you want some real fun ask John Goodman, Mike Allen and
Keith Turk how they like my gearing and tune up.. LOL Keith
only had to hang on for a mile While Mike Allen had to for 3
miles+.. he gained 5 mph in about 3 1/2 miles.. but he did
go 219 + in a lakster with 1500 cc...N/A gas. Goodman is
sort of used to it now. I do catch him trying to slip in a
taller gear from time to time though, or begging for more
nitrous at the end of the pass. last time i caught him he
went 224 in the 5 and 238 out the back..he 'fessed up over
dinner about not putting in the gear that would of got 232
in the 5 and 233 out the back. But his record not mine..Turk
well he has those iron doorstops he calls cylinder heads and
they failed often..
Dave
Dick J wrote:
>
> Keith, we talked about this a little in the pits
> last summer. Aerodynamics and basic physics have
> to be applied jointly to determine the car's
> handling. You just commented about "running out
> of horsepower". Once the car stops accelerating
> and reaches what you called "terminal velocity"
> all of the basic forces on the car take on
> different effects. It becomes a whole new ball
> game. You can feel that even in a slower car,
> like mine. I ran out of horsepower about 300
> feet from the timer and I could definitely feel
> the change in the car's handling. The old girl
> just started to float and the rear wanted to pass
> or fly over the front. I felt like I had just
> driven onto one of those famous bridges with the
> signs about "bridges ice first". That's the same
> effect you feel with your tow truck on the way to
> the races when a cab-over 18-wheeler passes you
> and your own trailer wants to pass you. As long
> as you have power to accelerate, just a little
> bit, you can drive out of it. It you don't have
> any pedal left - or God forbid, if for any reason
> you have to use the brakes or slow down - the
> basic laws of physics will help that trailer pass
> you real fast, unless you're really careful. I
> suspect that the same thing happens with a race
> car once it is no longer accelerating. Quite a
> few of the fast car drivers have commented, here
> on the list, that the real driving starts when
> you get to the end and have to slow down.
>
> Dick J
>
> --- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> > Tom I can Roil the tires about anywhere until I
> > get in 4th gear.... the car
> > always goes straight... it doesn't float it
> > doesn't move it just goes
> > straight... until it runs out of
> > Horsepower..... ( John Goodman and I have
> > Plans in the works for Dave if this happens
> > again!!! ) and that weight an
> > balance sheet I just did was close to the
> > actual one for the car.... except
> > we have a bunch more weight then that.... If
> > anyone expresses an interest I
> > will take the actual one and transcribe it
> > here....
> >
> > K
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: Thomas E. Bryant
> > <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> > > To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > > Cc: Flowbench@aol.com;
> > landspeedracer@email.msn.com; kturk@ala.net;
> > land-speed@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: Maxton Ballast
> > > Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 10:39 AM
> > >
> > > Most cars handle well until the rear wheels
> > come loose. I suspect that
> > > there is little wheel spin on #265. From
> > experience, I can tell you that
> > > when the weight is forward the car goes
> > straight even when there is
> > > wheel spin. It also seems that the heavier
> > the rear, in relation to the
> > > front, the quicker the spin.
> > >
> > > Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
> > >
> > .
> > edding CA - #216 D/GCC
> > >
> > .
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