Sports cars on bumpy, wavy, bad industrial roads?

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tommaso

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Hello, I have a 1999 Camaro with 107k miles.

just got an alignment done, so on good roads the car is great, low to the ground, and fast.

-however for the sake of it on bumpy roads, and roads that just plain to be wavy and pop up like ripples, my car doesn't seem to handle so well. If I try to go like 65 mph on these roads, usually my steering wheel will make like a sharp right or left turn, depending on which way the ripples go.

-does your car do this too (going fats over wavy roads) or is it just me?
-do sporty cars with low suspension supposed to be bad on these types of roads
-what can i do?

-would changing the shocks and struts help?

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i took my father's 2008 HYUNDAI sonata for the sake of it and did not have as much trouble as my Camaro. His car is FWD and higher up off the ground.

please help Camaro, Firebird, TRans Am, and Mustang owners...
 
Check front end shocks or struts which ever one it uses. One way to check is to push down on front fender hard. It should rebound back up and stop.
But no suspension will handle what they call washboard roads, those small ripples. They have been know to get a car sideways and the roll it.
 
Sports cars are tuned with stiffer suspension, which isn't meant to dampen the imperfections in a road surface. The steering is designed to be more responsive; you don't have to turn the wheel as far to make the car turn. All of this translates into the car being more sensitive to the road, and your feeling every pebble. However, given that Camaros get driven hard, check the front end: rack and pinion, tie rods, ball joints, struts, etc. Any play will make a car follow the grooves or shudder when you hit potholes.
 
Sports cars are tuned with stiffer suspension, which isn't meant to dampen the imperfections in a road surface. The steering is designed to be more responsive; you don't have to turn the wheel as far to make the car turn. All of this translates into the car being more sensitive to the road, and your feeling every pebble. However, given that Camaros get driven hard, check the front end: rack and pinion, tie rods, ball joints, struts, etc. Any play will make a car follow the grooves or shudder when you hit potholes.
 
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