Speaking of Modified Sports cars. Does anybody know how Bonner Denton did
with his /MS? or what number it was? Neat looking car.
John Beckett, LSR #79, E/FCC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: nitrous
> Goals and objectives are how successful folks live thier lives...
>
> Getting the Red hat is just a Step on the way to a life time of racing at
> bonneville.... The Next Goal is already in the works... with the Glass
front
> end for the bugeye sitting next to Miss Kathy's Bugeye in the shop.... the
> Goals are already starting to mount.... I can see this thing sitting there
> with a Twin Turbo'ed Rodeck and EFI.... on Nitrous.... OUCH...
nevermind...
> lets get that Red Hat First and maintain a degree of focus...
>
> K
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
> To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 8:51 AM
> Subject: Re: nitrous
>
>
> > Afraid I just stayed on it to long. Had plenty of piston thickness as it
> > burned the week link...ring lands instead. Should have gotten out of it
> > sooner and turned out, but things just happen so fast it's hard to react
> > quick enough. You have just got to have it right in the first
> place...right
> > equipment and tuning...with nitrous or your gonna spend lots of EXTRA
> money
> > putting blown-up engines back together...if there is anything left to
> > reassemble.
> >
> > My personal goal is to set a new E/FCC record. The 225 MPH number has
been
> > sitting there for 10 years. It's not soft, but its doable...our 218 MPH
> run
> > through the middle mile shows that..., and I want it.
> >
> > Ya know Keith, after you get that red hat there are still plenty of
goals
> to
> > keep a guy coming back for a life time.
> >
> > John Beckett, LSR #79, E/FCC
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> > To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 9:41 PM
> > Subject: Piston information
> >
> >
> > > Just a follow up on some Basic Don'ts of Nitrous Pistons... On the
> Motor
> > > Tear down I found Two Major Problems... First Tom... your exactly
> right...
> > I
> > > burned a Piston rather then Fracturing it.... I did in fact Fracture
> > several
> > > other Pistons ( based on stress cracks in the Top of the piston
catching
> > my
> > > fingernail ) but the basic cause was the Piston Thickness under the
> > Exhaust
> > > Valve pocket... Dave gave me a neat way to check them.... but after
> > reading
> > > the Spec sheet from Ross... I already understand that we took off .060
> for
> > > Valve clearence and we started with .116 under the exhaust valve....
> there
> > > by leaving us Just a Tick Less then the .125 minimum for Nitrous...
> OKAY
> > > ALOT LESS.... .056? so it's my idea at this point that we were about
to
> > > smoke this hole in the Piston anyway due to the Lean condition of the
> > Motor
> > > Prior to the N2O hit and finally got the Piston to blow through when I
> hit
> > > the button... No the Retard issue isn't going to let me off scott
> free....
> > I
> > > still messed up and very probably caused this thing to fail
> absolutely....
> > > rather then just burning the hole in the Piston... Who knows.... it's
> all
> > a
> > > guess.... I am just sharing what I learned... and Trust me I am
sharing
> it
> > > with my motor builder... he has a couple of lessons in this .... but I
> > still
> > > have Blind faith in his ability over mine.... Next Year I am going to
> > build
> > > my own motors... This year I still need to count on someone else...
> > >
> > > Fun stuff.... Keith
> > >
> > > Dave's Idea to check the Piston dome's thickness is to set a small rod
> > with
> > > a pointy end in a vise and then set a Magnetic stand up with a dial
> > > indicator on top of it.... set to Zero....then fish the Piston in
> between
> > > the two and measure any point on the dome.... See Dave you can't
trust
> me
> > > with anything you don't say not to Tell....
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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