[Chevelle-list] OT - followup to Worlds Fastest Production Car post

[Rick Schaefer]

        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, rmpvsp at earthlink.net <rmpvsp at earthlink.net> 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 <396guy at lcisp.com>
> >Sent: Mar 6, 2007 10:17 AM
> >To: karl at karlcore.com, 'The Chevelle Mailing List' <
> chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
> >Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] OT - followup to Worlds Fastest Production
> Car    post
> >
> >Oopsy - DO OVER, DO OVER!
> >
> >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: chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net
> >[mailto:chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net] 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
> >
> >Guy doesn't realize that 100mph and rain don't mix.
> >http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007100574,00.html
> >
> >Karl Groves
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>


-- 
Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino
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