[Fot] Assault on the Salt. Seth McGee and his TR3

[John Hasty]

Seth:  Did you ever call Jim Steck?  He did some 230mph with 2000cc. Might help.   

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On Sep 13, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Joe Alexander <n197tr4 at cs.com> wrote:

> Kas and I have following the efforts of Seth, during his preparations for Bonneville.
> 
> See text below.....interesting stuff, even with the delay.
> 
> Joe Alexander
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> Sent from my iPad
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: "Seth Mcgee" <sethmcgee at mvn.net>
>> Date: September 13, 2013, 1:31:45 PM CDT
>> To: "Kas Kastner" <kaskastner at gmail.com>
>> Cc: n197tr4 at cs.com
>> Subject: Re:
>> Kas, Joe
>> 
>> Unfortunately, Bonneville was canceled until next year due to rain; however, there happened to be a wind tunnel in Ogden, so I put the car in a wind tunnel instead. It worked out well. I was able to fine tune the aerodynamic mods. It was interesting riding in the car during the test. The car pitched and vibrated as if I was driving it. Although I have to wait a year, I will be totally prepared. 
>> 
>> Partial implementation of the aerodynamic mods, windshield installed and the engine/gear box bay exposed(that part of the under shield was attached adjacent to its center line location for the trip) yielded a %17.53 improvement in fuel consumption.
>> 
>> Thanks again for the assistance.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: "Kas Kastner" <kaskastner at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 8/26/2013 8:16:14 AM
>> To: "Seth Mcgee" <sethmcgee at mvn.net>
>> Subject: Re:
>> 
>> Here is a photo of Hardy Prentis TR-3 when he won the Nat'l Championship.
>> 
>> Never be beaten by equipment.
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>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Seth Mcgee <sethmcgee at mvn.net> wrote:
>>> Kas,
>>> 
>>> The car is almost complete for Bonneville except for some last minute aerodynamic enhancements. An aerodynamic consultant has recommended an air dam like on a Nascar for the front of the car. It would add 2.5 square feet to  the car frontal cross section. I looked on the internet and saw no TR3's configured that way and I am not anxious to change the appearance of the car from that of the original TR2. Does this recommendation make sense? The car has a full under tray.
>>> 
>>> Mike McGee
>> 
>> <Bonneville 7.jpg>
>> <Bonneville 8.jpg>
>> <Bonneville 3.jpg>
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