Dave
If you'd like some really good information pertaining to competition
fuel systems, particularly fuel injection, (both mechanical and electrical)
contact Kinlser Fuel Injection in Troy Michigan. They offer an excellent
catalog and fuel injection manual for $12.00. I'd highly recommend it to
anyone running @ Bonneville.
Darrell Ferguson
BLACK RADON ENGINEERING
# 939 BBFALT
http://my.cybersoup.com/blackradon
<http://my.cybersoup.com/blackradon>
-----Original Message-----
From: David Haller [SMTP:dhaller@techline.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 9:18 PM
To: Thomas E. Bryant; Wester S Potter
Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Many classes
Tom and List,
Can someone out there steer me to the right place to set up a
mechanical
hilborn injection system for the salt. I need to know recommended
nozzle
sizes for gas, fuel pressure settings, high speed and low speed
pressure
recomendations as well as recommended pill sizes for the salt,
Thanks,
Dave Haller #93 C/GALT
----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas E. Bryant <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Many classes
> Wes,
>
> You know that there will always be people that will complain, and
> imagine all kinds of reasons when things change, or don't change.
We
> have several on the net that have responded in such a way that it
seems
> that their only concern is setting records. Setting records is
rewarding
> to anyone and I don't want to down play that as a goal, but being
able
> to just sit strapped in a car, with the engine running, looking
down the
> course at the floating island, ready to make your first run, is
enough
> to bring tears to your eyes.
>
> I truly love this sport. Every time I run down the course I get my
> reward for the effort and money I have invested. Many on this list
may
> think I have always been a record holder. Not true! It's position
that I
> have spent many years reaching. My first completed run, in 1959,
in the
> roadster was a qualifying run, but it was 1965 before I held a
record.
> That record stood until 1969. My next record put me in the 200 MPH
Club
> in 1990.
>
> It is true that I have held many 1/4 mile and Lakes records before
that,
> but we are talking Bonneville here. Bonneville records are tough
to set
> for most. There have been soft minimums where people have entered
the
> 200 MPH Club, but that was short circuited by the 200 MPH minimums
of
> recent years.
>
> I think that there are three major changes have caused the 200 MPH
Club
> membership to accelerate in recent years. 1. More available HP
and more
> money to buy it. 2. Changing the record setting process, a
qualifying
> run and a backup, instead of the old way of qualifying and then
making
> two runs for the record. 3. More opportunity by having multiple
meets in
> which to compete.
>
> As for the prestige of setting a record being diluted by the
number of
> classes and soft record, I don't think so. If you set a soft
record, you
> probably won't have it long. I tried that trick of letting a soft
record
> stay there until I could get Jeff in, but John made us work
harder. I
> think that I'm voting for "blasting it out of reach." Really even
those
> records get broken, there is always someone who will go faster.
>
> Tom, Redding CA 6:40PM PST
>
> Wester S Potter wrote:
> >
> > Tom, List,
> > Tom, your comment about the number of classes reminds me of
something I
> > heard maybe thirty years ago from a long time salt racer who was
moaning
> > about the number of new classes. His complaint was something
like "It's
> > just so all the guys on the Board of Directors can get their
buddies in
the
> > 2 Club."
> > Has the recognition a driver gets from setting a new record been
diluted
by
> > the number of records available and the number of "soft" records
or open
> > classes in the '80's on until today? How about the idea of not
only
setting
> > a record but blasting it out of reach. That attitude has
replaced the
> > rather "gentelman's club" attitude of raiseing an existing
record by a
few
> > mph and then trying to get a crew member/friend a record in the
same car
> > Do you think there are too many classes and too many members in
the
2Club?
> > What about class "minimums" from the 2Club, not the governing
body
> > certifying the records?
> > Any comments or opinions from the group?
> > Wes ... with my feet toward the hot stove.
>
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