I just wanted to add a few words of my own to Keith's statement.
And to love life, you've got to take yourself to a higher level of living.
.....Keep you energy focused and free. Be your authentic self, listen actively,
focus on how you want to feel, & accept change. Change happens not by trying to
make yourself change, but by becoming conscious of what's NOT working. Cris,
(received a flash of wisdom that I wanted to pass on)
Keith Turk wrote:
> and to love life you gotta love to learn....
>
> Keith ( I wish I had Darrels hp problems.... )
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
> To: kturk@ala.net ; lsr_man@yahoo.com ; landspeedracer@email.msn.com ;
> land-speed@autox.team.net
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 7:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Maxton Ballast & Spinning Wheels
>
> Keith, As far as Maxton is concerned, I agree with Doug King that
> Dick J may be able to get away with little or no ballast at all ...... I was
> just
> talking about ballast IF it was needed . One BIG variable that HAS to be
> factored in here is the amount of HORSEPOWER we are talking about in
> any car we' re discussing . Darrell simply did NOT have enough weight in
> our car anywhere on the course ...... BRICKS obviously resist being pushed
> through the air, and the torque reaches a point where the tires start to
> lose
> their respectful grip on the salt, so it has to be a balancing act on how
> much ballast to bring along for the ride without being a hindrance to the
> car' s best available acceleration ...... this is where experience can
> count for a lot ...... and for the rest of us it' s mainly trial and error .
> IF Dick's Camaro could stay hooked up sans ballast weight at Maxton,
> I think that will be helpful in his reaching his best terminal velocity .
> I have always thought " light - lighter - LIGHTEST " regarding
> drag racing construction and I view ANY and ALL ballast as a
> NECESSARY EVIL ! As YOU very well know, the wet saline surface
> of the Bonneville course can be a formidable barrier that has to be
> DEALT WITH ....... IF you' re going to post those large numbers .......
> AND stay pointed in the right direction in the process.
> Isn' t ALL of life just one endless LEARNING
> PROCESS ???
> ...... keeps things kinda interesting, don' tcha think ?
> the Northern Hemi BDF
> A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
> and a Spinning Wheel Gains NO SPEED
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