Chevrolet Solutions

The new Chevrolet Camaro is derived from GM’s Global Rear Wheel Drive ZETA platform designed by Holden in Australia. Chevrolet has refined the ZETA chassis to create the best Camaro ever built with the chassis designated ZETA II. We took delivery of our Camaro from Berger Chevrolet in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Berger was a leader in COPO Camaros Back in the Day and is still deeply involved in the Camaro Performance Community. We are proud to have the Berger 5^th Gen Camaro using Pedders Suspension.

 

We do most of our R & D in the USA at Witt Buick / Pedders in Muskegon, Michigan. Our first Camaro R & D project was a Victory Red Six. Pedders is fortunate to have worked with Nickey Chicago, Fessler Moss, 

John L. Sullivan Chevrolet and Hennessey Performance Engineering early on in the refinement of our Camaro range while we waited on delivery of our own Camaro. The Nickey road course testing video is available on YouTube. The Pedders USA Camaro is used as a rolling test bed and pushed to the extreme limits of operation by some of the best drivers and engineers in North America. Using a ProCharger they have more than 530 RWHP available. Cadillac CTS-V brakes are an improvement to the already excellent Brembo SS package. Forgeline 19 x10.5 wheel with titanium hardware reduce unsprung weight, even with Bridgestone RE-11 305/30/19s all around. Add to this Pedders Suspension and we are doing things with our street driven Camaro that many would consider impossible. While we abuse this gorgeous vehicle to improve our bits and range we show it frequently. We are just like all the other Camaro owners. We love our Camaro and like to show it off.

 

Our impressions of the Camaro after several thousand miles of bone stock use are that the Camaro is well built, very well built. We have in our fleet a GTO and a G8. The GTO is a solid automobile, even with more than 40 thousand hard development miles. Every 4th Gen owner that has been in it was impressed by the level of quality, refinement and noticeable absence of rattle or squeaks. The G8 is more solid than the GTO with a vastly improved ZETA suspension and with almost 30 thousand miles of development abuse stille rattle and squeak free. We love our GTO and the G8 is one of the most dialed in vehicles we have ever driven -- fully Pedderised and ProCharged. The 2010 Camaro is another level up from the G8 in terms of structural integrity. It is one solid vehicle. Run over the biggest bump and the entire vehicle travels the bump as a single unit. We have yet to detect any racking or cowl shake with 10 thousand miles of combined track and street abuse.

 

The 5th Gen Camaro is an impressive automobile that is at home on a suburban street or the Nurburing in complete OE trim. In Pedders USA form, a 5th Gen Camaro runs faster lap times than a full race Cadillac CTS-V on the same track with the same driver. For those that do not fully appreciate the significance of this statement you should know that the Fastest Production Sedan to ever run the Nurburing is a Cadillac CTS-V. A full race version, caged, lightened, Penske Racing Suspension and full slicks is faster yet. The Pedders USA street driven Camaro on street tires driven by the same racing / professional driver out performs the race version of the CTS-V.

Make no mistake, a Camaro off the showroom floor needs no modifications to be a great automobile and it is. If you would like your Camaro to be more capable, then the pages that follow are written for you.

 

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