2013 Chevrolet Camaro Zl1 Wheel
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As Al Oppenheiser, Camaro chief engineer, told us, “We did extensive testing with Goodyear to optimize the tires for the road track, but through the use of sidewall stiffness changes, groove development, compound selection, and footprint shape, these tires perform nearly as good as drag radials. How do we know? Our development engineers ran drag radials over and over again to tune in the Chassis Controls for Performance Launch Control, and ran sub 12-second times during internal testing on the Goodyears. There may have even been a run that lifted the front tire off the ground, but you didn’t hear that from me ... OK, you did.” Recently, Chevrolet Performance engineers clocked off an official 11.93 at 116 mph in a bone-stock automatic ZL1. View Related Article
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