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Re: Flatfire blow-over

To: wester6935@comcast.net,dan warner <dwarner230@yahoo.com>, land speed
Subject: Re: Flatfire blow-over
From: Skip Higginbotham <Saltrat@LubricationDynamics.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:25:38 -0800
Boy!!!! The trouble we get in by trying stuff........
Skip



At 02:07 PM 1/8/2007, wester6935@comcast.net wrote:
>That and a major change of weight distribution according to what I 
>was told.  Moved too much off the front.
>
>Wes
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: dan warner <dwarner230@yahoo.com>
> > Jim,
> >
> >
> >   When the axle was installed there was a plate which was placed 
> in the belly
> > pan to fill the hole where the front wheels were. It is my 
> understanding that
> > this plate was left out on the run.
> >
> >   As Bobby Walden was gaining speed the under body filled with 
> air and lifted
> > the front end off the ground. The resulting crash rendered the 
> car unusable for
> > the rest of the week.




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