Keith,
I am running 27" Goodyear Talladega's on the back of the Vette. They also make
them in 26" (& others) Given the part of the country you are in, some
roundy-round shop may have just what you need.
Ed
Keith Turk wrote:
> Tom we were running the 25.5" tall BF GoodRich tires Brad found .... What
> we needed was something around a 26.5 and a 2.75.... which would have put
> the car at 200.75 Mph.... at 7000 Rpm..... Gonna Happen just not before
> Muroc....
>
> K
>
> ----------
> > From: Thomas E. Bryant <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> > Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Maxton June Meet
> > Date: Monday, June 12, 2000 10:19 AM
> >
> > Keith,
> > From the sound of your report, I think you had a good time with the
> > nitrous. What size tire do you run? With a 2.89 gear I run just under
> > 200 MPH at 7000 RPM. Our tire is 27" tall.
> >
> > See you at Muroc, I think, right now I'm putting my motor together. I am
> > hoping that installing the 700-R4 won't give too much problem.
> >
> > Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> > >
> > > Well Brad and I just got home from the Meet.... once again it was
> Great....
> > > ECTA just knows how to have a Good time...and make everyone feel
> welcome.
> > >
> > > Interesting little Pass on the ole junkyard motor.... 185.185 mph....
> but It
> > > was coasting so to speak.... I had my foot out of the throttle and the
> > > Nitrous off. I had held it up to 190 for a bit but the Motor was out
> of RPM
> > > again at the 3/4 mile Marker.... EGT's were a bit high and it was a
> Tick
> > > lean.... on the bottle... didn't want to Pressure it this close to
> Muroc.
> > >
> > > Our problem is that the Chassis Dyno can't run past 200mph and we had
> got
> > > off it so late Thrusday night that we didn't have time to swap in the
> 2.75
> > > gear set.... our thoughts going up there was to make this first pass on
> the
> > > 2.86 gear and then swap to the 2.75..... Welllllll what we learned was
> that
> > > the Nitrous helps the motor make great Power... but it really likes a
> tick
> > > less RPM then the Gas.... and the Car could really have used a bit more
> > > timing and a bit more Fuel.....
> > >
> > > Then we came down to the Gear swap up there and we realized that we
> were
> > > just marginally going to hit 195-198mph without tuning a bit.... and we
> > > didn't want to make two more passes on the Motor.... Much to Brad's
> Credit
> > > he volunteered to wait on the Two Club attemp until After Muroc.... and
> > > honestly I appreciated his concern for preserving the combination until
> > > then.... Thanks Brad.... ( ain't having a Racing buddy great....
> specially
> > > when they are smarter then you are....)
> > >
> > > again... Thanks to Bill Bennett for Helping.... Keith ( oh yeah the
> 185 was
> > > the fastest we had been up there.... wow )
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