Dave is giving you the simple answer...
Now here is what Really happened... on the fastest Pass... we averaged 214
in the 5 with a 218 out the back. but the real key is at the 2 1/4.... on
that Pass it was going 184 at the quarter.... So anyway Dave is watching
the Play back tach... and he says... HEY DUMMY your shifting right into your
Max Torque.... Hmmm so my answer... Geez is that why the tires spin so
hard?.... So we moved the shift points up to 7800 instead of 7000 and
walla..... No spin in the lower gears... at the 2 1/4 the car was going
197.... Yep... 14 miles an hour Faster simply by adjusting the shift
point.... I am just imagining the Pass with the ability to run out the back
with 150 hp of Nitrous from the 2.... Yeah we are talking record
territory.... that is why I am taking it back.... can't wait another year
to Test the Pistons again....
In other words... Gears and Trans gear selection as well as Where you shift
those gears is absolutely critical to it's terminal Velocity....
Keith ( Yeah I know... geez dummy you can read a dyno sheet too... why
didn't you think of that...)
----- Original Message -----
From: "dahlgren" <dahlgren@uconect.net>
To: "Marge and/or Dave Thomssen" <mdthom@radiks.net>
Cc: "Land-speed Racers" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: Bonneville Transmissions
> I am surprised Keith did not answer this one unless it is his
> secrect..LOL we changed only the shift points in his car and it went
> faster at the 3 (203)than it used to go at the 5(197) so I say yes it
> is important..and a perfect example! These were on gas only before the
> great piston test... and yes we raised the rpm for the shift points and
> not by all that much.
> Dahlgren
>
> Marge and/or Dave Thomssen wrote:
> >
> > Well, gang our experience might be interesting. In 1979 we ran the
Original
> > Goldenrod streamliner (the one from Denver) with my flathead (unblown on
> > gas) and a T-10 4 speed. It ran 179 MPH in the last mile and we thought
the
> > gear spread was just right for the motor until something malfunctioned
in
> > the transmission and it locked in high gear. We pushed it off as fast
as we
> > could (60Mph) and it chugged off barely able to pull away from the push
> > truck. The quarter time and the 2 and the 3 mile were slow, but it ran
> > 179MPH in the last mile anyway. Anyone have similar experience that
might
> > suggest that a long course car doesn't need a transmission at all?
> >
> > Dave the Hayseed
>
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