- 61. Charcoal grill (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:57:55 -0400
- Okay, I'll take the hint. I'll make up a grill from a 55-gallon oil drum and deliver it to Bonneville in our trailer when we show up for SpeedWeek. Wes, I'll leave it to you to arrange for us to stor
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00257.html (6,926 bytes)
- 62. Re: counting days (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:14:08 -0400
- Four weeks from today (Monday) we'll be driving west -- probably that morning we'll start from around Glendive, Montana and make it to Pocatello by nightfall. Tuesday it's a quick shot down through S
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00260.html (7,913 bytes)
- 63. Re: counting days (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:32:59 -0400
- David, I'll see Glen's comment and raise it a level: Get your wife/SO/partner racing, too. It's WAY easier this way. Last night Nancy asked me "When do we leave for World of Speed? I need to get the
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00263.html (8,595 bytes)
- 64. Re: Keith Turk question (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:01:10 -0400
- I'm going to vote for the story that he got into the ECTA 2 Club in the Camaro -- he didn't have the Berkley back then. I think the E M Club is the only one he entered in the Berkley. Jon Wennerberg
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00295.html (7,299 bytes)
- 65. Re: Keith Turk (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:24:38 -0400
- Yeah, the essential British car, the Jaguar -- Ford builds that car, right? Jon Wennerberg Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing Marquette, Michigan (that's 'way up north)
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00297.html (7,086 bytes)
- 66. Re: Fw: Oil stuff/dumb questios (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:32:17 -0400
- All right, my sad story about oil pressure. Damp salt is sticky -- gets on the tires and flings off and sticks to parts under the bike, including the lead from the oil pressure sensor. Damp salt is a
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00309.html (8,353 bytes)
- 67. Re: temps. (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:28:45 -0400
- 97 in Marquette yesterday, near that today. Even the mosquitoes took the day off. 97 just ain't right for this part of the world -- it's way more comfortable at 57. This is the place where folks aske
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00355.html (7,978 bytes)
- 68. Re: Turbocharger Question Non-LSR (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:28:24 -0400
- Diesel turbos are a little different from gas engine turbos -- in that they need to run at (or at least near) 100% most of the time so the engine can make proper hp. Gas engine -- turbo idles along,
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00424.html (8,887 bytes)
- 69. Re: days to speed week (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:37:47 -0400
- Glen I have one of those countdown clocks on my (company) website (www.infodestruction.com) year 'round. Most of the folks that visit the site haven't got a clue what the heck it means -- but it keep
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00493.html (6,973 bytes)
- 70. Re: 1st mile timing (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:42:14 -0400
- Yes, you Texas-truck-driver, yes the "traditional" short course will still exist. From the Straight Away News July, 2006: "...Records can be set in this clocked 1 to 2 mile (FYI) This will be in addi
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00500.html (8,673 bytes)
- 71. Firesuit (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:32:33 -0400
- I've been offered a ride in a 150-Club car at World of Speed, and don't have my own firesuit. Somebody out there got one to lend that'll fit and protect me? I'm tall, sorta skinny, purple okay but no
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00557.html (6,768 bytes)
- 72. Bike for sale (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:45:20 -0400
- Not ours, but we've seen this bike run at Maxton, and if you're interested in getting a "different" motorcycle, this might be just the ticket. I made one run on it -- straight and true, no issues, su
- /html/land-speed/2006-07/msg00588.html (6,698 bytes)
- 73. Re: Wild Bill go-faster Sparky Smith (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 09:48:30 -0400
- So you improved his reputation, right? And now we'll think of him as a saint (to-be, perhaps), and will sit quietly and listen to every word he utters/types and absorb it with nothing but awe and fer
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00012.html (7,399 bytes)
- 74. '66 427 Corvette ragtop - non-LSR (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 10:09:55 -0400
- Now and then we get interesting vehicles to store in our log-term storage facility, and a week ago a guy brought in his car. He bought it new -- and has kept it up pretty well. He's gone off to his s
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00015.html (7,137 bytes)
- 75. Re: unlimited pu (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:56:42 -0400
- I know, I know, it's the Propster guy using an AOL alias, right? Jon Wennerberg Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing Marquette, Michigan (that's 'way up north)
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00049.html (7,405 bytes)
- 76. Re: Insultin ! ! (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 09:10:19 -0400
- Otto, you won't get to first base with KT if you don't offer Diet Coke. Food might draw some folks, but unless you've got a BIG supply of Diet Coke and tell him about it -- well, maybe he'll call as
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00080.html (8,996 bytes)
- 77. Re: Water Fuel for automobiles (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 09:22:48 -0400
- Even if you can get cheap energy to liberate the hydrogen -- you need a good number of cubic feet of the stuff to move the car along for mile after mile, right? So either you gotta have a giant conta
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00107.html (9,633 bytes)
- 78. Re: E85, more questions (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:09:51 -0400
- They all are, and always have been (except for some pretty small units such as you'd find working in the yard of a small factory). I'd guess it's easier to build an electric motor with high torque at
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00174.html (9,041 bytes)
- 79. Re: E85, more questions (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:15:20 -0400
- Hey, I think we need to change your name from Odd Toe to "Odd Mr. Winky". It's not as charming, but maybe more to the point. The visual is something you're welcome to keep to yourself. OUCH! Jon Wenn
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00175.html (8,850 bytes)
- 80. Re: Big Rig Tires non-lsr (score: 1)
- Author: Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:38:16 -0400
- "Super Singles" have been around for quite a while, but are suddenly way more popular. They came about first, I think, on the steer axle, so that higher loads could be put on the front axle. (Regular
- /html/land-speed/2006-06/msg00199.html (9,069 bytes)
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