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> From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> To: sprites
> Subject: Fw: Bonneville stuff Little LBC
> Date: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 7:29 AM
>
> Thanks Ried I forgot to mention the records we are currently running
on...
> the Motor in the car is a mule motor..( 355cu in C motor). or a spare....
> we are trying to sneak up on speed... the Record for this Motor is 153...
> and our last outing with the car we ran 147mph... That six miles an hour
> isn't hard at this level... it is when we get to Bville and I need that
> same six miles an hour that it will be hard...The Record's here on the
East
> coast are lower because we only run one mile , on the Salt we are going
> after a record of 219Mph... and I really don't expect to get that
> record.... This isn't the Healey... which will be much more
streamlined...
> this is an 80 Camaro... (Read Brick) and even 2 inches off the ground and
> modified as much as it can be... it still isn't slick enough not to
require
> the Big Boy Horsepower.. I have decided to use a Bugeye for the Modified
> sports car and was going to pick up the body in the next week or two..
>
> needless to say I am on pins and needles... I really would like to think
I
> have enough Hp and car to run better then the record this time out...
> course I thought that last time.... Oh well we'll see...
>
> Keith Turk
> Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
> Camaro ( D Gas Altered )(or C gas Altered to be more correct this outing)
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> > From: Reid Trummel <rtrummel@san.osd.mil>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> > Subject: Re: Bonneville stuff Little LBC
> > Date: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 1:08 AM
> >
> > Hi Keith,
> >
> > Many thanks for the update. Good luck with the season opener. Wish I
> could be
> > there for it. Please be sure to let the list know how you come out!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Reid
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> >
> > > Well the season opener in North Carolina is just around the Corner
and
> The
> > > old Camaro is starting to look up....
> > >
> > > quick review for those of you who are new to the list... I am a
> certified
> > > Healey nut... big and little... and somehow got fascinated with
Donald
> > > Healey's efforts on the Salt Flats of Bonneville..... I decided 5 or
so
> > > years ago to repeat the effort.... well todays world of Racing in
> > > Bonneville dictates several other problems and the bottom line is
that
> I am
> > > building a Healey to run on the Salt but for the next year or so .. I
> am
> > > going to test all of the components to the car with this Camaro...
What
> > > that does is allow me to run a car and learn some more before I
> actually
> > > build a car that is capable of beating the current record at
Bonneville
> > > 232mph... To go back and repeat Donald's actual record would be
> > > unobtainable... for a lot of reasons.. but the real answer is that
the
> body
> > > to my Long term Race car is going to Be a Healey... A bugeye to be
> exact...
> > >
> > > Okay all of that having been said... here we go... the winter
> improvements
> > > to the Camaro have been extensive.... we installed a complete air
ride
> > > suspension system which will allow us to adjust the attitude of the
car
> as
> > > well as load it on a trailer... this thing is 3 inches off the ground
> in
> > > the back and the front is set to one inch for racing... the rear
tires
> are
> > > one of the components you change to adjust gearing.. and this will
> allow us
> > > to maintain a constant attitude....Oh the side benefit is that
changing
> > > spark plugs is a bunch easier with the car raised 6 inches...
> > >
> > > new heads... cam, intake, headers, INSTRUMENTS.... wow...to include a
> > > Pyrometer. which will monitor exhaust gas temp on two cylinders and
> have a
> > > warning light to indicate a lean condition.
> > > The whole car is really very different then it was the last race in
> Oct...
> > > and I am really looking forward to the first hard pass here on the
East
> > > coast...
> > >
> > > If any of you are interested your welcome to come spectator.. the
Race
> is
> > > on the 27 of March in Maxton North Carolina.. at the Maxton
airfield..
> > > there is no entry fee and there is a ton of neat hardware....
> Bonneville
> > > racers are a strange bunch.... and the cars are very interesting..
Oh
> and
> > > there is one LBC geek hanging out in a corner running an old
> Camaro....with
> > > a smile and a diet coke
> > >
> > > Keith Turk
> > > Austin Healey 100, Bugeye, Box sprites, Bonneville Camero ( Land
Speed
> > > Racer)
> >
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