"Slower cars not using a chute should slide it out of
gear or into nuetral, easiest on the engine."
Yikes! I hope by slow you mean something under 80 MPH.
Easing a car out of gear while at speed (after a run
is over) destabilizes handling. I tried this once at
around 210 MPH and almost lost control of the car. I
never repeated that mistake. I do use rear brakes
after the chute is deployed. It slows you down faster
and gets you off the course quicker. It helps speed up
the event.
John Goodman
--- James Tone <gmc6power@earthlink.net> wrote:
> After 29 sucsessful years on El Mirage and
> Bonneville I can truthfully
> relate what was told to me many years ago by more
> than one very fast LSR
> competitor. Brakes are for "loading and unloading"
> safely from your
> trailer...
> Now with the advent of much better winches this is
> no longer true. However
> that said. One should always "drive" into the chute
> to keep a car from doing
> something you may not like after the run(unloading).
> Slower cars not using a
> chute should slide it out of gear or into nuetral,
> easiest on the engine.
> Automatics, I believe, should install manual
> transmissions :<) . The idea
> behind discs on a land speed car has always confused
> me. Reason: they drag.
> Drums can be adjusted not to drag. I've never use
> front or disc brakes on
> any of my LSR cars and 90% of the racers I know
> don't use them either.
> Whether is a lakester, roadster or coupe. Just my
> opinion I could be wrong,
> but your chasing me so far....Good Luck. J.D.
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