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1. Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Marge and/or Dave Thomssen" <mdthom@radiks.net>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 21:35:50 -0500; Well, gang our experience might be interesting. In 1979 we ran the Original Goldenrod streamliner (the one from Denver) with my flathead (unblown on gas) and a T-10 4 speed. It ran 179 MPH in the las; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00456.html (8,029 bytes)
2. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 08:33:09 -0400; I am surprised Keith did not answer this one unless it is his secrect..LOL we changed only the shift points in his car and it went faster at the 3 (203)than it used to go at the 5(197) so I say yes i; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00463.html (8,749 bytes)
3. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 09:15:06 -0500; Dave is giving you the simple answer... Now here is what Really happened... on the fastest Pass... we averaged 214 in the 5 with a 218 out the back. but the real key is at the 2 1/4.... on that Pass; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00465.html (10,414 bytes)
4. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:27:37 -0400; If we could get him to share his story I believe Don McMeekin had a similar experience when raising shift points. John Beckett -- Original Message -- From: "dahlgren" <dahlgren@uconect.net> To: "Marg; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00466.html (9,611 bytes)
5. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:33:38 -0700; I have been arguing for the two-speed in the past, I still believe that more gears are not really that important at Bonneville, but One thing I noticed this year was increased 1/4 speed carried all t; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00468.html (8,090 bytes)
6. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:51:30 -0400; OK, so here are a couple of question. If you have a 9,000 RPM motor why were you shifting at 7,000 in the first place? Second why stop at 7,800 RPM? Why not 8,600 or higher? John Beckett, LSR #79, E/; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00470.html (11,982 bytes)
7. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:58:28 -0400; First try at raising them... who ever said we were done there.. :>); /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00471.html (12,603 bytes)
8. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:07:35 -0500; Tom I honestly believe allowing a Motor to do it's work at the desired Rpm and keeping it in that range prevents wasting real estate.... ( this coming from the guy who didn't have the shift points ri; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00474.html (9,540 bytes)
9. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:11:52 -0500; The 9 Grand Motor is the Rodeck... this one is only good to about 8500rpm redline... we had to replace the Titanium Valves with Stainless which is the limiting factor... now the question is why 7800; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00476.html (13,562 bytes)
10. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: Nt788@aol.com; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:45:55 EDT; We got a 225 record with 183cid 3rd gear only??? Nebulous; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00482.html (8,374 bytes)
11. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "The Butters Family" <bbutters@dmi.net>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 22:03:57 -0700; This has been my experience with every car I've ever messed with, the speed it was able to generate in a given distance hadnothing to do with the number of gears you shifted it threw, just the power; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00489.html (8,779 bytes)
12. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:22:40 -0400; So if I understand this right then... If I put my pro stock car in 4th and leave the starting line that that at the end of the quarter mile the car will go the same speed as if i used all the gears??; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00492.html (11,776 bytes)
13. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: ardunbill@webtv.net; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:25:37 -0400 (EDT); Elmo Gillette told me his general practice with the Ardun Red Head streamliner was to run high gear only, a heavy steel flywheel and a Long-style clutch(easier to hold in for starting). Push the car; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00493.html (8,863 bytes)
14. RE: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Smith, Simon-Pierre" <Simon-Pierre.Smith@PSS.Boeing.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:40:58 -0700; Seems to me that if I was going to waste a number of gears in a tranny by not using them, that I'd get a bunch of gears ground up with very similar ratios. Then, if a specific run was faster or slowe; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00494.html (9,682 bytes)
15. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:49:38 EDT; I believe the answer is "it depends". Do you think that Crosley would have gone faster on the long course? If pushed to where it would run in high it's top speed would have been the same on either co; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00502.html (9,125 bytes)
16. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 16:11:22 -0700; I really believe that you have to consider a lot of things when discussing this. All cars ar different. If you have the HP to take a car 225 MPH, I don't think getting there sooner is going to make i; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00506.html (13,053 bytes)
17. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:27:41 EDT; << Elmo Gillette told me his general practice with the Ardun Red Head streamliner was to run high gear only, a heavy steel flywheel and a Long-style clutch(easier to hold in for starting). Push the c; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00508.html (9,106 bytes)
18. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:42:05 -0700; Think about this, some cars are horsepower limited at Bonneville, some are traction limited. It doesnt allways follow that the "right" trans gearing will get you more acceleration, sometimes it just; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00515.html (11,263 bytes)
19. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:46:29 -0700; Think about this, some cars are horsepower limited at Bonneville, some are traction limited. It doesnt allways follow that the "right" trans gearing will get you more acceleration, sometimes it just; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00516.html (11,446 bytes)
20. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:22:58 -0700; Rich; I seem to remember some tests we did years ago and found that the engine accelerates the fastest between the torque peak and horsepower peak. I have always tried to keep the RPM in that range.; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00518.html (9,726 bytes)

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