John Goodman is going to bring 3.0 pounds of Tar.... and I am going to
bring 2.1 lbs of Feathers..... NEXT time we sit out there Floating... not
accelerating.... well you get the Picture.... A true Rotary Bath.... and
he won't Like these Rules either....
Keith ( man what a door stop....make neat ballast too)
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> From: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
> To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> Cc: kturk@ala.net; saltracer@awwwsome.com; Flowbench@aol.com;
landspeedracer@email.msn.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Maxton Ballast
> Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:26 AM
>
> you want some real fun ask John Goodman, Mike Allen and
> Keith Turk how they like my gearing and tune up.. LOL Keith
> only had to hang on for a mile While Mike Allen had to for 3
> miles+.. he gained 5 mph in about 3 1/2 miles.. but he did
> go 219 + in a lakster with 1500 cc...N/A gas. Goodman is
> sort of used to it now. I do catch him trying to slip in a
> taller gear from time to time though, or begging for more
> nitrous at the end of the pass. last time i caught him he
> went 224 in the 5 and 238 out the back..he 'fessed up over
> dinner about not putting in the gear that would of got 232
> in the 5 and 233 out the back. But his record not mine..Turk
> well he has those iron doorstops he calls cylinder heads and
> they failed often..
> Dave
>
> Dick J wrote:
> >
> > Keith, we talked about this a little in the pits
> > last summer. Aerodynamics and basic physics have
> > to be applied jointly to determine the car's
> > handling. You just commented about "running out
> > of horsepower". Once the car stops accelerating
> > and reaches what you called "terminal velocity"
> > all of the basic forces on the car take on
> > different effects. It becomes a whole new ball
> > game. You can feel that even in a slower car,
> > like mine. I ran out of horsepower about 300
> > feet from the timer and I could definitely feel
> > the change in the car's handling. The old girl
> > just started to float and the rear wanted to pass
> > or fly over the front. I felt like I had just
> > driven onto one of those famous bridges with the
> > signs about "bridges ice first". That's the same
> > effect you feel with your tow truck on the way to
> > the races when a cab-over 18-wheeler passes you
> > and your own trailer wants to pass you. As long
> > as you have power to accelerate, just a little
> > bit, you can drive out of it. It you don't have
> > any pedal left - or God forbid, if for any reason
> > you have to use the brakes or slow down - the
> > basic laws of physics will help that trailer pass
> > you real fast, unless you're really careful. I
> > suspect that the same thing happens with a race
> > car once it is no longer accelerating. Quite a
> > few of the fast car drivers have commented, here
> > on the list, that the real driving starts when
> > you get to the end and have to slow down.
> >
> > Dick J
> >
> > --- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> > > Tom I can Roil the tires about anywhere until I
> > > get in 4th gear.... the car
> > > always goes straight... it doesn't float it
> > > doesn't move it just goes
> > > straight... until it runs out of
> > > Horsepower..... ( John Goodman and I have
> > > Plans in the works for Dave if this happens
> > > again!!! ) and that weight an
> > > balance sheet I just did was close to the
> > > actual one for the car.... except
> > > we have a bunch more weight then that.... If
> > > anyone expresses an interest I
> > > will take the actual one and transcribe it
> > > here....
> > >
> > > K
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > > From: Thomas E. Bryant
> > > <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> > > > To: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > > > Cc: Flowbench@aol.com;
> > > landspeedracer@email.msn.com; kturk@ala.net;
> > > land-speed@autox.team.net
> > > > Subject: Re: Maxton Ballast
> > > > Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 10:39 AM
> > > >
> > > > Most cars handle well until the rear wheels
> > > come loose. I suspect that
> > > > there is little wheel spin on #265. From
> > > experience, I can tell you that
> > > > when the weight is forward the car goes
> > > straight even when there is
> > > > wheel spin. It also seems that the heavier
> > > the rear, in relation to the
> > > > front, the quicker the spin.
> > > >
> > > > Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
> > > >
> > > .
> > > edding CA - #216 D/GCC
> > > >
> > > .
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