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We built the Royal Sport Camaro with the very first Schwartz F-car chassis. Like any first of anything, the chassis we had is different from the ones you buy from Jeff now. There have been various subtle mods / changes / improvements made to the latest versions.

As for performance, I wish we could give you some numbers. We built the car and drove it briefly at the YearOne Experience last May, but it had to go back to Royal Purple at that point, so we only had a day or two to actually drive the car around. The people at Royal Purple have been finishing a couple details we left on the car... like charging the A/C, swapping the sway bar ends for a different design with better clearance, the convertible top install, and chasing down a mystery vibration in the drive line - which I think was clutch related.

As soon as the schedule allows, we're supposed to do a final photo / video shoot and evaluate the car more completely.

I can tell you this... the car felt fantastic... no harshness from the heim joints or road noise like I had feared. The chassis felt good, the tub was stiff. Now we added about 30% more spotwelds than the original car had, but it all added up to a great feel. The rear coils are too stiff, but that's an easy fix. The steering was nice, too. It's a cool car.