So well put.. understandable and on focus. -as usual !
Thanks Tom.
Sure am looking forward to meeting you in person in a few weeks!
Cheers,.. & signin' off, -it's your pal,"Dirt Track Doug" in New yawk
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Reply-To: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: Scott Cowle <scowle@mentorcollege.edu>
CC: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: funny car seating
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 07:58:55 -0700
Scott,
I share the nostalgia and understand your desire, but just a word of
caution...Moving weight toward the rear for traction can be to your
disadvantage. When I built my Comp Coupe, I had your mind set. I set the
engine back as far as reasonable and then found out, the hard way, that I
had a very unbalanced car. It required 500 pounds of added weight to bring
the center of gravity forward of the center of pressure. Although the car
still was losing traction, this adjustment allowed the car to be
controllable.
Since then, along with adding a spoiler and some other modifications, I
moved the engine forward six inches and now have a car that handles very
well, with no major traction problems, and carries no added weight. The car
has not been on the scales since the modifications so I don't know what the
weight distribution is, but up to this point, it is not an issue.
It is easier to build it right from the beginning than it is to change it
later.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
Scott Cowle wrote:
> I really want to build a Bonneville car and I'm thinking of a Dodge
>Shadow
>with a blown 340cid in it. I read all the time about the traction
>difficulties on the salt so I want to copy a funny car from the early
>sixties-it was a 64 Barracuda or Valiant that had the driver sitting in the
>trunk with his head sticking out where the rear window was but still below
>the roof line.There is a picture of it in a funny car special edition
>magazine . It seems to me that if I put my fat ass in the back seat or
>even
>the trunk of the Shadow and move the engine back substantially this will
>help with this problem. I have a good 340 and a cheap Shadow to start with.
Any comments or suggestions?
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