- 181. Re: A Great Quote (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:56:51 -0500
- Thomas Paine said - "What we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly" - He also brought Captain Bonneville to this country .
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00263.html (7,215 bytes)
- 182. First Race (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:01:07 -0500
- Not shure if you'd call it road racing or off road racing but when I was 14 or 15 I took mom's 52 Morris Minor and Steve took his father's 51 Renault 4cv and we did a hot lap on the dirt road near us
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00280.html (6,578 bytes)
- 183. Re: Whatever did we do before Mig welders? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:27:21 -0500
- When I met Kent Fuller at Speedweek last year I asked if it was true he gas welded his dragster roll bars - He said shure , you preheat with the rosebud and weld with the double aught , NHRA didn't a
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00316.html (7,792 bytes)
- 184. Re: Whatever did we do before Mig welders? (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:48:42 -0500
- I would think there is no such thing as an undersize mig welder if the work is sufficiently preheated .
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00350.html (7,816 bytes)
- 185. Re: Dakar rally... (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:19:27 -0500
- In 1975 a friend spoted a clasified in a San Diego news paper looking for paying riders for the Baja 1000 - We went and darned if we didn't win the 2 seat buggy class and come in 6th overall - Mickey
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00365.html (6,697 bytes)
- 186. Land Speed First Day Cover (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:37:40 -0500
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=73183&item=5545790287&
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00373.html (6,375 bytes)
- 187. Dzus Spacing (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 20:58:16 -0500
- I'm doing the body on my streamliner - The .062" aluminum panels from the driver to the tail are 21" tall , 96" long , flat verticaly and are gently curved front to rear - My question , is 13" betwee
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00385.html (7,208 bytes)
- 188. Re : Dzus Spacing (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:07:25 -0500
- Dave and Mayf - If air pressure makes a flat panel bulge 1/8" over a 13" span no yielding has occured - All alloys of alumimum are equaly elastic so if the panels were 1100 or 7075 they would both bu
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00411.html (6,795 bytes)
- 189. Re: Dzus Spacing (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:34:10 -0500
- Dave - So you're saying one button per .95 sq. ft. is not enough and that I should have twice as many of them ? 32 Dzus buttons in a 96" panel seems aerodynamicly costly .
- /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00413.html (7,044 bytes)
- 190. New Jersey Dry Lake Racing (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:35:02 -0500
- In northwestern New Jersey there is an area known as Great Meadows that is the bed of what was once a 2 X 6 mile lake - Island Dragway where a lot of us raced is located there but unfortunately its n
- /html/land-speed/2004-11/msg00020.html (6,795 bytes)
- 191. Re: New Jersey Dry Lake Racing (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:15:44 -0500
- Rick - The nearest town to Great Meadows is Great Meadows NJ - 5miles south of I 80 and 10 miles east of Pennsylvania . Participate in Democracy. "In the end, we will not so much remember the words o
- /html/land-speed/2004-11/msg00022.html (6,744 bytes)
- 192. Re: Traction Control and Bench Racing.. (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:51:54 -0500
- The problem is that its hard for the driver to judge wheel spin using only their sense of hearing - If there was better feed-back like a light that grew brighter with uncreased wheel spin it we would
- /html/land-speed/2004-11/msg00163.html (9,153 bytes)
- 193. Re: Traction Control and Bench Racing.. (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:27:18 -0500
- Proposing TC is like saying we need ATC (automatic throttle control) to prevent overreving when a tachometer would solve the problem - We have lost somthing if we hear "my dads computer can beat your
- /html/land-speed/2004-11/msg00165.html (8,985 bytes)
- 194. Traction Control Computer (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:06:43 -0500
- Just picked up an ideal onboard wheel slip indicator . X-Apparently-To: peggyann57@prodigy.net via 206.190.37.85; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:45:21 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [128.125.172.9] Return-Path: <jcoll
- /html/land-speed/2004-11/msg00186.html (7,861 bytes)
- 195. Re: First Car (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:15:39 -0500
- In 1957 , 40 Ford 2dr , gray primer , 3 duces , no side windows , no rear shocks , no money , no braines , plenty of blow by , 10 mpg - Above 70 the wind blew through the holes in the floor and blew
- /html/land-speed/2004-11/msg00330.html (6,637 bytes)
- 196. 777 front tires (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 02:12:08 -0400
- The shot of the 777 engine backfire shows the kind of front tires we may no longer need to consider using .
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00011.html (6,205 bytes)
- 197. Re Crank Balancing (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:04:21 -0400
- Rick - I agree with Gary - The same as the bob weights on the crank balancer
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00092.html (6,225 bytes)
- 198. Re: Crank Balancing (math) (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 04:28:38 -0400
- Balanced to a street engine means it doesn't shake the car - For a racing engine it means minimizing the forces on the main bearings - If you put heavier than stock pistons in a naturaly balanced eng
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00101.html (6,604 bytes)
- 199. Re: Dzus Fasteners (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:28:53 -0400
- I found Chassis Shop has good prices and selection - chassisshop.com
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00107.html (6,503 bytes)
- 200. Re: Crank Balancing (Math) (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 03:58:15 -0400
- I was wondering how important it is to precisely balance a crankshaft so I did a little oversimplified math - For each crank rotation each counterweight changes from overbalanced to underbalanced 8 t
- /html/land-speed/2004-10/msg00125.html (6,975 bytes)
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