How far "off" can a chassis be?

[PGSigns]

Go and read this entire thread and look at the way the chassis and cage was done. Pay close attention to the shape of the bars in the cab and the way they tie to both the front and the back of the chassis. They are done very well and serve 2 purposes. First to give strength to the entire chassis to be able to make it work as it should. You are looking for low 9 second passes on the motor and it takes a good chassis to do that. Second it is there to save your ass if something bad happens. I have wrecked an 8 second car right as it shifted into high gear and hit both walls. It was in a car I built and it held up fine around me. Not so good in the front. There is science, skill and rules that all need to come together to make a racecar (and that is what you are after) go straight, stop straight and save your butt if asked to and what you have along with a few welding lessons is not going to get there.
Jimmy