Don't laugh, BLM HAS accused us of hauling the salt away - not O'Reilly.
If you can wait until after Labor Day, I'll get a video to you.
BTW, Wed nite I was sitting in the bar at the StateLine with Chuck
Salmon, Harry Hoffman & others when Chuck told the tale about how he
ended up with a "loaner" trailer. He was really impressed with your
genorosity. I was impressed with your ENERGY! Geeze, you don't ever quit
do you?! Let me know how the Salt Away works, although I have gotten to
enjoy that bright orange color of the underside of my truck.........
Ed
Keith Turk wrote:
>
> I have a new theory on the Lack of Salt at Bonneville..... Wow.... we have
> enough table salt for the city of Enterprise Alabama......... looking
> forward to getting it clean enough to put on this Salt Away Product....
>
> I would Love the Video Ed....
>
> Again thanks a million for stopping by.... and Tom Bryant also... What a
> treat he was.... I case any of you don't know Tom.... and Margaret.. they
> are super folks... and even helped set a New record with Joe Timney and
> Lionel William's.... Donor Transmission stuff....
>
> Keith
>
> ----------
> > From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@idt.net>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> > Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: No Records...Big FUN
> > Date: Monday, August 23, 1999 9:34 AM
> >
> > Keith,
> > Glad ya made it back safely - I have been running my power washer for 2
> > days trying to clean up this mess......
> > Great meeting you and getting a look at your super-sano Camaro. Sorry to
> > see that you need a little (?) headwork. You know, they ALWAYS break
> > just when you are going your fastest!
> > BTW, got that run on Video as I was at the start line when you left.
> >
> > What a thrash this year was, late getting there then nothing seemed to
> > work right (at least I brought the motor home in one piece for a
> > change!) Finally gave up when I realized the foam in my fuel cell was
> > disintegrating too fast to clean the filter, plus a few other small
> > problems.
> >
> > Talk to you later, too tired to type..........
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> > >
> > > Well we didn't set any Records.... Damn shame but We had a Great time
> and
> > > made lots of new friends.... Met a Ton of E-mail buddies.... which was
> > > wonderful... we are in one of those environments that simply doesn't
> put a
> > > face on a fella... It was great to talk with all of you... and honestly
> > > .Your great folks in Person...
> > >
> > > The So Al "semi" Special was an absolute riot to run on the salt...
> thanks
> > > to John Beckett for having the ECTA and Joe Timney for quality
> inspections
> > > over a years time.... Tech was a breeze big bubbles no troubles...
> matter
> > > of fact Less Problems then most folks.... (reckon Mike Cook (pres SCTA)
> > > walking up and introducing us to the tech guys helped?)
> > >
> > > We ran the car Ten times total... which was well short of our goal...
> but
> > > we had a little French kissing exercise between the Valves and the
> Pistons
> > > when the Jesel Belt drive slipped.... for some reason... the valves
> didn't
> > > take kindly to this
> > >
> > > First passes were 140mph then up to 160 and a good plug check...
> cleared me
> > > up to 190.... and Brad was cleared to 7800... so based on exit Rpm he
> went
> > > 198 with about 3/4 throttle.... The car was cooking with no real
> > > problems...
> > >
> > > came in Monday Morning and swapped in the 307 gear set with the Help of
> > > Darrel from Our list here...(thanks Darrel... your help was most
> > > appreciated) Took the car over to the Long course... and decided it was
> > > time to let the car run up to speed.... after the first mile of slick
> salt
> > > I got it in fourth with the motor breathing fine and building Rpm like
> a
> > > banshee.. and it all quit accelerating.... just stopped at 5800 rpm....
> > > Pulled off the course to the right and shut it down..... I was
> bummed....
> > > I had waited 4 hours on the starting line with the full expectation
> that
> > > the car was going to run the number.... For once in my life I was
> quiet...
> > > secure in the knowledge that the car was going to do what I had built
> and
> > > designed it to do....
> > >
> > > Took a full night to relax and gain a little insight on what was wrong
> and
> > > what happened to the motor... and to kinda regroup and figure out how
> to
> > > get the most out of the rest of the week.... Oh and thanks to John
> > > Beckett's Prodding we finally decided to Swap in our back up motor and
> run
> > > it the rest of the week....
> > > ( thanks to help from our Aussie Crew.. Garth Butterworth) we put
> Brad's
> > > 355 in and ran it several more times.... Learned lots of lessons....
> and
> > > finally listened to what we knew was right and slipped on our Big carb
> and
> > > tall tires and ran a respectable 180mph... with a short shut down due
> to
> > > over heating... seems the Belt drive got the CSI Water pump also...
> > >
> > > The lessons learned could fill a Large book.... and over the next
> couple of
> > > months I am sure I will fill you in on them all.... Mostly I want to
> say
> > > thank you again to all of you who took the time to drop by and say
> > > Hello.... and for making our first speed week one of the most pleasant
> and
> > > enjoyable weeks of my life..
> > > Keith Turk
> > > Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
> > > Camaro ( D Gas Altered )(modified to a C on short notice)
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