More great news here at RPM!!! It's official - the "Runt" received an invite to the OPTIMA Batteries Ultimate Street Car Invitational! Look for us at SEMA and then we'll see you in Pahrump at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch.

RPM  X Frame Custom Chassis Now Available

Being a huge fan of the X frame cars, we here at RPM know first hand of all of the downsides to the stock X frame.

Handling is nonexistent, exhaust routing is more than difficult and the aftermarket world has very little to offer to those who want more out of their car.  

Recognizing the obvious need for a chassis that would eliminate all of the issues with the X frame, RPM teamed up with The Roadster Shop to design and develop a chassis that would take the Impala, BelAir, Biscayne, and all other X frame cars to the next level! 

Congratulations to Gerry Kerna for having The Runt selected as a 2011 Goodguys Muscle Machine of the Year Finalist!

Selection was made at the Chicagoland Goodguys event.

The Runt definitely made it's presence known with three full days of autocross hot laps, and also a night at the drags on Friday!

Let's hope The Runt can take it the distance and win Muscle Machine of the Year!

Check out the full build story here

The Runt is complete and it is one mean street machine!  We finished the car just in time to head to Columbus Goodguys and enter the Street Machine of the Year competition.  When we arrived the car only had a trip around the block on it but we felt we had to put it to the test so we set out to the streets and the auto cross.  By the end of the weekend we left with a Top 5 pick and an incredible car that we had driven over 200 miles on the street and on the autocross. 

The following weekend we loaded up the car and headed to the Heidts Performance Car Challenge to see what the car is truly made of. Participating in this event was a great opportunity to test all of the car's performance aspects.  We were able to test the acceleration, handling, stopping and overall performance out on the track and make adjustments where needed.   We walked away in 13th place overall up against a great group of proven cars and had a great time!