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Old 03-19-2021, 06:47 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Ralph Nader is no hero. He used politics to force General Motors back to the center of their lane. This is typical of the staged photos they used. Lifted suspension over a hill crest with an off-camber curve.
Nice camber and caster the car has going on! My god, no wonder all of aftermarket suspension companies thrive.

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Old 03-19-2021, 10:40 PM   #32 (permalink)
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The aftermarket suspension companies are out of control.


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Old 03-20-2021, 12:12 AM   #33 (permalink)
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All that negative camber looks so out of place.
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Old 03-29-2021, 09:19 PM   #34 (permalink)
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[QUOTE=freebeard;644412]The aftermarket suspension companies are out of control.


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That doesn’t look like aftermarket suspension. That looks like 5” wheel spacers and blow torched springs.
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That looks like 5” wheel spacers and blow torched springs.
Wheel spacers I don't see so often, but I usually see some random econobox with blow-torched springs in my country. Even in neighborhoods where it would be supposed to not cope with the harsher conditions of the poorly-mantained pavement.
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Hard to believe you got that sort of mileage, even with the newer drivetrain. Those old cars were not aerodynamic and were heavy.

But I'll take your word that you've accomplished it.
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All that negative camber looks so out of place.

Damn, he must be buying new tires quite often.!!!
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Hard to believe you got that sort of mileage, even with the newer drivetrain. Those old cars were not aerodynamic and were heavy.

But I'll take your word that you've accomplished it.
I’m 99% sure I got a good read on that one run. But as I stated before that was a specific run, driven like there was an egg on the throttle pedal, coasting for long distances, never going over 65ish.

My tank averages have been in the low 30’s which is still not bad. Not my goal of 35 mpg but I’m quite happy.

I’ve since added an air dam under the front bumper and am just starting to look at how I can block off a large portion of the grill (from behind so it won’t show). I would like to do a belly pan but that may be a ways off.

I consider my car pretty light for a 66 Chevelle. 3260 lbs with a full (20 gallon) tank is about 500 lbs lighter than most Chevelles of the era and about 750 lbs lighter than the 2013 Camaro the drivetrain came out of.

I’m also wheel shopping and the ones I have my eyes on will shed 25 lbs from the rotational mass. This can’t hurt.
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yep, getting rid of rotational mass will help.

Pretty impressive fuel economy. Those Chevelles are nice cars.
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I just wanted to say that your build is awesome, and somehow should be much more widely viewed. With the current world picture on fuel prices and everything else that's going on, magazines like hot rod and Car Craft Etc should be sharing information on builds like this 4 people who actually want to drive their cars rather than trailer Queens. As a person who really likes older cars as well, more attention to you're kind of good reality might help to interest younger people and keep the older car Hobby more alive in the future! It has always been frustrating for me to be involved in many cross-country trips, and rarely or ever see any older interesting car moving on a road at all!

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