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Originally Posted by Soleil
Excuse me you must be joking. To run a good time is so important to the car maker that they use all available measures to do so. .
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Not sure what they did, if anything, with Camaros but would have to agree with DGthe3 if history is any indication. When they test Corvettes, they run complete stock except for added safety equipment like radio, harness, telemetry. The car is taken off the line and runs the factory tune. In a lot of cases the driver has been Jim Merro who I believe is the chief Corvette chassis engineer. He's SCCA licensed but is not a professional driver like most teams use.
I know manufacturers like bragging rights but what purpose does it serve to highly modify production cars that they don't-won't-can't sell and that most people couldn't reproduce. A good time with a modified car might sell a few extra units but is that worth the chance of being considered fraudulent? Just my 2 cents.