Rear suspension comparisons for first gen camaros?

[TCI Engineering]

No doubt they have great performance but their spring rates are really high. I watched it run autocross at RTTC. It has NO body roll. Great for autocross, but poor for a pro touring car in my opinion. I like a capable race and road car. You just need to find the middle ground. I'm sure it would do well with less spring rate, just not as competitive. I'd also have to wonder how much forward bit the car has with such high spring rates. It's got to effect body weight transfer. I'm interested to see how they compete once they get a little more hp in the road race and baer stop challenge. I still think a car tuned to ride nice on the open road is better for the three events. The win at these events is going to come on the road course IMO.

I wouldn't consider 400# front springs and 275# rear springs "really high" by any stretch of the imagination. Our car had heavier springs in it for the 2009 Super Chevy Handling Challenge. The car was completely untested prior to that event so there was quite a bit of guess work done beforehand. We continue to test and adjust this car trying to find "The Sweet Spot". Mary and Nick(Licata) can attest to the improvements in ride quality since August '09 and how much faster the car is now vs. then.

Springs are easy to change and we still run 350#/250# springs standard on Cars that will primarily see street usage. We have dozens of spring rate options available for both front and rear so we can properly match the customer's needs. All this testing just gives us more information to properly accomodate our customers.

Sal has been hard at work looking for a new engine program so hopefully we'll have the HP to back up the chassis very soon.


-J