Though not something always realized, it’s worth noting that only since the 5th-gen 2010 models has the Camaro been equipped with an independent rear suspension (IRS). Before that throughout the car’s nearly 50-year history up to 2002, it had a solid rear axle.

With the Camaro out of production in the previous decade for seven years, time clearly waits for no one when progress comes calling. So it’s a natural progression that Camaros have now been equipped with IRS across the entire vehicle line for the past six years and the new sixth-gen car is, of course, also so-equipped.

The IRS certainly makes for a modern-level of performance-coupe handling that can go toe-to-toe with just about any car from the U.S., Japan, or Germany. But it can be detrimental to those who might like to take their fifth-gen to a place near and dear to many Camaro enthusiasts; the dragstrip.

The main issue is wheelhop when trying to maybe put a little heat into a pair of street tires. The problem can be more significant when the tires might be drag radials, treaded DOT slick-type tires, or full racing slicks.

So if the problem is wheel hop, the solution or at least the beginning of it is going to be firmer suspension bushings throughout the car’s IRS. And in the case of this 2011 Camaro SS owned by clutch manufacturer Centerforce, that solution is a full set of Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings that that were installed by Prescott Premier Automotive and replace the stock rubber bushings

Energy has long been at the forefront of polyurethane suspension bushings for all types of performance applications and the 5th-gen Camaro is a mainstay of that as installed on this car by PPA.

The rear suspension in the 2010-2015 Camaro is housed in a cradle that’s held to the car’s subframe with four bolts. It’s thusly required to unbolt the driveshaft and remove the brake calipers (which are hung out of the way and not disconnected from their lines) and then remove the entire rear IRS from the car to install the bushings.

In addition to the Energy Suspension bushings, this 5th-gen Camaro SS is a bruiser in its own right. Powered by a Lingenfelter-built stroker LS3, it’s also fitted with a Magnuson supercharger, its original TR-6060 six-speed manual trans and a Strange centersection which uses a Ford 9-inch differential. PPA went through the car’s whole rear suspension, by removing the rear subframe and installing Energy’s entire line of bushings.

PPA also installed Baer brakes on the back of the car to further enhance the whoa to match the blown LS3’s 800-horsepower worth of go. Overall, it’s a great example of the 5th-gen Camaro’s potential as a formidable modern-era American super car. Now all that power can be put to better use without the hop, thanks to Energy Suspension bushings.