Hey George... welcome Back... good to see you again...
K
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Mitchell" <americanpartner@yahoo.com>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>;
<V4GR@aol.com>; <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>; <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 4:44 PM
Subject: Back from Germany
> 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..............
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> > > .Hemis and Flatheads Forever.
> > > .............................
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