- 61. NON-LSR, DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 19:59:43 -0500
- There's one thing missing in your numbers . HP per gallon of gas is not a constant . Gas engines gain efficiency as they work harder . In my opinion the extra 1/2 HP to run the headlights would come
- /html/land-speed/2006-01/msg00149.html (8,050 bytes)
- 62. Re: Rods - Aluminum or Steel (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:00:16 -0500
- Aluminum rods would work ok if they clear your cam and you notch your cylinder walls . Outlaw sprinters change aluminum rods every 250 miles . It's not the same thing but that's a lot of runs at Bon
- /html/land-speed/2006-01/msg00248.html (7,330 bytes)
- 63. 10 Bolt 2.29 Ring And Pinion (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:24:16 -0500
- Just got a 10 bolt 2.29 ring and pinion on ebay . I bid on it to be shure an LSR person got it . Anybody needs it let me know . 282 mph @7700 rpm with 28" tires . John Burk joyseydevil@comcast.net
- /html/land-speed/2006-01/msg00261.html (6,502 bytes)
- 64. Re: Social Security Non LSR but Important (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:43:25 -0500
- When I was drag racing with other 25 yearolds this topic wouldn't have come up . I started my SS when I became old enough and rolled over my lump sum retirement payoff into a nice safe Vanguard index
- /html/land-speed/2006-01/msg00269.html (7,063 bytes)
- 65. Re: Bridgeport stuff (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:55:29 -0500
- A phase converter can be as simple as an old 3 phase motor and a 270 mfd capacitor . (A) 220 single phase wire (B) 220 Bridgeport wire (O) 220 3 phase idler motor terminal (S) switch (A)--(S)--(O)--
- /html/land-speed/2006-01/msg00293.html (7,689 bytes)
- 66. Re: Chassis lift (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:55:34 -0500
- My streamliner has provisions for a pair of sidewinder trailer jacks with wheels for on the salt towing . In the pits they raise the car 18" . Jeff Shipley and another streamliner have similar deals
- /html/land-speed/2006-01/msg00328.html (6,866 bytes)
- 67. Gleasman Torsen (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:11:05 -0500
- Torsen differentials use worm gears to link the axel gears . It's based on the fact that the friction of worm gears driven in the wrong direction goes up as the torque increases . At one time and may
- /html/land-speed/2006-01/msg00376.html (6,482 bytes)
- 68. Old Photos (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 12:23:51 -0500
- The latest Rodders Journal has 16 pages of photographs of late 40's El Mirage and early 50's Bonneville meets . John Burk joyseydevil@comcast.net
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00009.html (6,649 bytes)
- 69. Fw: tool --Christmas Ideas (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 08:09:56 -0500
- Sadly another nail in the coffin of domestic manufacturing . )
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00052.html (6,597 bytes)
- 70. Re: Dual fuel pumps (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:18:34 -0500
- My unfinished streamliner has a 100 gph electric pump supplying a tall thin surge tank with the excess fuel and any bubles flowing back to the 3 gal main tank . The Hilborn pump draws bubble free fue
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00078.html (7,135 bytes)
- 71. Re: Another Wiz-Bang Spark Plug (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:55:00 -0500
- I may be wrong but in my racing experience (gas SBC and nitro BBC) ignitions don't make much difference unless you need advance curves or very high rpm . With Vertex and Schiefer magnetos misfiring w
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00079.html (6,680 bytes)
- 72. Re: Fuel System Rule Question (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:23:39 -0500
- His Lenco 2 speed had a sprag failure . After that incident NHRA mandated drums be made of iron so they would blow at a lower speed or alloy steel so they wouldn't blow . If a sprag fails while the
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00156.html (7,721 bytes)
- 73. Re: Way back when .... (NON LSR) (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:02:51 -0500
- That brings to mind when Mickey Thompson's twin aluminum 215 Pontiac dragster was running in our area and and had an entire spark plug blow out . John Burk joyseydevil@comcast.net
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00165.html (7,740 bytes)
- 74. Mickey's Innovative Dragsters (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:33:43 -0500
- Bryan and list Mickey Thompson also ran a Dragmaster with a cut in half Tempest (half of a half of a Pontiac) . I was at the Indy Nationals in 1962 when Mickey showed up with 3 hemi Pontiac dragsters
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00193.html (7,246 bytes)
- 75. Re: Way back when (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:27:55 -0500
- When he lived southern Cal."Danny Boy" Ed Tradup ran a junior fueler at Lions with a 215 BOP engine . Without the driver it weighed 615 pounds . The Repco company in Australia made 4 valve twin cam h
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00197.html (6,890 bytes)
- 76. Re: Mickeys Innovativeragsters (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:53:42 -0500
- Wilmington I'm not shure Mickeys hemi heads would bolt up to a standard Pontiac block . As I remember they had 10 bolts per head like a 392 Chrysler with the bolts also holding down the rocker stand
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00205.html (7,309 bytes)
- 77. Quote To Remember (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:11:20 -0500
- ones we have lost in the last two years were to US< That's a quote to remember Sparky . John
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00227.html (6,566 bytes)
- 78. Re: Mickey's Innovative Dragsters (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:00:13 -0500
- There's never been anybody better than Mickey Thompson at convincing corporate CEO's to get involved in his racing ventures . If I remember he got Goodyear into the race tire buisness when he got the
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00234.html (7,383 bytes)
- 79. Fw: Mickey's Innovative Dragsters (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:53:54 -0500
- You can't believe all you read but this clip I found in the internet is the way I remember reading about it at the time . I'm shure the story is not that simple . ( Mickey had gone to various major
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00238.html (7,487 bytes)
- 80. Towing Irony (score: 1)
- Author: "John Burk" <joyseydevil@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:44:18 -0500
- There's irony in tow vehicles . High tongue weight reduces trailer sway . Dualys handle high tongue weight . 5th wheel hitches eliminate trailer sway and would work fine with minimal tongue weight .
- /html/land-speed/2005-12/msg00361.html (6,466 bytes)
This search system is powered by
Namazu