This is beginning to sound like an awful lot of Fun!
Racer Bud
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kas Kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
To: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Setting sights on the salt
> Altitude of 4200 feet will reduce the power about 20%, then there is the
> salt
> and it goes on and on. Not as easy as it sounds to make the average speed
> over a measured mile not just the top speed for an instant..
>
> Never Be beaten by Equipment
> Kas Kastner
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Babcock
> To: Friends of Triumph
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Setting sights on the salt
>
>
> Maybe we should just stick a nose cone on Peyote. I'm already pretty
> streamlined--not a sharp edge anywhere.
> On Dec 14, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Chuck Arnold wrote:
>
> > Great idea -- but 130 shold be real easy in the wedge. I hit
> > somewhere
> > around 130-135 on the straight at Pacific Raceway with the TR6 [not
> > really
> > very aerodynamic] and that comes from a 7/8 mile run begun around
> > 80 mph at
> > the turn into the straight. Course I am nearly maxed out at RPM
> > [about
> > 6500] in the Toyota 5th gear with 4.08 Nissan rear end.
> >
> > On another note, Jeff Durant, who is in FOT, has a new email
> > address and
> > asked me how to get it changed. Hopefully you can do it. It is now
> > Jeff.Durant@lamrc.com.
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > On 12/13/06, Mark J. Bradakis <mjb@autox.team.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> A fair bit of traffic the last few days on the FOT list. I've been
> >> meaning
> >> to write up some info about the various changes to the list, the
> >> server
> >> and
> >> such. But for the moment, some thoughts about the Salt Flats.
> >>
> >> A Triumph powered run for a record could be fun. A LOT of work,
> >> desperation,
> >> heartbreak, etc. But it could be fun other than that. And it
> >> might make
> >> a
> >> good story for Kas' next book!
> >>
> >> Perhaps the first step will be to get the TR7 at least driveable,
> >> and set
> >> my
> >> sights on getting into the 130 MPH club with the Utah Salt Flats
> >> Racing
> >> Association. These aren't the guys who do the big Speed Week
> >> event, it
> >> should
> >> be a much more gentle approach to seeing what it is all about.
> >> Check out
> >> http://www.saltflats.com for more info.
> >>
> >> Hmm, maybe I can schedule some IVR events next year to coincide
> >> with Salt
> >> Flats events, give me a chance to get out there and check some
> >> things out,
> >> maybe even make a run for the 130 MPH club in fall of 2007. We
> >> shall see.
> >>
> >> --
> >> mjb.
> >>
> >> http://fatchancegarage.com
> >>
> >> Wee fish, ewe, a mare, egrets, moose
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> >
> > --
> > Chuck Arnold
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