British team breaks oldest land speed record Edward's Air Force Base, California: Tuesday August 25th: at 8.19am (California time) Charles Burnett III successfully broke the land speed record for a s
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:57:32 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Is that fast? Sorry, I guess I am not too impressed..In 1938, the British steam LINER Class A4 4468 MallardI, with six coaches plus a dynamometer car in tow, ran 126 MPH. A much different car than th
Jack Costella: Got your ears on? Ed Weldon _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Land-speed mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listi
I don't know if Jack does, but I have my ears on.....I agree, Tom.....anyone want to get the record back and put it up a bunch? I have some ideas and would provide our "Rose" as the initial test vehi
I had the same thoughts Tom. The Stanley must have had a CD of almost 2.00 and a frontal area of 30 sq ft. Put in something like the Vesco's dad's liner and..... 200+. in my opinion. Strange, when I
Did you try re-booting it? :) RtR _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Land-speed mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/land-
It may be like the Brit monetary system or the way they weigh things. Pounds = $ ? Stones = ??? Petrol, boot, bonnet, tyres, maybe you have to be closer to the roots our ancestors revolted against. W
Wrong numbers. Look up the steam car on landracing.com for the speeds they ran to get the Avg. Glen -- Original Message -- From: "Ray Buck" <rbuck@xmission.com> To: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage@wildblu
All I know is what I read in the newspapers ... or on the internet Wes _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Land-speed mailing list http://
Kilo 143 avg. Mile 148. avg. The FIA uses the total of of the ET divided by 2 and scta uses the avg. of the speed MPH for the total mph. There is a slight difference in the results. As I don't have t
I stand with Tom... 'we' expect "much faster" ;-) c heers, 'Dirt Track Doug ' 2243.3 or so miles due east of the marvelous Bonneville Salt Flats == car == ____________________________________________
I'm certain the Brits did too. Didn't I read the 200 mph figure Wes _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Land-speed mailing list http://aut
Anybody remember Bill Lear's would be steam Indy car Vapordyne . http://www.kruseinternational.com/images/pics/2000/AUBSPR00/820.jpg _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net h
I don't mean to poke a stick in anyone's eye... but I've been following this effort for a While... to include back in England... and honestly I'm suspecting you guys are taking this whole effort to l
Lightly?...maybe so but the results are somewhat less than stellar......so far. And the reported expenditure is immense. I guess that nobody is interested in the steam record here........ Skip ______
There are way too many exchanges of energy to be serious about conservation. each ahs it's own level of effectiveness and all less than 1.00 the more you use the worse it gets. Pretty simple to be ho
I think you hit the nail on the head Keith Also goes show you how high the Stanley steamer guys raised the bar in 1906 Rick I don't mean to poke a stick in anyone's eye... but I've been following thi
What is that--about 200 MPH SLOWER than the Buckeye Boy college students with their battery and fuel streamliners? Lance British team breaks oldest land speed record Edward's Air Force Base, Californ
I think we'll find that out by the 25th of September, after world of Speed and the Top Speed Shootout. Wes _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.
Anyone heard of Jim Crank, who I found has gone fast in a steam powered salt-racer? He was working for the state of California analyzing Lear's efforts with a steam powered bus and a Monte Carlo. Fol