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Re: Lessman Streamliner

To: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Lessman Streamliner
From: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 21:27:57 -0500
As one Fuddy Duddy to another.....you start great riots! I'm on my second
liner too.
Oh by the way, the soap worked on one tire and helped the other. Thanks for
the hint.
Skip

At 09:00 PM 4/17/01 , you wrote:
>Bryan,
> I don't disagree with what you said but as a guy who has personally
>financed and built two streamliners, I don't want to see it in our sport. It
>adds cost and takes control away from the driver. We have the technology
>today to run the car without a driver. Who wants that? Until someone steps
>up and offers to provide the systems at no cost, most of us don't want
>engine management or traction control. In fact if it was free I would not
>want it.
> Maybe we need to form an organization of old fashioned traditionalist fuddy
>duddy racers like me and Tom who want to build and drive our own stuff
>without all this outside stirring about high technology. One group for
>racers and one group for technocrats.
> If that doesn't start a riot, then I have lost my touch
> Howard
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bryan A. Savage Jr" <basavage@earthlink.net>
>To: "Dan" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
>Cc: "land speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:44 AM
>Subject: Re: Lessman Streamliner
>
>
>> Dan, what Dave is saying is that traction control can be made part
>> of the engine management system. The program only needs two
>> data inputs, RPM and time. Nothing else, no wheel sensors ....
>> nothing ...
>> F-1 has found it impossible to enforce this rule.
>> I think SCTA would be wise to make the traction control rule
>> match reality and delete all references to it.
>> There is NO way the rule can be enforced where engine management
>> systems are allowed.
>> That's the reality.
>>
>> Bryan Savage

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