In a message dated 01/25/2000 6:15:04 AM Pacific Standard Time,
lsr_man@yahoo.com writes:
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--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> Don't even bother to run a Front runner at
> Maxton...waste of money
Yeah, but you got eighty bazillion horsepower
trying to separate the carcasses on those tires.
My flathead is more than likely under 300 HP.
And, in addition, I will be driving very tenderly
off the line because I don't have spare transmissions.
>>
Dick,
For what you're doing, VR rated tires (200MPH) will do just fine, are
readily available and reasonably priced. Goodyear 4 ply FrontRunners would be
the next step up but are un necessary until you get over 200.
As I recall, the XF/GMR record is 164 at Bonneville, as of one year ago
there was no record in XF/BGMR, and the El Mirage Minimum for XF/BGMR was 155.
It will amaze you how "solid" most of the El Mirage and Two-Club
Bonneville minimums are. To get 300HP out of your blown Flatty is very
"do-able", but you'd better beef up the lower end and allow yourself a couple
of years to work the bugs out of a new chassis, engine combination, and crew.
As I recall, your MR is more "traditional" than "state-of-the-art". It's
a GREAT looking piece, but be prepared to pay a certain performance penalty
by staying with the "traditional" look. In the vintage-engine classes where
horsepower is limited, aerodynamic advantage is paramount.
In 1988 when I ran my XX/STR (the class at that time was a combination of
325+ci Flatty's and GMC's, blown Flatty's and GMC's under 325ci, plus 12-port
GMC's, and Arduns under 325ci), the record was 137, held by Zeke Zacherson's
12-port. In the back of my mind's fantasy I was thinking "what if I go over
175? I don't have the safety equipment required for that speed".
Hell, we finally managed 143, but the only reason we got the record was
that George Campbell "holed" a piston on his 12-port on the record run after
qualifying at 151+.
I'm not trying to rain on your picnic. We really need "new-blood" in the
X and V-4 engine classes as well as the hobby in general. Just a reality
check.
Ardun Doug on the Left Coast
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