Don't know much bout history... don't know much bout Biology... but I do
know that... never mind... old song... I bet one of the historians at the
SCTA would know the answer Chuck... and like you I am trying to interest
several folks in Land speed Racing...
My Best Friend Brad and I have been bench racing and going to meets on the
East Coast for several years and He was here Friday night working on the
hot rod.... we made a list of everything we needed to do... Wow....lots of
work between now and the 27 of March... I was getting pretty tired when I
realized it was 1o'clock in the morning and I had been working on the car
for 19 hours straight with one break for a meal.... most fun I have had
since the pigs ate my brother...
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
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> From: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Rear Ends & other questions
> Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 8:37 PM
>
> Keith, List
>
> I always thought ladder bars were supposed to do exactly what you
> described. They prevent the rear end from winding up as you accelerate
by
> applying that twisting force to the bars. When the bars get loaded under
> acceleration they try to lift the front of the car, which transfers more
> weight to the rear. Seems like a win/win situation to me. Only draw
back
> might be loss of steering when you don't have the front tires on the
ground.
> Never a problem on the salt, but it would be at Maxton where traction is
> plentiful.
>
> No takers on the rotary engine question. I guess I really am all alone
> out here. Got two engines running for my race partners this weekend, one
> all new engine in an RX7 that we just built and one that was just in for
> repairs out of a Rotary Pick-up. The guy with the REPU (Rotary Engined
> Pick-Up) is very interested in the ECTA and will probably drive the truck
> out to Maxton this season and see what it'll do. It's a blast to drive,
but
> with nearly open exhaust it sounds like a Cesna buzzing the neighborhood
> when he's cruising by.
>
> I have an interesting research project for anyone who is up on
land-speed
> trivia. I'm trying to get some details on any/all records currently held
by
> rotary powered vehicles, and any past (ancient history) records set by
> Datsun 510's. I have some old pictures from the '71 and '72 Bonneville
> Nationals of Pete Barker running a 510 (#510) in H/Pro, but I don't know
if
> he or anyone else had pushed a 510 faster than his 136.89 MPH record.
> Anybody ever set up a data base of information that goes that far back?
Any
> help would be appreciated.
>
> Chuck Rothfuss
> Yup, it's a rotary engined 510
> ECTA
>
>
> At 07:09 PM 2/20/99 -0800, you wrote:
> >Well I finally got the rear end sorted out and bolted in... took her out
> >for a quick pass down a deserted street... just shifted to second and
shut
> >it down...
> >
> >The semi Ladder bar, semi elliptic leaf, set up is semi functioning...
> >
> >actually seems to lift the car up under hard acceleration.... Hmmm just
> >what I wanted... must be a mistake...or poor engineering....
> >
> >took the rear end back out today to paint everything and to put new
seals
> >in the housing....of course I wanted to see the bearings also.... and
> >following Joe's advice I installed a bung with a filler cap .... neat
> >piece... you can check the gears and not pull the rear end apart... oh
yeah
> >and you can put fluids in it ... hmmm my what a shock...
> >
> >Take care...
> >
> >Keith Turk
> >Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
> >Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
> >
> >
> >
>
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