WES;
I think ya'd hafta call it salt bagging would'nt ya? Gawd
I hadda lot of fun with those guys. god bless'em.
Hank actually did pull that motor out from under his workbench in the
barn where it had been for many, many years. He ran that motor (it
actually was a 216" '48 chevy punched out to to I believe 248"....)in a
Sprint Car he drove in Illinois in the '55-'58 period before he moved out
west. I can show you the very same motor in a 1957 issue of Car Craft where
the Sprinter,and his '55 Chevy convertable tow car were featured. The motor
had a Wayne (Horning) 12 port head and Hilborn injection. He and Jerry
Weigt refurbished the thing with new pistons I believe and it ran like stink
is right. The first year there was no body at all in front of the motor.
The very first thing the wind hit was the cylinder head! Da' dam ting went
about 148 like that..... The next year he came back with a front "body" and
a vengeance and ran sompin like 167 wi' it. That's flat haulin A-- in my
book. I'm proud to have know Hank Law'she. He was a pisser.
Wes, have we met before? ...on th' salt? -Doug Anderson -NY
>From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
>To: "joe boogie" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
>CC: "land-speed@autox.team.net land-speed@autox.team.net"
><land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Hemi cylinder wall failure
>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:16:19 -0600
>
>Now that was a loose group! Hank said he had pulled the engine out of the
>"corn crib" just to see if it would still run ... do you call it
>sand-bagging when it is on the salt? That little coupe flat hauled with
>that Jimmy. About as aerodynamic as a shoe box.
>Wes
>----------
> > From: "joe boogie" <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>
> > To: land-speed@autox.team.net, kturk@ala.net
> > Subject: Re: Hemi cylinder wall failure
> > Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:23:48 PDT
> >
> >Another "newby"'d like ta see pichers of dese awesome Hot Rods. I loves
>Hot
>
> >Rods.....
> >
> >BTW; Doug, We met on th' salt in about '88 or '89; I was there with
>George
> >Campbell, Hank Law'she and the whole wacky inliner "Salt Circus" crew
>from
> >Montana. With Headstrom & Wise from washington thrown in for good
>measure.
>
> >Seems to me you were running a flat black "t" roadster with one'a yer
>Arduns
> >on gas that year in XX/STR? It was the year Campbell zonked the record
>to
> >150& change. Musta been 1988 I think. Anyway, Congratulations on YOUR
> >great achievements. Nuttin's easy and you're doin' a great job!
> >
> >
> >Boy this list sure is cool...! DOUG ANDERSON, exiled in NY....
> >
> >
> >>From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> >>Reply-To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> >>To: "Steve Pitt" <steve@seattleconstructioninc.com>,
><ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>,
>
> >> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> >>Subject: Re: Hemi cylinder wall failure
> >>Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:12:34 -0500
> >>
> >>Yep Steve he is the Man... isn't that neat... and he's a super guy to
> >>boot.. Awesome Hot Rod's aren't they? Keith
> >>
> >>----------
> >> > From: Steve Pitt <steve@seattleconstructioninc.com>
> >> > To: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> >> > Subject: RE: Hemi cylinder wall failure
> >> > Date: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 2:29 PM
> >> >
> >> > ADK,
> >> > There can only be one Ardun Doug King?! I just checked for the
>latest
> >> > updates on Don Ewald's Fuel Dragster site and saw the 1955 pic of the
> >>flat
> >> > head dragster taken by guess who, Ardun Doug King. This has got to
>be
> >>you!?
> >> > (I'm a newcomer to this site) Great photo of a cool early rail!!!!!
> >> > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> >> > > [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
>ARDUNDOUG@aol.com
> >> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 11:00 AM
> >> > > To: dfergus@bactc.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> >> > > Subject: Re: Hemi cylinder wall failure
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Darrell,
> >> > > I think the cylinder wall failure on the Ardun/Merc was the
>result
> >>of
> >> > > hydraulicking the thing a couple of times during engine starting.
> >> > > When I finished the fuel system on the modified roadster I
> >> > > installed a
> >> > > "tip" valve in the fuel tank vent line to comply with SCTA rules.
> >> > > I didn't
> >> > > realize it at the time, but the "tip" valve really works well and
> >> > > won't allow
> >> > > ANYTHING out of the tank.
> >> > > After filling the tank and home and driving over 4200' Tejon
>Pass
> >>the
> >> > > pressure in the tank was greater than the outside air pressure,
> >> > > causing the
> >> > > fuel to flow through the pump, barrel valve, and nozzles, into
> >> > > the cylinders.
> >> > > The hydraulic situation cleared itself out at the Lakes after
> >> > > a couple of
> >> > > hits from the starter, but when we went to the World Finals over
> >> > > a couple of
> >> > > 7000' passes and through 80 deg weather the cylinders REALLY got
> >>filled.
> >> > > I suspect that the cylinder was wounded from those 2 incidents
>and
> >> > > finally gave up on the 4th pass. I've run 12.6 pistons on 80% in
> >> > > the "wet"
> >> > > dragster engine for years with no cylinder problem.
> >> > > I've had to change my operating procedure so as to leave the
> >> > > fuel valve
> >> > > in the "off-bypass" position at all times other than running the
> >>engine.
> >> > > I may try to sleeve the block, but I probably will keep it as
> >> > > a "spare".
> >> > > Ardun Doug King
> >> > >
> >> >
> >
> >
>
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