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by fasrnur Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:14 pm

Last weekend was the Street Machine Nationals. I look forward to it every yyear since the early 90's. Last year I decided to try Auto Cross for the first time in over 45 years. It went okay? lol This year I wanted to improve my time. So I did some steering work and would have loved to have gotten my gears in the rear. Oh well. I set out to improve my last years time, and I did it! YAY! lol By swapping to a quicker steering box and some "driver technique" I was able to shave 8 seconds off of last year's time. Gives this old fart some encouragement for next year. lol

by Keith Seymore Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:32 pm

fasrnur wrote:
Last weekend was the Street Machine Nationals. I look forward to it every yyear since the early 90's. Last year I decided to try Auto Cross for the first time in over 45 years. It went okay? lol This year I wanted to improve my time. So I did some steering work and would have loved to have gotten my gears in the rear. Oh well. I set out to improve my last years time, and I did it! YAY! lol By swapping to a quicker steering box and some "driver technique" I was able to shave 8 seconds off of last year's time. Gives this old fart some encouragement for next year. lol

Nicely done.

I did some auto cross with the Chevelle when I was in college.

The car came equipped with heavy duty sway bars, 8" wide Corvette rallys and Goodyear HR70-15 police pursuit tires on it, so it did pretty well.

I imagine it was kinda funny to see this big 'old Chevelle out there wallering around with the Triumph Tr6's and other small cars.

BTW: the guy that won our events was Neil Hanneman, who went on to be the Chief Engineer for the original Viper program, so we were in good company.

K

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by fasrnur Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:46 am

Thanks for the compliments Keith. I've always seemed to try and build an all round fun car. Even in the early 70's when I started really playing with cars, I've always wanted the best of all types of racing. I like to go fast in a straight lines, and turn some corners too. I love driving my car, so I need to mold mine into a car that can do it all and still be reliable. So far I'm doing ok? lol
I don't even get a second look from others on the Autocross track. They have no idea what is done to the underside of the old Turd. Just how I like it! "Walk softly and carry a BIG stick!"

by Limey SE Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:24 pm

Holy Smokes Jeff 8 seconds off time is quite a feat nonetheless that's pretty cool

by 76Chevelle2Tone Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:28 am

fasrnur wrote:
By swapping to a quicker steering box and some "driver technique" I was able to shave 8 seconds off of last year's time. Gives this old fart some encouragement for next year. lol

Well 8 seconds faster is quite "outrageous"!

by anthonyalessi74 Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:34 am

Congratulations on that massive improvement! Do you like the faster steering on the highway?

by fasrnur Mon Aug 07, 2023 3:48 pm

Thanks. The only thing about a quicker steering on the street is....if you sneeze you've changed lanes. lol

by ant7377 Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:27 am

What did you go with for steering box ?

by fasrnur Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:56 pm

ant7377 I went with a Jeep Grand Cherokee. 93-97 or so. They all are 2 1/2 turns lock to lock.

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