If we could bottle Turk's enthusiasm, I suspect most nuclear reactors
in the free and third worlds would fast become obsolete!
I am going to check to see if the shutter speeds on my cameras will
work as fast as this 'bama boy does!
Speedy Regards,
"LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
LandSpeed Productions
Telling stories with words and pictures
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "Kris Wright" <kw@cimsoft.com>
Cc: "Land-speed group" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 10:21 AM
Subject: WOS/EL Mirage/ECTA
> Okay I'll come right out and say it on the List.... Yeah I am going
to go
> to the WOS and the weekend Prior I am going to try and run El
Mirage....
> then I am coming home and running the September Maxton Meet....
>
> Needless to say Middle of September on is going to be UGLY... but I
am
> going to have fun.... and try and get a record at El Mirage and
Bville...
>
> I am finishing the Rodeck and putting it in the car.... then off to
the
> Dyno.. rebuilding the D motor I ran at Speedweek to take as a Back
up...
> Dave has given me a shopping list of Junk I need to be a Real
Racer.... you
> know like Compression gages that aren't Broke ( tried it and it
didn't
> work! ) and a Leak down Tester.... Sring tester...oh and he wants me
to
> have a REAL fuel system that doesn't get Heat Soaked by the
Radiator....
> Bypassing Regulators to keep the Fuel Flowing.... Geez these
Engine
> Management guys are tough.... Shoot I was just out having FUN...
then I
> decided to go fast TOO.... oh well... the price of fun....
>
> No one has ever gotten a car into all four Two Clubs in one Year...
that is
> the stated Goal...
>
> Keith ( Why Yes I am Brain Dead....)( Hey Joe... How's that Hat
Fit?)
> ----------
> > From: Kris Wright <kw@cimsoft.com>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> > Cc: Land-speed group <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Re: Piston information
> > Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 11:57 AM
> >
> > Keith,
> > I finally got to really read this, all this techy stuff is quite
> interesting,
> > too.
> > We're getting an MSD adjustable boost master (retard!)
> > for the '33 Ply w/354 Hemi & 6-71 Blower. Seems like we like
> > our Ross pistons, too!
> > Are you going to try & make WOS, also? Our fireman friend, Jim,
> > will be running a Kawi 12, should prove interesting! His nick
> > name used to be "Button" cause of the nitrous in his '55 Chev w/
> > Pontiac 455 Super Duty. Now it's Diamond Jim what with that
> > costly Kaw.
> > Kris Wright
> >
> >
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> >
> > > Just a follow up on some Basic Don'ts of Nitrous Pistons... On
the
> Motor
> > > Tear down I found Two Major Problems... First Tom... your
exactly
> right... I
> > > burned a Piston rather then Fracturing it.... I did in fact
Fracture
> several
> > > other Pistons ( based on stress cracks in the Top of the piston
> catching my
> > > fingernail ) but the basic cause was the Piston Thickness under
the
> Exhaust
> > > Valve pocket... Dave gave me a neat way to check them.... but
after
> reading
> > > the Spec sheet from Ross... I already understand that we took
off .060
> for
> > > Valve clearence and we started with .116 under the exhaust
valve....
> there
> > > by leaving us Just a Tick Less then the .125 minimum for
Nitrous...
> OKAY
> > > ALOT LESS.... .056? so it's my idea at this point that we were
about
> to
> > > smoke this hole in the Piston anyway due to the Lean condition
of the
> Motor
> > > Prior to the N2O hit and finally got the Piston to blow through
when I
> hit
> > > the button... No the Retard issue isn't going to let me off
scott
> free.... I
> > > still messed up and very probably caused this thing to fail
> absolutely....
> > > rather then just burning the hole in the Piston... Who
knows.... it's
> all a
> > > guess.... I am just sharing what I learned... and Trust me I am
sharing
> it
> > > with my motor builder... he has a couple of lessons in this ....
but I
> still
> > > have Blind faith in his ability over mine.... Next Year I am
going to
> build
> > > my own motors... This year I still need to count on someone
else...
> > >
> > > Fun stuff.... Keith
> > >
> > > Dave's Idea to check the Piston dome's thickness is to set a
small rod
> with
> > > a pointy end in a vise and then set a Magnetic stand up with a
dial
> > > indicator on top of it.... set to Zero....then fish the Piston
in
> between
> > > the two and measure any point on the dome.... See Dave you
can't trust
> me
> > > with anything you don't say not to Tell....
> >
>
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