[1meanZ]

http://www.motorauthority.com/gallery/2010...n-line-001.html

[00 Trans Ram]

Couple other things.

- The G8 actually feels much smaller at the limit. This bodes well for the Camaro. Yeah, you can tell it's a big car, but it doesn't wallow or feel too mushy.

- The throttle response is a bit delayed - you have to get on it about 1/4 second sooner than normal. Don't know if it's the auto or the drive-by-wire that's responsible. (BTW, this teaches you GREAT lessons when you get back to an F-body; I was hitting the gas sooner in turns on the next session and ended up gaining some time.)

- There is a weird "double squat" that the rear does. Beware of it. When you hit the gas out of a turn, the rear will squat, without breaking loose. Then, if you keep on it, it will squat some more and break loose. The recovery is where it gets dicey. The tires will regain traction on the first "unsquat". It is VERY abrupt and means that you are regaining traction while sideways and usually before you get the wheel completely turned into the spin. Makes for a hairy recovery. I'm told it has to do with the bushings in the back. There are rubber bushings that hold the suspension to the rear subframe. Then, another layer of rubber bushings that hold the subframe to the car. I'm guessing that one set compresses before the other, thus the "dual squat".

I'm excited that the Camaro and the G8 use the same (or 99% the same) suspension geometry. That means that go-fast parts for my G8 should be much cheaper soon. So far, prices are astronomical for things!