Opala Metal

[Colonelk]

I'm not sure if there has been a thread on this yet...

I was reminded of it by this video dropping into my youtube subscriptions inbox...



So I found some pictures from the HotCampinas forum and the internet at large...











Pretty sure its all the same car, looks like the stripe is a slightly older livery.

Love how good these look in drag trim, and how ungodly fast they make them go considering they start with that ancient straight 6.

I also love the fact it has the same dials as my humble Rekord

[markbognor]

I was hoping that still had the six. I might have some drag racing Opala pics...

[Colonelk]

This article adds more detail about the sort of thing is common in the class... (Talking about the orange Opala in the link)

www.dragzine.com/news/stick-shifted-nitro-burning-straight-six-sets-brazilian-record/

Valle competes in one of Brazil’s more popular heads-up drag racing classes, which is designed for domestic production cars — and because none were built with V8’s, all of the cars compete with four- and six-cylinder engines, and are mandated to use stick shift, clutch-assisted transmissions to keep the driver in the game. In his lightning-quick Opala, Valle and builder Daniel Czarnabai assembled a 250 cubic inch inline six-cylinder Chevrolet powerplant with iron heads, paired with a Precision Pro Mod 88 mm turbocharger for power. And best of all (and completely allowable for the class) it burns 8 percent nitromethane.

Valle utilizes a G-Force GF4A four-speed transmission and a twin-disc clutch that’s shifted without the need for manual clutch pedal activation at the gear change thanks to the brand new FuelTech FT600 ECU, which has an integrated strain gauge power shift feature built-in. The FT600 also controls 18 Siemens 225 lb/hr injectors, six individual coils

Nitro! Thats badass

[markbognor]

www.facebook.com/Opala-Metal-107961149902633/

[Colonelk]

Sept 26, 2017 20:59:15 GMT markbognor said:

www.facebook.com/Opala-Metal-107961149902633/

I always forget about looking for cars on facebook, it still seems an alien concept to me.

Still, after much scrolling looks like that other engine bay pic is OLD.





Oooooof

[thebaron]

I love Opalas and this one is Bueno.

[HoTWire]

Such a great shape ... are they effectively Opel Rekord coupes? Are parts interchangeable?

[paulthewall]

Curseword.
I want one of these too now, not in full crazy bullocks Drag trim however, I enjoy corners too much.

[Colonelk]

Sept 27, 2017 8:59:20 GMT HoTWire said:

Such a great shape ... are they effectively Opel Rekord coupes? Are parts interchangeable?

Rekord C / Commodore A but with different front and rear end treatment.

I would imagine they have more in common with the Commodore, but I don't know what parts are the same.

The engines most definitely arent, being Chevy derived I believe

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Opala

The 6 was carried over into the Carlton variant that they sold over there, which is impressive considering how ancient it is.