List,
as you prepare for WOS I want to thank you for this
list and the ability to follow the exploits of the
list and racing while I am overseas. My job has taken
me to Munich Germany. I am back in the states for a
few weeks wrapping up some things but I will be off
and on between DC and Munich .
I wanted to give you guys and gals an impression of
what it was like to drive on the autobahn. I was in a
surprisingly quick turbo diesel VW passat with my foot
to the floor going about 180 KPH ( later found out
this is about 110 MPH) Pretty good clip on the highway
I thought . My years of bracket racing have given me a
good sense of the closure rate of a vehicle coming up
in my rear view mirror. I had guys coming up on me
with at least 50 to 60 MPH closure easily.Porsches ,
Ferraris ,Lambirginis everywhere. It was amazing on a
public road to see it . It was also fun to pass police
officers at over 100 too. Very cool.
I bought an 86 camaro while I was back and will go
ahead an try the Kieth Turk method of 200 mph by going
ahead and running a small-small block and trying to go
fast . I have a bunch of pieces and parts and will
mothball the hemi Porsche for now and get something
going by the spring of next year( 2001 ) I can build
the Camaro quickly and don't have to reinvent the
wheel along the way .
Good luck at wos everyone !
George in DC ( sometimes in Munich nowadays )
--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> intersting question on gear selection... Brad and I
> have beat up the Correct
> Gear for the 425 Holley Motor we ran last Year....
> We had 3.00's in it and
> I thought we really should have tried the 2.75's
> just to see if it would
> pull them... We had 28" tires on it by the way...
>
> we were spinning it 6200 .... or trying to... think
> we got to 6050 or so
> with a top speed of 166mph... the reason we were
> discussing it was I thought
> the Motor pulled great at Lower RPM's and thought it
> might not build as much
> RPM but it would have More Hp at the Lower
> Number.... ( turned out exactly
> like that on the Dyno by the way ) Would have been
> fun to see what would
> have happened with the 2:86 gear set we have
> avalible today...
>
> Keith
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: <V4GR@aol.com>; <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>;
> <dwarner@electrorent.com>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 2:21 PM
> Subject: Last Gear Question
>
>
> > Does anybody have a suggestion for a good rear
> > end ratio to begin with for a 300 HP at 5000 RPM
> > Street Roadster on 26.5" tires for Maxton? How
> > about for a 400 HP at 6200 RPM Camaro on 26.5"
> > tires for Maxton?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > =====
> > .............................
> > ..........Dick J.............
> > ......(In East Texas)........
> > ..........# 729..............
> > ........Roadsters............
> > .Hemis and Flatheads Forever.
> > .............................
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