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Originally Posted by tyoneal

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FWIW: Whether it is a Mustang OR a Camaro I would still enjoy reading GOOD SOLID information. I might want to do a Mustang Next.

I totally agree with you Ty, on having data presented to consumers about suspension parts preformance. That is indeed where the big money in a build are spent.

Originally Posted by tyoneal

Poo Pooing an idea because it doesn't fit your particular need at this time I think is short sided. What I would really think would help the consumer is to have REAL information about the different products. In this case suspension since it is the other place where BIG money is spent. (Engine being the other)

I'm not poo pooing the idea, I'm just saying finding a suitable format to do it is extremly hard, because of all the varaibles.

Originally Posted by tyoneal

There are tons of Mustang owners, and if products were evaluated scientifically in one area, there is no reason why that wouldn't take hold in another area, if the buyers found it truly helpful.

Yeah, all information of products is helpful for customers considering them. But it's not very helpful in a EMC type of compition, where there is one challenge per year. It's not any good for a guy with a 2nd gen Camaro or Firebird if there is perhaps 5 year between Challenges that has that car as a mule.

Originally Posted by tyoneal

I think the Engine Masters Challenge is a great idea, one that could be used to help us in our decision making process in other areas.

I agree, the EMC is a great competition, and lots of useful info to be had from it, but I just don't see an competition in that format being applicable to suspension parts.

Originally Posted by tyoneal

Thanks for writing and your input. Please rebut my reasoning is you feel like it.

Regards,
Ty

I'm all for a Challange like this, but I don't see how it can be done in an EMC type of compititon. That's what I'm saying, perhaps it didn't come clear in my first post. But in a way, we do have a suspension test going on in PHR. They do take most cars they do a story on out on the skid pad, and show us how many g's the car can take. They do a standarized test on the car. Bilsport Magazine in Sweden has a auto-x type test they do on all cars they present. Perhaps PHR could do the same. Jannes Z28's Camaro was in that test earlier: https://lateral-g.net/forums/show...t=10738&page=2 Perhaps he could chime in here and tell us more about it.