New Roadster Shops RS Chassis'

[BADVELLE]

Has anyone seen these yet? I had the opportunity to look them over at Kansas GG this past weekend and just wanted to know what other peoples thoughts were. I was quoted around $15,000, really includes pretty much everything on the chassis, except for plumbing and internals in the axle housing (they are an option). They say it is a custom DSE front suspension set up (I meant to ask Kyle at the show but did not get around to it). I am looking at the A-body offering, looks very nice, stock locations for all body mounts, just a lot of coin.

[hotrdblder]

its,not custom its there front clip with underbody legs cut off and there rear frme grafted in, also they cut off the section in front of the forward crossmember and make a chevelle front, done all at rs

[BADVELLE]

Thanks, so it is a Camaro subframe with body mounts to match the Chevelle?

[MonzaRacer]

Sounds like a b*****d mess. For the cash you can buy a lot of parts to make a Chevelle handle very well, Heck you can even install a modified Vette rear suspension too.
Way to pricey for me and I just cant see the expense unless you can justifiy it for racing or something.
Heck you can put on air ride and ATS spindles and some SC&C upper control arms and some super wheels and tires too.
Good luck
Lee

[DLinson]

I talked to Kyle about it. It uses the entire front subrame kit graphed into the chevelle frame with custom cross members. The orange chevelle had the frame under it. The chevelle weighs around 3800 lbs. It did really good in the autocross. I believe Brad owns the car and he ran around a 12.3 in it. Kyle got in the car and ran an 11.8. Considering in the DSE test Camaro Kyle ran a best of 11.6 for the weekend, the Chevelle did quite respectable. The Chevelle has about a 9 inch longer wheelbase and is 350 lbs heavier. I don't think they have finished tuning on the Chevelle either.

There is a short article in the new Chevy High Performance magazine on page 86. Price, $15,495. The DSE complete front subrame kit is about $6700.

Dennis

[BADVELLE]

Thanks Dennis. I watched the Chevelle go through the Autocross, looked good, then I road with Kyle through the course, what a rush! I will be sticking with my modified frame, I was just interested to see what people thought.