Good job Grib! On the tires, that's what sometimes happens when someone
messes around with tradition!
I would have contributed to the "dollar" fund if I had realized what you
were doing. I love it when a new idea works. There is a bunch of them in
the "lakester".........a couple of them work.
Do you have any input from Goodyear as to how fast the tires can be run?
May be worth a try on the lakester as we are slipping a lot in low and
second.......like wing the engine in gear almost. A lot of frontal area for
me though....
Again, good job on trying something new.
Skip
At 11:54 PM 8/23/01 -0700, rgribble wrote:
>Dave,
>Despite two spins, the T'Bird & Grib did quite well for the first time on
>the salt. 1st spin was due to a tire test, (I'll discuss later) the second
>was due to an eager driver with an itchy NOS button under his finger. The
>Bird weighed in at 3560 lbs without me in it, and boasted 665 HP at the rear
>wheels. My top run was 226+ MPH and I got off it at the 3 mile, David
>Freiburger did an outstanding job with a 223+ on his first and only pass.(
>he was nice to me and didn't go over my speed). Generally, the car handled
>fabulous.
>
>All Winston Cup and Busch (NASCAR) vehicles utilize "truck" or trailing arms
>mounted to a Ford 9" rear and sprung with coil springs. Even the Goody'd
>Dash cars utilize a smaller version of this design. There's a hell of a lot
>of adjustment available on just this aspect of these cars, but the design is
>quite simple and historical. They're called "truck" arms cause they came
>from a 60's model pickup.
>We ran a 2.75 rear gear with a locker. I've little experience on the salt
>but am convinced the locker is best.
>The best tire combination was the Goodyear Rain Tires as used by NASCAR in
>Japan. Even though they're 12 inches wide, there's plenty of open space in
>the tread designed to expel water (and air). I plan to test a smaller
>version next year on the fronts but the back setup is right!. They picked up
>very little heat even though I ran them at 50 PSI and showed no sign of
>tread separation or degradation. No slippage getting up to speed (over 200
>in the quarter) and steady as she goes in the open. I wish I had a dollar
>for everyone that came by and told me how they were not going to work.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren@snet.net>
>To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 7:25 AM
>Subject: survey question
>
>
>> For cars with about 600 to 700 hp 3000 to 4000 lbs speeds over 200...
>>
>> What type of rear suspension ?
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