpha the Camaro uses is a pretty bad deal. It is an absolutely awful design and as soon as I can put nails in coffin, trust me, I've got lots of hammers. If this design was good the CYS or ATS Coupe would have used it to save even more weight. Look at the metal the ATS Coupe uses. That's the only naked eye observation I can share with you.
Where would the Camaros be weightwise with respect to EPA weight breaks, with vs without these panels? Don't underestimate the pressure to end up at the top of the next lower weight category rather than at the bottom of a category you didn't try hard enough to get out of.
Perhaps Car and Driver should run a Camaro and a Mustang on the K&C rig that they ran an S197 on a few years back.
Norm
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