The Chevette, even the high-line test car that we drove, ... The beauty of it is, though, you can take a Chevette to a drag strip 200 miles away, run the brackets all day long, ...

Before too long, the V6 was swapped out for a 350 cubic-inch V8, and the car found its way to California’s drag strips, ... “I’m here to have fun,” this Chevette might be the car for you.

Unlike many V8 conversions focused solely on drag racing, this Chevette was engineered for track-worthy ... and unmistakable ‘80s energy, this one-off Chevette bridges generations of car culture.

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Read about this 1,500-mile road trip in a 1982 Chevy Chevette Diesel that incounter transmission problems just 70 miles in, only on dieselpowermag.com, the official website of Diesel Power Magazine.

Overall, we find the Chevette to be a car well suited to American conditions. ... 24.6 sec 1/4 mile: 19.8 sec @ 66 mph Top speed (drag limited): 81 mph Braking, 70–0 mph: 232 ft.

Straight-line performance was phe­nomenal. The 90 percent increase in horsepower (from the 70 hp of the base 1.6-liter Chevette to the 135 hp of the V-6) shot the little putt-wagon from 0 to 60 ...

Before too long, the V6 was swapped out for a 350 cubic-inch V8, and the car found its way to California’s drag strips, ... “I’m here to have fun,” this Chevette might be the car for you.