Keith...You found a jewel in Gary Eaker. The former GM wind tunnel man. He
ran 296, on gas, in a Firebird with a Lingenfelter 350 ci engine, at World
of Speed about ten years ago. Used up four big bottles of nitrous cooling
the intercoolers on the turbochargers but none was ingested into the
intakes...strictly for cooling purposes. Ask him what happens when they
can't find you after a run on the salt. Sounds like a great weekend. Wes
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> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: "Dick Jurkowski" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>,"John Beckett"
<johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>,"John Linville" <bellytk@nh.ultranet.com>,
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Bonneville Prep weekend
> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 12:01:00 -0500
>
>No I left the Camaro at home.... My Motor is really a Drag racing motor and
>I am going to abuse it a ton at Bonneville... I wanted at least to make the
>first pass on the salt before I watched the rods exit out the new hole in
>the block...
>
>I did learn a ton this weekend... and meet a fella named Gary Eaker who is
>a wind tunnel expert currently employed by Hendrick
>Motorsports...(previously worked at GM) I think I conned him into joining
>the List.... or at least I hope I did...
>
>And John Ran some Yard taped with scotch tape on his car.. awesome
>experiment... as far as I was concerned it really tells you bunches.... the
>yard un-raveled at those places with the most turbulence and Personally I
>thought you could learn alot about airflow with these strings attached.. I
>think John has the whole thing on video tape as well which is going to
>further his knowledge about airflow over and around his car.... as well as
>under it...
>
>>From my Perspective in Shut down... I could see the fluttering of the yard
>at the wheel wells and it told me that the air there was dirty.... I am
>sure that when he tells the Yarn (pun intended) about the test it will be
>interesting..
>
>Keith Turk....
>
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>> From: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; John Beckett
><johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>; John Linville <bellytk@nh.ultranet.com>;
>land-speed@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: Bonneville Prep weekend
>> Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 11:28 AM
>>
>>
>> So Kieth, did you run your Chebbie this last
>> weekend? How did it do? I had to do a bunch of
>> yard work Saturday, and thought a lot about you
>> guys having all that fun. But then Sunday I got
>> to buy some car stuff, so it was OK.
>>
>> Dick J
>>
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