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261. Re: Two Tech Questions (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:24:57 -0500
Believe the next Snell cert spec will be 2005. As for the Panhard bar, make it as long as you can regardless of your suspension travel. Short bars induce unwanted side movement to the axle. JB list,
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00304.html (7,638 bytes)

262. Re: Roadsters Aero issues... (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:32:59 -0500
My guess is that your car is about half the weight of your average highly competitive roadster. Tom B's car is not extremely heavy and mine in not to far behind you both. But as you observed we are
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00314.html (9,278 bytes)

263. Aero Stability - More Ramblings (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:20:50 -0500
"If it don't handle or the driver ain't comfortable it won't ever go fast." What does all the weight, ballast or down force, do to your tires? With M/T ties out of the picture, for who knows how long
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00383.html (8,810 bytes)

264. Re: high speed stability (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 07:32:14 -0500
Thinking that if you have lift on the rear of the roadster you are going to have some sort of stability issues even if it is FWD. Although probably not as sever as it would be with RWD. I believe lo
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00563.html (8,290 bytes)

265. Re: Piston Slap ? Non LSR (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 09:03:35 -0500
Well there you go, I would have voted for piston slap and told Bill that they should fix it. Never considered that the 5.3 was an alloy block. Wonder if cutting the outer edge of the piston top by .0
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00572.html (7,930 bytes)

266. Re: Traction Control (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 09:24:17 -0500
Hmmm, Maxton, thirty seconds x thirty runs = 15 minutes. Times six meets a year = 1.5 hours per year. I can't do that in my car, but I know some Harley guys that have. I might be lucky to have an hou
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00573.html (8,262 bytes)

267. Re: The"Physics" of Racing (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 07:42:06 -0500
Only opened one of the 26 topics so far, but it looks like a really neat site. JB
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00587.html (7,099 bytes)

268. Re: Hey guys and gals... (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:29:06 -0500
"we did get a bit of racing stuff in... Took the race car up to Rabbit to have the Roll cage re-fitted... raising it 2" and moving it forward the same amount... and had him install a set of Coil over
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00610.html (7,437 bytes)

269. Winter projects (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:43:58 -0500
Spent the day working on a new oil pan for the Honda. The last one was really built for the Corvette and may need to go back with that car. We have always run wet sump stuff and so far been successfu
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00611.html (7,070 bytes)

270. Re: Winter projects + another reminder. (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:03:48 -0500
Jeez Dave, all I wanted to do is make a hood that hinges so I can get to my engine without having to undo 37 Dzus fasteners. As for fires, I've never had one and don't plan on it either. You can sic
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00638.html (7,868 bytes)

271. Re: World Record (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:07:17 -0500
Why doesn't the FIA just pass on the LSR portion of their domain to some group that would care about it. BNI/SCTA, MSA, DLRA? JB PS. A Happy and safe New Year to all Book') safety
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00657.html (7,843 bytes)

272. Re: WORLD RECORDS (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:11:31 -0500
And rightly so. Are any of the FIA records faster than the BNI records? I would guess, very few at best. JB -- Original Message -- From: "James Tone" <gmc6power@earthlink.net> To: "Landspeed Louise A
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00658.html (8,157 bytes)

273. Re: WORLD RECORDS (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:19:44 -0500
The French did help the US greatly 228 years ago. But only because they felt it was in there best interest to belittle their hated enemy the British. Believe that was the first and last time too. The
/html/land-speed/2003-12/msg00659.html (8,040 bytes)

274. Re: GM front disc brake question (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 16:19:38 -0500
Well for the select few of us on this list who run Maxton front brakes are highly recommended. To answer Dicks question. I would guess that there isn't any problem running what you got, but I persona
/html/land-speed/2003-11/msg00019.html (6,895 bytes)

275. Re: fire extinguishers and race cars (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:15:33 -0500
You can run tee's, and should when running more than one nozzle, but you can't mix systems (driver vs engine) to the best of my knowledge. the that about year
/html/land-speed/2003-11/msg00022.html (9,062 bytes)

276. Re: fire extinguishers and race cars (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:20:04 -0500
My rule book says to install the system as per manufactures recommendations, so I read the installation instructions that came with my system and also used the tee's supplied by the manufacturer. JB
/html/land-speed/2003-11/msg00062.html (9,283 bytes)

277. Re: fire extinguishers and race cars (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 06:34:21 -0500
I am using this system. Joe Timney is a distributor, has excellent prices and can get the bottles retagged. http://firefoxind.com/firefox.html JB replace suffocation a put driver the What
/html/land-speed/2003-11/msg00071.html (11,120 bytes)

278. Re: fire extinguishers and race cars (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 06:28:01 -0500
The rule book talks about a "Driver" system and an "Engine" system. Two separate systems, operated independently, with 5 lbs of agent on the engine and 10 lbs on the driver. JB -- Original Message --
/html/land-speed/2003-11/msg00072.html (9,564 bytes)

279. Re: fire extinguishers and race cars (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:38:36 -0500
No, I have an FX-200 and FX-325. Believe it equals 16 or 18 lbs of agent. JB -- Original Message -- From: "Gary LaRonge" <saltracer552@juno.com> To: <saltracer@servusa.com> Cc: <rgg14@cox.net>; <land
/html/land-speed/2003-11/msg00086.html (8,453 bytes)

280. Re: El Mirage bound (score: 1)
Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 08:14:03 -0500
Have a great time you guys. Be safe, have fun and bring back that last hat. tomorrow.... to they floor then out in her
/html/land-speed/2003-11/msg00147.html (8,199 bytes)

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