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Re: bellytank

To: Hyatt-Engineering-Ltd@fuse.net
Subject: Re: bellytank
From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 01:30:24 EST
      Greg,  I think most on the list would agree your  " bygone design twin 
boom "
racer project sounds quite interesting.  Since you wish to employ dubious 
designs
or  " loser technology ", as you call it --- the outmoded --- the unproven 
--- the
" what ever became of ?? " stuff, here are several suggestions --- which have 
been
tried --- not just Mechanical  Quackery ---    Desmodronic Valve Gear  ( 
Mercedes -
Benz had a go at that.  Or how about Mr. Bourke's little motor, named --- 
what else ?
 --- The  Bourke Two Stroke  ???   If you'd like to challenge the Law Of 
Diminishing
Returns , spend a few hours cobbling up an Electric Motor Powered 
Supercharger !
 --- or do you aspire to a Normally Aspirated Powerplant ?   There's a 
treasure trove
of  Ideas to draw upon, from mild --- Cadillac's 8 - 6 - 4 cylinder setup ( 
was in production ! ) ---  to  wild --- a hardened  rubber camshaft  that has 
a wilder grind
AND  increased LIFT at high RPMs !!!   I don't know if your planned  WATER  
LUBE
SYSTEM would work out with such a super - trick cam - try it on the Dyno !!!  
If you
enjoy working with WOOD, try fashioning some components out of that --- best 
you
stick with hardwood --- oak - ash - cherry, or lignum vitae for the high 
stress stuff :
wrist pins, con rods, main bearing caps --- rocker arms, too !  Just imagine 
where
you'd be if a cheapo pine connecting rod , or TWO, let go as you entered MILE 
THREE !!! --- not to mention your reputation as an engine builder !  The Sky 
is The
Limit, Greg , and Bonneville  IS  The  Innovator's  Paradise --- Racing's 
Last Stand
for Talented Tinkerers and Backyard Builders !  GO  FOR  IT !!!   AND  HAVE  
FUN
 ---- That's what it's ALL ABOUT --- Ask KEITH  TURK  if  Ya don't believe me 
!
This isn't NASCAR --- It's  CARS - SPEED - FUN !!!   We'll be looking for you
On  The  Salt --- WITH or WITHOUT  your Loser Tech Spl  TwinTanker ---
      Bruce Ferguson  ( The  Rascals'  Dad )   Black Radon Racing  939  
B/BFALT

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