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Originally Posted by poSSum
I'm no engineer but for the life of me I don't understand how the rear can be better, lighter, cheaper, simpler (pick whichever ones are supposed to apply) than the double A-arms under the back of our Solstice.
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cus this is based off the vette suspension. vette>camaro>solstice
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Originally Posted by DGthe3
very cool. I love seeing the mechanical bits of cars exposed like that, or the disassembled LSA and LS9 from a few months ago  |
you mean
this????
ur welcome
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Originally Posted by MajorTom
Judging from the brake calipers, that's the V6 model.
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yup sure is
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Originally Posted by rgrizzard
Swat bars +1 but also gotta get rid of those stamped arms...
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werd
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Originally Posted by baileyrx
good call, hopefully we get something like the z51 package the vettes get
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the SS will
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Originally Posted by gunslinger
The problem with replacing those arms is that, sometimes the stamped stock pieces are a LOT stronger than some tubular mass-manufactured part.
The new part may be a little lighter, but it might also be prone to failure in a high-stress road racing application. Or the stress of 100,000 street miles...
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keyword being "sometimes" ive yet to see an application where stamped steel is better/stronger than a chromoly replacement.
especially when they are created for the sole purpose of racing use, whether that be road racing or drag racing