Joe & All,
I am entering into "lakester" project. It will not be completed until
Speedweek 2002 (soonest). I would hate to have them change the minimums
after a lot of money and time have been spent. From the stories being
related, it is possible and quite worrysome.
Joe, got the bike back together?
Regards, Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Cc: <SaltyCuda@aol.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: 200 Club Minimums
> It definately PAYS to inquire with the rules committee before nearly ANY
change
> to your vehicle, a few years ago the motorcycle engine classes went from
> 1300cc, followed by 2000cc, and I had a 1327cc which meant I ran in the
2000cc
> class, we spent an arm and a leg to by a new aftermarket block and pistons
> (couldnt sleeve this block down with what was available) to get my
displacement
> 30cc lower, came to Bonneville with a 1297cc to run in the 1300cc class
and they
> said guess what we changed the class to 1350cc. I attended a rules
meeting 2
> years ago in which overbore was discussed, the vintage engines were
allowed .050
> overbore, I asked why I could not and was STERNLY informed that that is
what I
> get for running a bike who's stock displacement is so close to the class
limit,
> we are running in the 1000cc class and stock displacement is 998cc meaning
that
> I cannot even run a well worn stock cylinder, so I again had to pay an arm
and a
> leg to have JE make custom stock bore pistons (they only shelf overbore
pistons)
> and I show up this year at Bonneville and they say guess what we changed
the
> rules so all classes except Prod. can run .020 beyond that which provides
> maximum displacement for the class, I was so thrilled, Guess I will be
making
> many more calls to the tech people before I make changes or spend lots of
money,
> even if I think I have a grasp of what I think are the current rules
> Joe :)
>
> John Beckett wrote:
>
> > Well I'm not trying to change any of them. Just trying to find out what
some
> > of the new ones are. But I sure don't like the idea. Guess my big beef
is
> > that they were never brought up to the general membership before being
> > inacted.
> >
> > John Beckett
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <SaltyCuda@aol.com>
> > To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 10:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: 200 Club Minimums
> >
> > > All I want to say about minimums is once they have been set, don't
revise
> > > them. We put our A motor on the engine stand, build a B motor because
the
> > > minimum was lower in B than the record in A. However, the 2-club
board
> > > revised the minimums, increasing the B minimum to about 5 mph higher
than
> > the
> > > A record. We weren't aware of the change until we were on the salt,
in
> > line
> > > for our qualification attempt. We went on to set a record in the
class,
> > but
> > > did not exceed the new minimum. We would have been better off just
> > > freshening up our A motor.
> > >
> > > So if you set them don't change them.
> > >
> > > Jim (frustrated with the system) Snyder.
> > >
> > > PS I got into the club in 1990, AA/Alt class. Long before minimums,
in
> > fact
> > > we had to do it three times to get a record back then. Qualify by
> > exceeding
> > > the record, then the next day at 7:00 a.m. all the previous day's
> > qualifiers,
> > > made a run down the course and back within an hour or so, to get the
two
> > way
> > > average. The attempt with the B motor was in '96 with my partner at
the
> > > wheel, Phil Grisotti.
> > >
> > > J
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