Les
I've got the E motor started up last week-end. Everything sounds great.
Looks like it'll be a go for WOS; I also got rid of the pesky rear main
seal oil leak that I had at Muroc. Started to work on the other projects.
Hope you're doing as well on your projects. Keep posted.
Bob & Bobe
----- Original Message -----
From: The Butters Family <bbutters@dmi.net>
To: Marge and/or Dave Thomssen <mdthom@radiks.net>; Land-speed Racers
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 5:03 AM
Subject: Re: Bonneville Transmissions
> This has been my experience with every car I've ever messed
> with, the speed it was able to generate in a given distance hadnothing to
> do with the number of gears you shifted it threw, just the power it had
> available to do the job. Kvach----- Original Message -----
> From: Marge and/or Dave Thomssen <mdthom@radiks.net>
> To: Land-speed Racers <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 7:35 PM
> Subject: Bonneville Transmissions
>
>
> > 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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