Csaba Casera (sp?) editor of Road & Track drove that car to the
253MPH speed and wrote about 6 months ago or so ago. Just read in a recent
issue that someone else took the top speed a bit higher.
Dale is right about the wing. It extends at a certain speed for
stability and then it retracts for decreased drag during top speed runs.
Nice bit of engineering.
On 3/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dale,
Yes, I thought the same thing. My guess is that at those high speeds, the
wing might push the rear of the car down too far and make for difficult
handling.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Mar 6, 2007 10:17 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 'The Chevelle Mailing List' <
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>Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] OT - followup to Worlds Fastest Production
Car post
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>Oopsy - DO OVER, DO OVER!
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>As a side note, did anyone else find it interesting that once the special
>key is inserted for really high speed driving the rear wing pretty much
gets
>pushed down and out of the way?
>
>Dale
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Groves
>Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:00 AM
>To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List'
>Subject: [Chevelle-list] OT - followup to Worlds Fastest Production Car
post
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>Guy doesn't realize that 100mph and rain don't mix.
>http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007100574,00.html
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>Karl Groves
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Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino
