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Re: Another Quirky Question - Re Certificaton.

To: "Jon Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>,
Subject: Re: Another Quirky Question - Re Certificaton.
From: "Pork Pie" <pork.pie@t-online.de>
Date: 31 Aug 2005 20:05 GMT
Jon, 

did you saw Jim True's Suzuki engine after his FIA Worldrecord in 2001 - this 
engine was really broken. We opened the engine and measured them with a special 
equipment - absolute no problem.


See ya

Pork Pie

"Jon Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com> schrieb:
> On Tuesday, August 30, 2005, at 11:05 PM, drmayf wrote:
> >
> 
> 
> 
> > Does that mean I woould have to tear that puppy down to get the record 
> > certified? ANd then the seal would be put on so that if I made other 
> > passes and bumped the speed up each set of passes I wouldn't have to 
> > tear it down? Is that the way this works?
> > mayf
> 
> 
> All other comments notwithstanding, I remember being told by the fine 
> folks in tech and impound to "...have the motor measured after your 
> FIRST record of the event..." even though they will seal and let you 
> keep running if that's what you prefer, putting off the measuring (and 
> need for putting things back together so you can keep on running) until 
> you're done for the week.  But what if you break the motor before you 
> get it certified, they ask -- they won't/can't measure a broken motor, 
> and no measurement means no record.
> 
> At this year's SpeedWeek there was a sign posted at the motorcycle tech 
> trailer:  "Set a record today?  Get your motor measured TODAY!"
> 
>                  Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
>               Marquette, Michigan
>               (that's 'way up north)






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