drmayf:
Hope everything is going well, and we will be eagerly anticipating your
first reports back after Aug. 10th. Also, hope the weather cooperates,
and you don't have to drive 240 miles rt to Salt Lake (maybe some will
cancel out!)
Ron Tebo
drmayf wrote:
> Well, another year has come and it is time for the pilgrimage to the
> salt flats. My entry is in, hotel reservations are made, trailer
> loading is in progress. It is taking longer to load out because one of
> my fellow Pahrumpians who I expected to go, is not going this August.
> So I have to add things tom y trailer that he would have carried. But
> I have it mostly in hand. Just one final car item to make up and that
> is a power port for the inboard laptop. I really do not expect much
> this August since it will be both the car and my first time actually
> running on the salt. So I have to complete three lisc runs to show
> that both the car and I are good to go. If the record is still open
> (and I don't expect it to be) then I could set a new record every time
> I go out during the lisc process!. I hope to get my 200mph drivers
> card. And I expect to have to do a lot of tuning. The dyno was to
> assure that nothing was going to explode in my face and that was
> proved (along with making some good power!). But there is more power
> to be had ...however the density altitude is likely to be in the 7000
> ft range so not much air is available.
>
> I will be staying initially at the Rainbow in Wendover for the first
> three nights then it is a crap shoot...that's as far ahead as I could
> get reservations. I may need to drive to Salt Lake to get a room after
> that. Bummer. I will be leaving Pahrump at o'dark thirty on the 10 of
> August. I will have email capability and will send any really
> interesting news to the groups.
>
>
> mayf, nearly locked and loaded, in Pahrump
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