This a report that appears on the USFRA Page:
News from the Salt Flats as of July 17, 2000.
The Speedweek courses have been switched to have the long course on the
West side and the short course on the
East side of the salt. This will provide better visibility of the
faster cars to the spectators along the mountain side of
the courses. Courses overall are located about a mile or more farther
West overall than last year. There are 7+
miles of smooth and relatively dry salt for this time of year that is
very white and hard. When initial dragging of the
courses was started, workers commented that the area was basically
runable as is without dragging. If weather
conditions continue as they are now, the World of Speed could have 8,
9, or more miles of very high quality race
course in September. Anyone planning on running this year should
make sure they have their entries in..
?Tom,, Redding CA - #216 D/CC
john robinson wrote:
>
> Howdy,
> anybody hear anything about the condition of the salt?
> not that it may do me any good, I'm still waiting for the cylinder
>head to
> arrive from the shop. they did a race valve job that doesn't work in my
> engine, intake valves catch the seat and stick open, kinda makes it hard to
> light the mixture.....I hadn't seen this valve/seat grind, the valve is
> seated on the edge of the valve, which opens the throat of the seat in the
> cylinder head up, but in my engine, with the stock rocker arm arrangement,
> the high lift cam creates a lot of side force against a short guide, and a
> long arc of rocker movement, and if the seat is up on the edge of the
> valve, there is no centering of the valve into the seat, which means the
> edge catches the seat and leaks.
> We thought that I had forgotten (or never knew) how to degree the
>cam, due
> to the symptoms, but Ron Iskiderian ??? (sorry about the spelling of your
> last name Ron) of Isky Cams, talked me through the procedure, and the cause
> of the trouble became obvious.
> So I sit here with piles of stuff ready to load into the Pig, and no
> engine for the racecar.....
>
> John Robinson, Mechanician
> Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin
> 1513 University Ave.
> Madison, Wi. 53706
> 608-262-3606
> FAX 608-265-2316
> Current World Land Speed Record Holder
> Bonneville Salt Flats
> H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
> 131.333 MPH set 1995
> 136.666 MPH set 1996
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