impala twisting wheelstand

[magster65]

That looks so stupid... call a chassis guy.

[gearbanger57]

Time for a 4 link

[gump54]

its got air bag swtup in it tha makes it launch like that, i see the car alot at wir race way in wisconsin. sweet car to watch

[Mr1976Gremlin]

My buddy raced a Bugatti Veyron with his 1961 Impala, it has a 276 sbc and it kicked that Bugatti's ass all over the track

[tagaEskinita]

whats the chassis made out of? cheese?

[vans1107]

I absolutely love this car, seen it many many times at byron and GLD..never gets old!

[Mathemaetica]

Jesus, LOL! I do believe I would have let directly out of it and then changed my britches...

[johnson11b]

i like turtles

[Lorenzos221]

3 wheel motion

[Lorenzos221]

Three wheel motion. Love it.

[Ecosse57]

this model had the "x" frame did it not? that may account for some of the twist.

hp doesn't hurt. ;)

[mikecameli]

look at this one violent impala wheelie

[BooneDoomer]

That's just scarey. Give that to batman!!

[Chevelle69IsFine]

Ahh, nothing like the good 'ole Impala torque twist. Even the '66 and '71 Impala boats I drove would lift the driver and leave the passenger on the ground.

[wordreet]

Holy crap! B¬)

[mus800]

just real power, no turbo shit

[s46d45m17]

Just like Chubby Checker the twist.

[stock305]

look its batman!

[summitdrinker]

fun to watch, but really that amount of frame twist is bad. those chevy's were full frame, and it was a weak frame design. they tried to have the low slung look to counter dodge and plymouth, dodge and plymouth lowered there cars in 1957

[MrNitro65]

IF YOU DON'T THINK IT TAKES SKILL DRIVE A DRAG CAR THAN LOOK UP THE WINGED EXPRESS AA/FA GOING OVER 200 MPH AND IT'S STILL SMOKING THE TIRES..... DRAG RACING IS A LIFE STYLE, IT GETS IN YOUR BLOOD AND THERE IS NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT. THE DAY A HONDA CIVIC BEATS A 8000 HP TOP FUEL DRAGSTER THAN I QUIT RACING BUT IM NOT HOLDING MY BREATH.

OLD SKOOL HORSE POWER WILL NEVER DIE AND THATS WHY EVEN UP HEAR IN CANADA WE HAVE THE SAME ADDICTION.

[chukozjigs]

@MrNitro65 shut up



[XboxReleases]

i need a blender with that kind of torque

[rroberts383]

vitto is an idiot. non american ball-less mo-fo. this is america, if u dont like our ways then GET OUT. that right rear spring might want some more pre-load lol

[cavaderblood]

@rroberts383 Vitto has a point.

[vitto]

this is America..and we are fat dudes totally ignorants. Maybe North America..not south. Hillbilly

[thebluemoonrevival]

If it aint AMERICAN the FUCK IT! It dosent belong on the strip...same thing with nascar. All of these jap companies are trying to take over pure AMERICAN sports.

SUPPORT AMERICAN ECONOMY and dont buy toyota,nissan etc

[1changenow]

looks like it was waving as going by,, lol

[Bentley240]

I got the answer,  perhaps the driver needs to have a salad or two before the race weekend. Car looks like a dog cocking its leg before taking a pee. Andy from England.

[JoRoW99]

1. rear wheel drive is better than all wheel drive in some situations because RWD is lighter. At low horsepower levels AWD is usually better, but after the launch its pretty much dead weight. Show me a dragster or funny car that is AWD.

2. Knowing your car and being able to launch by feeling alone will always be better than any electronic traction control system. period.

[xxiTsMeKayLee]

sorry vf74tomcat but its not all torqur its the springs i see it all the time at union grove

[vf74tomcat]

@xxiTsMeKayLee I agree he still needs to work on the suspension as the springs are too weak. However, torque combined with a poor setup is what causes this twisting.

[adriandg100]

brutal!!

[RatmotorMike]

Damn that there is some titty twistin torque!

[Trendyrapslut]

rick johnson's impala. theres a video of him launching a lot better. that impala is MEAN

[kennethrobinson11231]

All of you flex dumb ass's don't know a damn thing. The frame does not flex. That X frame will not flex.They are a lot stronger than that. Take a good look at the rear arms, the rear end is trying to go forward pushing the front end of the control arm up letting the housing come forward. The location where the arm is on the frame has leverage and the top arm is pulling at the top, in turn lifting the car. If you changed the pivot point of the lower arm it wouldn't do this. LOOK AT THE LOWER ARM

[LetsWangChung]

fuck you man you dont know shit the frame is fucked

[kennethrobinson11231]

I would say you have never even seen a X frame, so fuck you punk.

[vf74tomcat]

OMG!!! Torque is a great thing. Imagine doing that from a stoplight next to some kid in a tuner!! Big cars with BIG horses is way more fun than little cars with chips and turbos!!!

[privatealpha]

Absolutely agree. Although it comes down to what you can afford and what you can insure. Or maybe I'm the only one who thinks about insurance?

[vitto]

not..even the greatest drivers said..there's nothing best than a light car with a big engine

[vf74tomcat]

@vitto Your little tuner has a little engine. Theres no substitute for horsepower. Also you need to learn about how weight transfer improves traction. No weight to transfer means less traction. I agree there is a point where you can be too heavy, I would take something lighter than an Impala, but you need weight to develop traction.

[vitto]

u are probably american thinking that u can only gain traction if the car have some weight..u are so wrong...u should go to japan to learn about electronic traction control and the way German cars like Porsche ant it's new engine bumpers making the car handles the weight transfer (no inertia) from a rear engine..only americans make heavy cars with big engines...the rest of the world do small cars with big engines..the ZR1 is made from plastic so that must tell u something.

[vf74tomcat]

@vitto Yes, I am American. That has nothing to do with it. I am talking about drag racing not sports cars with electronic traction control. Obviously people agree with me since I have the highest rated comment on here.

[vitto]

if u are talking about drag...u should see what a drag with 4wd can do...lol

highest rated comment...lol

[vf74tomcat]

@vitto You are obviously correct as all the great drag racers use 4wd. Do some research before you post more bull$hit in your broken English.

[vitto]

drag races have rules...that's why u don't find any 4wd but if it was it would rape rwd drags.

[CyborgbobaFett]

@vitto maybe you should go on the NHRA webpage and download the rulebook, and tell me where it says you cant use a 4wd vehicle.

[zachkuby87]

@vitto are you retarded you can run anydrivetrain you damn well please look up twin turbo gallardo hes all wheel drive runnin high 9's...... as long as its safe for how fast its goin they dont care what you got going on there might not be a competitive awd class but u can run em all you want... stupid shit

[vitto]

u can cry all u want..electronics and AWD destroy RWD

[zachkuby87]

@vitto electronics dont do a fucking thing but rob power to eliminate wheelspin the best launches you can get are by feel... and awd is good for certain situations but drag racing is not one of them from ppl ive race driving all wheel drives subarus evo talon any of those yeah they normally take a 1 car lead from the get go but im 3 cars ahead halfway through 3rd gear they are awesome rally cars and they should stick to it but anything fwd awd or less than 8 cylinders dont blong at the drag trac

[vitto]

that's why street American cars doesn't compete against European or Japanese super cars..big engine...nothing else...lol

[Jared1970Monte]

@vitto If you think RWD and American cars suck so bad, why were you watching videos on Chevrolet Impalas??? Maybe because any FWD, AWD, or Import cars really do suck for any kind of racing. Go to your local Drag Strip and see how many people get excited over an Import, a FWD or AWD car, NONE, because they show or prove nothing except why everyone sticks to an Electronic Free RWD V8 Powered American Muscle Car. Now that thats out of the way, GREAT VID of the Impala, love the W Engine cars!

[vitto]

one day i saw the video on the lists of youtube obviously watching some serious racing cars and theni saw a link with this video and decided to view it..nothing else. Not a fan from chevrolets or drag racing..i also believe that nascar sucks.

[vf74tomcat]

@vitto What do you consider "serious" racing cars? American muscle is "serious" racing. To exceed 300mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at an average of over 4G's. But in reaching 200 mph well before 1/2 track, launch acceleration is closer to 8G's. While this is not a dragster the same principles apply just not on as grand a scale.

[vitto]

A serious racing car obviously is not an American car..lol

[MrNitro65]

@vf74tomcat AMEN DUDE THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT!!!!!! STANDING ON THE LINE BETWEEN TWO 8000 HP TOP FUEL DRAGSTERS IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE AND I THINK IT COULD EVEN TURN A HONDA LOVER OVER T DRAGRACING.

[cavaderblood]

@vitto Exactly! American cars are good in a straight line, nothing else. They're pointless!

[vf74tomcat]

@vitto Stoplight to stoplight is drag racing and American cars do it very well. This is old tech and no computer running everything from timing to fuel management. Don't try to put that tuner crap in the same class as this. If you want to race on the highway we can do that too. I believe the Corvette is still a world class supercar.

[bitoart]

@vitto Um Vitto - the ZR1 is American...

[vitto]

Zr1 is made from plastic so it's rubish

[zachkuby87]

@vitto so you think they make light cars with big engines the biggest foreign engines are smaller than the average smalblock v8 in america and most run turbos to keep up with the cars we build you know what happens when u strap turbos to an american car PURE INSANITY check out nelson racing engines u might learn a thing or two

[cavaderblood]

@zachkuby87 Yeah, and then you die because you can't turn.

[cavaderblood]

@vf74tomcat Big cars are better than tuners, until you have to turn, hahaha.

[vf74tomcat]

@cavaderblood This is way more impressive than drifting!!!

[cavaderblood]

@vf74tomcat I never said it wasn't impressive, but I've seen tuner cars do this before. Torque is torque is torque.

I think it's more impressive when a car can do everything well, not just a straight line.

[HPJVRBLB44]

@cavaderblood  no

[cavaderblood]

@HPJVRBLB44 no how? No reasoning?

[31chevylq]

@vf74tomcat i agree.

[jkomen]

Hey ! If it makes it go straight down the track. Let it twist all it wants.

[torino390]

you need some stiffer springs!!!

[863mex]

man i kan stand still doin dat,,its kald hydraulics,,daz wat we kal a rollin 3,,i kan do a standn 3,,daz how we do in da 863 polk county flawda

[skunx1964]

from what ive read its a 331 smallblock

[khh1964]

That car's been around for a while, I remember him.

[68dz302]

its an x frame car dont take much to twist one like that

[kennethrobinson11231]

your'e full of it X frame do not flex

[radiozins]

a big chevrolet

[akumushikyo]

its not horse power doing that, its tourqe, and probly a softer spring setup on that side to allow the chasis flex.

[cougarmyke]

sweet lookin launch! bad! You do use up a good bit of horsepower twisting the car, but it looks really cool