WHITHER CHRYSLER?
Just read your piece on Chrysler in April ‘07 Mopar max. Well done.
I have an old Mopar muscle car -- but you can't drive it every day. That's what our mileage car is for. One is for fun, One is for the real world.
Scale down the Challenger, make it lighter, give it something about the size of a rover V8. Looks great, goes fast, sound good, gets mileage. Or you could keep building cars with parts from the parts bin. God forbid spending money on research...don't want to upset those corporate profits. Oh, that's right, you covered China in your article.
Kind regards.
Edward Bentley
INSTANT RESPONSE
Thanks so much for the great article about my car. [Mr. Belvedere in the April issue.] I have had so many emails about the article and it just came out today. It was excellent!!!!
Thanks again.
Ray Claery
BUILDING PLANS
For Steve Mags: Way to go on the Wilshire Shaker and the Dart Street Funny. You are a True Believer. I'm gonna build one, too. Both, maybe. I think I'm gonna build the front axles outta modified trailer units, though.
Are you worried about the change in "ackerman" on the front steering, resulting from the shortening of the A-100 van front axle? When turning, using stock Dodge van spindles/arms, the circles described by the front wheels will now have a larger radius ratio, (i.e., the inner circle's radius will now be a larger portion of the outer's) necessitating a slight tweak on the spindle arm or arms (out, I think) to avoid tire scrubbing on turns. Or is this too small to worry about? Just wondering.
The reduced wheelbase of the Dart Street Funny may offset some or all of the ackerman error produced by chopping the A-100 van front axle.
Kenny MacKay
Toronto, Canada
A LITTLE HELP, PLEASE
I'm looking for a book named "Direct Connection Performance Book" a lot of Mopar racers refer to this book as the "Mopar Bible". The P/N is P4120792 and the book is 1445 pages. I don't even know where to look as I have searched all the Mopar boards I know of and many people act like they have never heard of it. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated.
Brian Garrett
Muncie, Indiana
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