jim and list, We run 18* now which makes it hard
to move around but it goes straight. we've had
problems with the wind buffeting our head around.(does
not happen at el mirage) our temp. fix was to tie a
arm restraint from helmet to lap belt. you start out
looking down but at speed it blows your head straight.
we run about 600lbs of ballast
now. gene -b --- Jim Dincau <jdincau@QNET.COM>
wrote:
> 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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