Castellana Chevelle?

[Steve68]

Stiff frame/suspension and serious traction!!!!!

[Steve Chryssos]

Sure the traction is the cause, but the result is chassis twist. Works good for a dirt car but not a road race car.

[next69]

[jeffandre]

A local SF SCCA road racer told me a few weeks ago that the fastest line through a corner, as taught to him by the national champion in their class, usually required the front inside tire to be inside of the track edge, sometimes even over the dirt. Since the front inside tire was generally off the ground at the apex, the corner line was shortened by hanging it out over the inside edge of the track, and no usable traction was lost. Will I try this? Probably not, as I have street vehicles and do not plan to push them to the point of whiping out and wrecking. Then again, corners that have open areas for safety may allow me to try this at a track someday, as the possible spinout that may be waiting for me will not dent anything...

[Steve Chryssos]

Sorry, I checked hotrod.com and there is no picture posted.

Hey, I'm THRILLED to see a down & dirty streetfighter make top ten, but that car is just wrong. It ain't jumping a curb. It's twisting under combined lateral and accelerative forces like a sprint car or dirt late model. You can see the door/fender/quarter tweaking. The whole car is flopping around like a boneless chicken.

[sinned]

Steve, he stated in the article that the picture with the L/F weel airborne was done just for show.



Link to the Chevelle in question- http://www.onrails.us/67gmachine