with all this ballast I sure hope everyone is asking about
the load rating on the tires... could always befriend
someone that pours pig iron and build the car there.. Sorta
like concrete. just make a frame/car form and have them pour
one.. then grind the flash off to save weight ...
Dave Dahlgren
"Clay, Dale" wrote:
>
> Wouldn't it be better to make containers for lead shot? Then it'd be
> adjustable, and if made with an opening in the bottom, quickly/easily
> removable when/if needed.
>
> Dale
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JERRY FOSTER [mailto:fosterap@flash.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 1:50 PM
> To: Dick J
> Cc: Keith Turk; John Beckett; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Maxton Ballast
>
> Welcome back Dick. Do you have a source for railroad tracks? Just
> thinking ahead. Jerry in Dallas
>
> Dick J wrote:
> >
> > I'm back. Went to Florida to visit Granny for
> > Christmas. Cool granny, gave me a gift
> > certificate to PST suspensions so I can make my
> > springs steadier! My brother gave me a Mallory
> > Ignition and a monster Fram fuel filter! You
> > know, I think granny would try driving his mudder
> > if she could figure out how to get up into it!
> > She can walk right under it without bending over!
> >
> > Okay, here's my latest question: Will ballast
> > make that much difference in the handling of a
> > 150MPH car at Maxton?
> >
> > For Bonneville, I'm planning on 20 gallons of
> > water in the trunk, 18 gallons of water behind
> > the passenger seat, and 200 - 300 lbs of steel
> > under the grill pan (front cross members made
> > from railroad tracks). Total: 513 - 613 lbs
> >
> > =====
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> > * Dick J *
> > * (In East Texas) *
> > * # 729 *
> > * C/GRS E/STR *
> > * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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