Space frame chassis vs. Perimeter frame

[badazz81z28]

I think the term "pro-touring" has just been over expanded, what was once improving old cars to be on par with modern performance cars has gone off on a tangent.
I'm seeing more and more people asking why something is not being done this way or that way, and why "others " have not done it.
In this case and most others it's a very simple answer, cost.
To take a frame car and make it a unibody would require re-engineering the entire body of the car, load and stress analysis and design, engineering and testing, implementation, stamping and tooling, then volume.

I don’t think “pro touring” has boundaries. The concept has been around for a while long before we had the goodies we have today. As products become available and folks get more creative, we will see more and more unique builds.



I have already started to see more full frame 1st and 2nd gen Camaros. In the years it will probably be the thing to do..who knows. I have already seen 2nd gen Camaros with tubular perimeter re-enforced structures. Tubes running across the rockers, tubes running across the interior that’s completely hidden by the OEM Interior. Neat stuff people are doing.