Tim I can Prove your thoughts to you on a Graph.... Got Several Passes and
With a Maximum Effort the speeds are in fact quicker.
Several of us have cars that run at more then one venue.... El Mirage or
Muroc simply won't stand the Horsepower efforts on the starting line that
Maxton will. At Maxton the sooner you get into your top speed at the
correct RPM the sooner you can let the engine work against the effects of
Nature... and the faster you will go.
Cars that are designed Purely for Maxton most likely won't be optimized for
Bville.... and so on.... We have the Camaro Pretty well set up for both with
the spoiler but I think some added weight would really Benifet us at
Bville....
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: tschoen <j82244@fuse.net>
To: Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Cc: Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield <lemay@hiwaay.net>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: Turbo's And Power Brakes
> Thanks to all who had constructive comments.I'm off the vac. thing now but
do
> wish to take exception to the opinion that Maxton doesn't require maximum
(maybe
> even violent !) acceleration off the starting line, although some
combinations
> may be more sensitive than others. It is after all a long drag race
without the
> other car.The reason for maxing out at the line is not to "hole shot" the
other
> guy(who doesn't exist) but to provide enough time/distance in the upper
gears to
> achieve max terminal velocity for a particular combination.My combination
> produces max speed with fairly high RPM launches-no power below 5,000 and
> relatively high shift points 8,700.The difference is about 3-4 MPH between
a max
> effort launch and a "granny" one. That's just one of the small cube/low
torque
> facts of life.
> Tim Schoeny
>
> Dan Warner wrote:
>
> > Tim,
> >
> > There are no starting line beams at Bonneville, El Mirage or Muroc. Just
> > make sure you drive between them somewhere down the road, anywhere from
1.3
> > to 5 miles depending on where you are located.
> >
> > Dan W
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield <lemay@hiwaay.net>
> > To: tschoen <j82244@fuse.net>; <dkveuro@flash.net>
> > Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 6:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: Turbo's And Power Brakes
> >
> > > Uh, are we drag racing or what? Plus most cas with turbo on the
staging
> > > line just don't make much boost because the rpms are not that high.
Unless
> > > you have a 5000 rpm stall converter and a Transbrake (mine will have
> > that).
> > > If running on the lakes or Maxton, no need to build lots of rpm and
drop
> > > the hammer. Smooth acceleration is what is called for (aggressive, but
> > > smooth).
> > >
> > > my 2 cents woth and worth every penny!
> > >
> > > mayf
> > >
> > > At 09:04 PM 3/9/00 -0500, tschoen wrote:
> > > >OK-let's say the car is sitting at the starting line with 15-30 psi
in
> > the
> > > >manifold and staged, now you're telling me that it's going to have
enough
> > > >brakes to prevent rolling thru the starting beam-I don't think so.
> > > >
> > > >Don Kerr wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Who's gonna be braking on a full throttle???????
> > > >> Check valves, check valves, check valves, and throw in a vac' tank.
> > > >> Vac comes right back real quick on a closed throttle at
9000rpm!!!!!!!
> > > >> But really it's no problem,only blowin' when you need the power
Tim.
> > > >> ..........DK.
> > > >> (Scrap-Iron Racin')
> > > >>
> > > >> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >>
> > > >> tschoen wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > What happens to your power brakes when a turbo or blower is
> > added-seems
> > > >> > you wouldn't have any/much vac.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Tim Schoeny
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > L.E. Mayfield
> > > 124 Maximillion Drive
> > > Madison, Al. 35758-8171
> > > ph: 1-256-837-1051
> > >
> > > http://home.hiwaay.net/~lemayf
> > >
> > > lemay@hiwaay.net
> > >
> > > Sunbeam Tiger, B9471136
> > > Sunbeam Alpine Bonneville Land Speed Racer,
> > > '66 Hydroplane Drag Boat (390 FE)
> > >
>
>
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