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Re: Fuel and Gas Class

To: "Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield" <lemay@hiwaay.net>
Subject: Re: Fuel and Gas Class
From: Jonathan Amo <webmaster@landracing.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 12:05:28 -0600
Team Amo Nitrous Bottle mounted  "un-Mayfield like" on our old project Bike 
#1677.

As per request of Joe, http://www.landracing.com/1677.jpg

Jonathan Amo
www.landracing.com

"Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield" wrote:

> ooooh, ooooh, oooh, (Hand goes up in the air!) how about a selective air
> pressure system which changes the stagger on the front wheels? Little more
> air on one side and that side has a larger rolling turn radius and
> automatically turns the other way. What a genius! We could use a pendelum
> to control the thrust vectoring on the nozzle. If the car veers one way the
> pendelum swings the other thus when coupled to the nozzle moves the car
> back into line. Oh man, what a brain (fart).
>
> Check with youse guys later. Cleaning and dusting now...house is almost
> painted inside. At T-8 weeks before move...
>
> mayf
>
> At 06:29 AM 5/23/00 -0600, Joe Amo wrote:
> >Ok Mayfield, you freak, you devise the guidance system to keep it "in the
> >lights",  but please use a processor that makes decisions faster than a
> math-co
> >processor equipped 486,  I new I was doing something wrong a few years ago,
> >JONATHON PLEASE UPLOAD THE PIC OF THE team Amo  RED BIKE WITH BOTTLE mounted
> >"un-Mayfield like"
> >
> >Joe  (300mhz using fool who cant write code for a 286, who only knows how to
> >"download" one thing..... like clock work every 0630am!!)   Amo  :):)
> >
> >Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield wrote:
> >
> >> Heck, for those cars with little frontal area, we could mount the bottle so
> >> that the fill neck is pointing backwards, heat the bottle like the bike
> >> people did, then when up to speed knock the neck off and instant thrust!
> >> Sonic Boom?
> >>
> >> mayf (the rocket scientist AND 486 user!)
> >>
> >> At 05:10 PM 5/22/00 -0600, Joe Amo wrote:
> >> >OK list here is a CHALLENGE:    Rich wrote "some time age I got a 500HP
> plate
> >> >from Ron Hammel. Never had
> >> >the fortitude to try it"   and it dawned on me, the perfect scenario to
> >> see the
> >> >outright wheel driven record broken, for good maybe,   Jack Costello,
> are you
> >> >listning????????        We need to see what we as a list can do, to get
> >> Jack to
> >> >bolt it on the little motor going into the streamliner,   turn it down to
> >> 100hp
> >> >and start making passes, (after the other record is obtained), Team Amo
> will
> >> >supply the refills !!!!!!    Only problem I see, is that you will have to
> >> >pressurize the intire car with the nitrous, as the average N20 bottle
> >> exceeds the
> >> >frontal area of  Jacks car, so this scenerio is better the more I think
> >> about it,
> >> >Jack wont need alot of fortitude, as long as he keeps inhaling, (have
> to have
> >> >Rich's nitrous on board), and if he has a misshap it wont hurt, for a
> while.
> >> >Joe (I think my bottle is leaking)  Amo   :) :)
> >> >
> >> >V4GR@aol.com wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> For what ever its worth I have had no problem buying medical grade
> N2O. It
> >> >> says for use of a licensed practitioner only. I showed 'em my "A"
> >> license and
> >> >> away I went. Bought in large bottles the stuff is much more
> reasonable. On
> >> >> this subject, some time age I got a 500HP plate from Ron Hammel.
> Never had
> >> >> the fortitude to try it. Keith or others, I will gladly box it up and
> >> ship it
> >> >> to anyone who promises to try it at Speed Week 2000.  Rich Fox
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> L.E. Mayfield
> >> 124 Maximillion Drive
> >> Madison, Al. 35758-8171
> >> ph: 1-256-837-1051
> >>
> >> http://home.hiwaay.net/~lemay
> >>
> >> lemay@hiwaay.net
> >>
> >> Sunbeam Tiger, B9471136
> >> Sunbeam Alpine Bonneville Land Speed Racer,
> >> '66 Hydroplane Drag Boat (390 FE)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> L.E. Mayfield
> 124 Maximillion Drive
> Madison, Al. 35758-8171
> ph: 1-256-837-1051
>
> http://home.hiwaay.net/~lemay
>
> lemay@hiwaay.net
>
> Sunbeam Tiger, B9471136
> Sunbeam Alpine Bonneville Land Speed Racer,
> '66 Hydroplane Drag Boat (390 FE)


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