- 1. Couple of things.... (score: 1)
- Author: tom sarda <sardatech@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:59:05 -0700 (PDT)
- How fast can you turn a 383 chevy? Is it feasible to spin it as much as 9000 rpms? Has anyone seen the steam car drawings or pictures? Is that shape good? I was wanting to build the streamliner body
- /html/land-speed/2007-04/msg00009.html (6,959 bytes)
- 2. Re: Couple of things.... (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:56:39 -0700
- Tom, On a push rod motor its. How good are your valve springs with a short stroke motor and how good are your pistons in a long stroke motor. A 3" stroke motor will have a piston speed of 4000 fpm at
- /html/land-speed/2007-04/msg00013.html (7,448 bytes)
- 3. Re: Couple of things.... (score: 1)
- Author: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pahrump.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:00:58 -0700
- I agree Doug and would add "how good are your rods and rod bolts". This is from experience dang it! Skip
- /html/land-speed/2007-04/msg00014.html (7,748 bytes)
- 4. Re: Couple of things.... (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:58:49 -0400
- Jets use the coke bottle shape to eliminate a problem area where the wing meets the fuselage as they near the speed of sound . Unless you go over 600 mph and have wings you don't need the houreglass
- /html/land-speed/2007-04/msg00015.html (6,897 bytes)
- 5. Re: Couple of things.... (score: 1)
- Author: Bryan Savage <b.a.savage@wildblue.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:20:50 -0700
- Not only do you NOT need it, it will increase drag. Air does not like to be messed with. At all. In any way. It takes horsepower to make it move in ANY direction. Totally ignore any airplane that ca
- /html/land-speed/2007-04/msg00029.html (7,284 bytes)
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