Hi Gene,
I like Bill am building a SR and am looking for all the input I can get. I
plan to run an F motor (4 not half V8). How much caster do you have now? Why
the added windshield height? Right now I have about 12 degrees of caster
which worked pretty good in the modified.
Jim Dincau in Palmdale
----- Original Message -----
From: gene barbee <saltrcr@yahoo.com>
To: <ardunbill@webtv.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: Record Roadster Racer Heard From !!!
> bill and list our car was built 1975 by wayne
> atkinson in salt lake city, as a street rod. it ran at
> bonneville in 76 in the then new street roadster
> class,it ran a v-8 chevy with 4 pistons and rods
> removed. it set a record in f/str. when we bought the
> the car it didn,t,t handel all that well. we keep
> adding weight and laying the axel back till it went
> straight. we plan to add more weight and add 2" to the
> windshild before next season. our new engine is 424"
> small block with brobex heads and hilborns. we run a 4
> speed and ford 9". alan set the record at 203 and i
> uped it to 205.816 i,ve learned alot from the list
> and will gladly share any info. i can. gene -b
> --- ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
> > Gene, great to hear from a record roadster man.
> > Everything about how
> > you get a Bonneville roadster to go fast and safe is
> > interesting. I
> > have Chuck Salmen's Interview in my file available
> > to send you unless
> > you saw it here before when it came out.
> >
> > If you have the time, tell us how you do it, engine
> > detail, all the
> > driveline, ballasting, the whole nine yards. I want
> > to improve my '32
> > Ford roadster/Ardun to the max. Thanks, ArdunBill
>
>
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