>> What is everyone else up to?
>>
>> Keith
>
> Okay, my turn:
>
> Our bikes are in the shop for some wintertime clean up/fix up/paint
> up. Mine will be getting mostly cosmetic (powdercoating stuff under
> the bodywork so the corrosion doesn't proceed quite so fast on the
> metal parts), electrical (why are all of the connections in the
> still-factory-stock wiring harness turning green?), and electronic
> upgrades. Oh, and we'll work on putting the body on straight --
> finally discovered just how much a mis-aligned nose piece will do --
> heading for the lights at Maxton, leaning about 10 degrees to
> starboard (while going straight) at a buck-ninety-five. Back to the
> pits, moved the nose one inch to the right, and went straight on the
> next pass. Yeah, that's it -- put the body on straight! We'll be
> checking alignment of everything more carefully, for sure. Maybe a
> bigger N2O bottle to hold pressure closer to constant during an entire
> run. Bigger injectors, too.
>
> Nancy's bike gets the full engine treatment - seeing as how it didn't
> especially like it last year when we ran stock internals (designed for
> the 30HP it made with a good tune-up) at 18# boost, making something
> like 55 hp at 14,000 rpm. Ooops! How come that fire truck is coming
> right towards me as I pull off the course? I only hurt one piston --
> the other is still good enough to send as a sample so JE can make some
> low-compression slugs for it. Hey, as long as we're at it, send
> Carillo a stock rod so they can make something to hold the pistons in
> check, too. And somebody will make some good valves, and let's
> upgrade the ignition, and let's see if there's something better than
> grade-three 8mm bolts from Ace Hardware to hold the top end from
> dancing around when we crank up the boost some more. At least we've
> got the turbo system pretty well sorted (I hope I hope I hope).
End part one - the machine wouldn't pass the entire letter yesterday.
Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
Marquette, Michigan
(that's 'way up north)
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