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1. Re: Tires (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:11:42 EDT; Doug; I put 60,000 miles on the Michelins that came OEM on my Dodge. They still had tread but I got new ones. They were 8 years old at the time and still in good shape. I keep them at 80 pounds press; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00021.html (7,894 bytes)
2. Re: Speedweek (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 11:00:54 EDT; List; As I wrote to Bruce, I have never met Mr. Kepner in person, although he has invited me to stop for cookies and lemonade at his return road camp. I have corresponded with Bret and others on a Pr; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00143.html (6,906 bytes)
3. Re: New Category (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 14:52:57 EDT; List; I think the cut off should be '69. Everyone has a different reason for the year he (or she) thinks nostalgia starts. However we talked this to death last spring. I for one am happy to get to vo; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00156.html (8,015 bytes)
4. Re: New Category (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 18:32:59 EDT; List; Some of you may have known Jack as long as I have. I can only hope that Jacks visit will not result in anything like the unpleasantness of 1812. Rich Fox; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00323.html (8,068 bytes)
5. Re: Rotary Engines (was Re: New Category) (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:39:02 EDT; Perhaps the distinction should be reciprocating engines verses rotating engines. Then the Wankel engines would run with the turbines. Rich Fox; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00354.html (7,910 bytes)
6. Re: Rotary Engines (was Re: New Category) (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 12:10:51 EDT; Many years ago I raced an Alfa in E and F production, as I remember, at SCCA events. At that time cars were classified by actual observed performance over a period of time. Modified was different, I; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00385.html (8,632 bytes)
7. Outboards (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:38:24 EDT; I went to look at some outboard motors today. Mercs. 2 liter 4 cylinder at 200 hp and a 3 liter V6, don't know the power. They do use roller and ball bearings for rods and mains. I am thinking that o; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00439.html (7,295 bytes)
8. Re: Outboards (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 21:32:25 EDT; Bill; Nitriding is similar to case hardening and may be thick enough to not crack through. What you are calling caged needle bearings I think is what I call roller bearings. They are in split cages,; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00442.html (7,117 bytes)
9. Re: Roller Bearings (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:21:26 EDT; The reason I called the bearings Roller Bearings only applied to the diameter of the individual pins. Since they were not little (.060) like universal joint needle bearings, I think of them as roller; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00448.html (6,553 bytes)
10. Re: Outboards (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:16:24 EDT; Greg; Do you think the crankpins could be ground, welded, and refinished to standard size after Nitriding? Am I correct that ball bearings are used for crank thrust or how is that handled? Thanks for; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00456.html (6,828 bytes)
11. Re: Outboards and pressed crankshafts (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:08:36 EDT; The motor I looked at was in a box all disassembled. I should have looked closer. There were split caged roller bearings in the box. I assumed those were the rod bearings, and the crank pins were pre; /html/land-speed/2000-09/msg00461.html (7,333 bytes)
12. Re: Trailers and Tools.. (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 14:29:46 EDT; Keith; I don't go to the line to work either, BUT sometimes I am very happy that I have my tool box with me. If you got it you won,t need it,sorta. Rich; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00115.html (6,688 bytes)
13. Re: Rotary engines, Hmmmmm... (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:19:13 EDT; Did you count Marlo's 6:71 blown 2 rotor lakester. That was a strange looking thing. Blower was about the same size as the motor. Rich Fox, leaving for the salt early Friday.; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00175.html (6,789 bytes)
14. Gone (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:27:47 EDT; List; The car is on the trailer, the trailer is hooked to the truck, and the whole mess is pointed toward the garage door. Around 4am I'll pull out of here and its around 11 hours to the salt. I love; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00195.html (6,313 bytes)
15. Re: Speedweek 2000 (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 12:38:53 EDT; List; After running out the big end on the long course without water, I was somewhat surprised that the Nissan survived at all. It lost 20mph between the 3 and the 4. We replaced the no electrode plu; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00228.html (7,743 bytes)
16. Re: Attracting new comers/ Classes (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:46:33 EDT; Jon; Years ago I ran a gas altered coup at the drags. If I wanted to run fuel i would have run in fuel coup. If I wanted to run a roadster I would have been in roadster class. If I wanted to run a bl; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00446.html (8,511 bytes)
17. Re: Attracting new comers/ Classes (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:34:20 EDT; I don't think there is anywhere else I can be semicompetive with a '32 Plymouth running a 57 Ford head. The fun in that is building it and it really runs. Al and Nolan are not to worried, but I still; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00459.html (8,792 bytes)
18. Re: Bonneville Transmissions (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:49:38 EDT; I believe the answer is "it depends". Do you think that Crosley would have gone faster on the long course? If pushed to where it would run in high it's top speed would have been the same on either co; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00502.html (9,125 bytes)
19. Re: Leak Down Tester (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:57:36 EDT; Keith; I don't know why but when I was going to A&P school we learned to set the gages at 80 lbs. Then we compared the reading on the downstream gage after opening the air valve. I seem to remember 2; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00503.html (7,264 bytes)
20. Re: Fuel Cells? (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 12:29:19 EDT; Keith; I vent my fuel tank under the car with a one way check valve. I thought that was the rules. If not it should be. Rich; /html/land-speed/2000-08/msg00543.html (6,367 bytes)

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