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Originally Posted by Bill the Engineer
In fact, the Firebird design was so uncontrollable in its convertible form that Pontiac needed to add harmonic dampers to all four corners of the body to stop body twisting on the highway. They are something like 20lbs each.
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Wow, what a different time. Bean counters figured out that adding 80-90 lbs in the furthest corners was the best "fix". Add inertia to every axis of movement, lol. Reduce the car's performance even further to mask a problem with the original modification... Genius!