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301. Maxton (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:25:55 -0400; What great meet, just a touch of rain on Saturday afternoon and we were back running in two hours. The biggest news was Wayne Pollack riding Rich Yancy's turbo 'Busa to an astounding 242 MPH. And thi; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00020.html (7,653 bytes)
302. Re: Seat fitting and Foam (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 17:59:57 -0400; This was a neat deal Keith. Probably will get some to make a seat for my daugheter who seems to like all this LSR stuff. JB I've always on distinction foam do kit.... up in well that but that 6 thing; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00043.html (9,657 bytes)
303. Re: Private time on Bonneville (or elsewhere) (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 06:35:46 -0400; Hey Joe, this is an offer you can't hardly pass up. JB is; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00226.html (7,405 bytes)
304. Re: Thrust Vehicles (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 19:41:12 -0400; Hmmm...just happens to be one, built for LSR, in Florida. JB like an air boat on wheels (what an; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00348.html (7,955 bytes)
305. Re: Thought and Ideas Wanted... (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 21:32:46 -0400; They make 2 gal fuel tanks that can be securely mounted. Try the local dealerships for a fuel pump as they warranty things like that and then pitch them when the factory says OK. pumps; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00438.html (7,609 bytes)
306. Re: Thrust (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:02:42 -0400; Hmmm...maybe its friction...but from my point of view its a very, very impressive marker in LSR history. The problem is that 99% of us run wheel driven vehicles and a thrust vehicle is sort of out th; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00468.html (9,484 bytes)
307. Re: Suspension options... (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:50:03 -0400; When you reach the full potential of you particular combination then marginal gains become a big deal. El car the that; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00512.html (9,319 bytes)
308. Suspension (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:45:20 -0400; Add a sway bar. Rabbit put one in Keith's...I believe...and I'm in the process of up-dating mine with one too. Takes the roll out. And the closer the springs are together the more roll you will expe; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00516.html (8,554 bytes)
309. Re: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:55:45 -0400; JB -- Original Message -- From: "W S Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net> To: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>; "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <land-speed@au; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00524.html (8,331 bytes)
310. CarbonX? (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 16:04:33 -0400; Safety innovator Bill Simpson was making the rounds in the Winston Cup garage Thursday, showing off a new fireproof material he says could be worn under a driver's uniform and would greatly increase; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00529.html (6,626 bytes)
311. Re: Suspension (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 17:56:28 -0400; The Drag guys use soft rear springs and so did the NASCAR teams before the tech guys decided it was a cheetin. JB -- Original Message -- From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net> To: "John Beckett" <saltrac; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00536.html (9,024 bytes)
312. Re: Suspension options... (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:27:25 -0400; My first LSR car...1990...a '74 Mustang II...didn't have any rear suspension...we didn't have the ECTA then either...we used the Mustangs front suspension because it was there. Didn't take me too man; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00611.html (8,374 bytes)
313. Anti-roll bars. (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:12:57 -0400; Guys, I'm still having trouble finding any info that explains to me how to find the roll center of a solid axle front or rear end. Found a great picture, which I actually understand, for an independe; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00704.html (6,869 bytes)
314. Re: QUESTION about LSR Studebaker with Buggy Spring Beam Front (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 08:40:15 -0400; My thoughts too, Dave. Would be so much easier to weld a Camaro front clip on. I put a beam axle in the front of the Hondaliner. Thought it would be a simple deal. It wasn't. With all the bars etc. i; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00722.html (8,683 bytes)
315. Re: LSR Studebaker with Buggy Spring Beam Front Axle (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:54:38 -0400; With a 120" WB and an ALTERED engine set back it's hard to believe that a Camaro crossmember would be in the way of anything. But if it was just notch it out. If I had to do the Hondaliner over again; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00739.html (7,545 bytes)
316. Re: Wheels for 350 + mph - 17 inch diameter (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:44:03 -0400; Did you try Taylor Wheel 323-567-3998 or Ken Huff 562-943-6877 makers; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00741.html (7,616 bytes)
317. Re: Radiator or Tank (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:54:52 -0400; Use to run a tank (18 gal.) worked fine, but when the water was hot you were done for a few hours till it cooled down. What a pain when trying to tune/adjust something. Always got hot before I was f; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00743.html (9,062 bytes)
318. Return springs (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:59:23 -0400; Have run springs like that on the salt for about twelve years now without incident of any kind. Can't imagine how you had those things mounted as to jam the throttle wide open. JB -- Original Messag; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00744.html (7,111 bytes)
319. Re: Radiator or Tank (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 10:44:16 -0400; " The thermostat in the engine is so you heat the engine quickly and do not have to heat up the tank and radiator at the same time and thus avoid Beckett's problem with a tank of hot water..." Dave I; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00752.html (8,252 bytes)
320. Re: Radiator or Tank (score: 1): Author: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>; Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:29:11 -0400; Hey I actually understand this stuff, but still having trouble will all that roll center goblty gook. Anyway we ran a pressurized tank system in the old car without any problems and less complexity.; /html/land-speed/2003-10/msg00766.html (10,077 bytes)

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