Tom and List,
Can someone out there steer me to the right place to set up a mechanical
hilborn injection system for the salt. I need to know recommended nozzle
sizes for gas, fuel pressure settings, high speed and low speed pressure
recomendations as well as recommended pill sizes for the salt,
Thanks,
Dave Haller #93 C/GALT
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas E. Bryant <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Many classes
> Wes,
>
> You know that there will always be people that will complain, and
> imagine all kinds of reasons when things change, or don't change. We
> have several on the net that have responded in such a way that it seems
> that their only concern is setting records. Setting records is rewarding
> to anyone and I don't want to down play that as a goal, but being able
> to just sit strapped in a car, with the engine running, looking down the
> course at the floating island, ready to make your first run, is enough
> to bring tears to your eyes.
>
> I truly love this sport. Every time I run down the course I get my
> reward for the effort and money I have invested. Many on this list may
> think I have always been a record holder. Not true! It's position that I
> have spent many years reaching. My first completed run, in 1959, in the
> roadster was a qualifying run, but it was 1965 before I held a record.
> That record stood until 1969. My next record put me in the 200 MPH Club
> in 1990.
>
> It is true that I have held many 1/4 mile and Lakes records before that,
> but we are talking Bonneville here. Bonneville records are tough to set
> for most. There have been soft minimums where people have entered the
> 200 MPH Club, but that was short circuited by the 200 MPH minimums of
> recent years.
>
> I think that there are three major changes have caused the 200 MPH Club
> membership to accelerate in recent years. 1. More available HP and more
> money to buy it. 2. Changing the record setting process, a qualifying
> run and a backup, instead of the old way of qualifying and then making
> two runs for the record. 3. More opportunity by having multiple meets in
> which to compete.
>
> As for the prestige of setting a record being diluted by the number of
> classes and soft record, I don't think so. If you set a soft record, you
> probably won't have it long. I tried that trick of letting a soft record
> stay there until I could get Jeff in, but John made us work harder. I
> think that I'm voting for "blasting it out of reach." Really even those
> records get broken, there is always someone who will go faster.
>
> Tom, Redding CA 6:40PM PST
>
> Wester S Potter wrote:
> >
> > Tom, List,
> > Tom, your comment about the number of classes reminds me of something I
> > heard maybe thirty years ago from a long time salt racer who was moaning
> > about the number of new classes. His complaint was something like "It's
> > just so all the guys on the Board of Directors can get their buddies in
the
> > 2 Club."
> > Has the recognition a driver gets from setting a new record been diluted
by
> > the number of records available and the number of "soft" records or open
> > classes in the '80's on until today? How about the idea of not only
setting
> > a record but blasting it out of reach. That attitude has replaced the
> > rather "gentelman's club" attitude of raiseing an existing record by a
few
> > mph and then trying to get a crew member/friend a record in the same car
> > Do you think there are too many classes and too many members in the
2Club?
> > What about class "minimums" from the 2Club, not the governing body
> > certifying the records?
> > Any comments or opinions from the group?
> > Wes ... with my feet toward the hot stove.
>
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