Keith,
Glad ya made it back safely - I have been running my power washer for 2
days trying to clean up this mess......
Great meeting you and getting a look at your super-sano Camaro. Sorry to
see that you need a little (?) headwork. You know, they ALWAYS break
just when you are going your fastest!
BTW, got that run on Video as I was at the start line when you left.
What a thrash this year was, late getting there then nothing seemed to
work right (at least I brought the motor home in one piece for a
change!) Finally gave up when I realized the foam in my fuel cell was
disintegrating too fast to clean the filter, plus a few other small
problems.
Talk to you later, too tired to type..........
Ed
Keith Turk wrote:
>
> Well we didn't set any Records.... Damn shame but We had a Great time and
> made lots of new friends.... Met a Ton of E-mail buddies.... which was
> wonderful... we are in one of those environments that simply doesn't put a
> face on a fella... It was great to talk with all of you... and honestly
> .Your great folks in Person...
>
> The So Al "semi" Special was an absolute riot to run on the salt... thanks
> to John Beckett for having the ECTA and Joe Timney for quality inspections
> over a years time.... Tech was a breeze big bubbles no troubles... matter
> of fact Less Problems then most folks.... (reckon Mike Cook (pres SCTA)
> walking up and introducing us to the tech guys helped?)
>
> We ran the car Ten times total... which was well short of our goal... but
> we had a little French kissing exercise between the Valves and the Pistons
> when the Jesel Belt drive slipped.... for some reason... the valves didn't
> take kindly to this
>
> First passes were 140mph then up to 160 and a good plug check... cleared me
> up to 190.... and Brad was cleared to 7800... so based on exit Rpm he went
> 198 with about 3/4 throttle.... The car was cooking with no real
> problems...
>
> came in Monday Morning and swapped in the 307 gear set with the Help of
> Darrel from Our list here...(thanks Darrel... your help was most
> appreciated) Took the car over to the Long course... and decided it was
> time to let the car run up to speed.... after the first mile of slick salt
> I got it in fourth with the motor breathing fine and building Rpm like a
> banshee.. and it all quit accelerating.... just stopped at 5800 rpm....
> Pulled off the course to the right and shut it down..... I was bummed....
> I had waited 4 hours on the starting line with the full expectation that
> the car was going to run the number.... For once in my life I was quiet...
> secure in the knowledge that the car was going to do what I had built and
> designed it to do....
>
> Took a full night to relax and gain a little insight on what was wrong and
> what happened to the motor... and to kinda regroup and figure out how to
> get the most out of the rest of the week.... Oh and thanks to John
> Beckett's Prodding we finally decided to Swap in our back up motor and run
> it the rest of the week....
> ( thanks to help from our Aussie Crew.. Garth Butterworth) we put Brad's
> 355 in and ran it several more times.... Learned lots of lessons.... and
> finally listened to what we knew was right and slipped on our Big carb and
> tall tires and ran a respectable 180mph... with a short shut down due to
> over heating... seems the Belt drive got the CSI Water pump also...
>
> The lessons learned could fill a Large book.... and over the next couple of
> months I am sure I will fill you in on them all.... Mostly I want to say
> thank you again to all of you who took the time to drop by and say
> Hello.... and for making our first speed week one of the most pleasant and
> enjoyable weeks of my life..
> Keith Turk
> Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
> Camaro ( D Gas Altered )(modified to a C on short notice)
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