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201. Re: Re; Aero Revelations (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:49:24 -0800; I agree with Neil! There is nothing that compares to the "Great White Dyno" to answer these questions. Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00214.html (7,422 bytes)
202. Re: Towing at the Low-End (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:09:11 -0800; This is not a complicated issue unless you are towing an enormous payload. I have consistently used a GMC 1/2 ton short bed truck since 1975. The earlier trucks were a bit short on towing capabiliti; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00228.html (7,719 bytes)
203. Re: Article from deseretnews.com (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:04:34 -0800; A sad story...it appears that the skiers were where they should not have been, but that doesn't make it any less a tragedy. Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00289.html (6,686 bytes)
204. Re: Missing Email (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:20:18 -0800; My server has a screening program which works fairly well. The only problem is that some junk doesn't get identified and some that is deemed top be junk is not. These programs look for certain chara; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00294.html (8,299 bytes)
205. Re: Push bar survey (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:44:48 -0800; I too had a concern about the parachute getting tangled in the push bar on the car. I used a solid 1" bar and welded a 6" piece downward, making a "L" instead of the normal "T". On this I have a pie; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00309.html (7,407 bytes)
206. Re: Early 60's Bville Jet Cars (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:17:53 -0800; Thanks for posting this site. It's GREAT! Tom, Redding CA _ #216 D/CC; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00321.html (7,237 bytes)
207. Non-LSR (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:30:29 -0800; I have had the following on my wall for years and was just rereading it when it occurred to me that this could just as easily end with "a Land Speed Racer". I CHOOSE NOT TO BE A COMMON MAN It is my; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00338.html (7,540 bytes)
208. Re: Wind Noise (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:04:10 -0800; Probably true! My Firebird is much noiser than my GMC pickup. Can't hear any wind noise at all in the racecar. Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00370.html (6,831 bytes)
209. Re: Parachute Noise (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:10:04 -0800; I suspect that most everyone that uses a chute pulls it at the 5 mile. It does take a while for the sound to travel, and a car traveling in the excess of 200 mph covers a lot of ground while the chut; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00379.html (7,769 bytes)
210. Re: SCTA/BNI and FIA (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:53:18 -0800; It seems to me that this is a familiar discussion. I can remember back in the late fifties that the group that then controlled Bonneville attempted to get FIA sanction of Bonneville events or some k; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00404.html (8,039 bytes)
211. Re: Spool or Posi???? (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:12:48 -0800; I have run a spool for years. The negative is if you break an axle handling problems can develop, but the chance of that is a remote at the salt because of traction issues. The positive side is that; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00484.html (7,404 bytes)
212. Re: Engineers, etc. - OT (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:40:47 -0800; It seems that you guys are forgetting one important individual...The Hot Rodder...he doesn't know that it takes all these people to make the dream come true. He envisions it, designs it, builds it an; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00539.html (8,130 bytes)
213. Re: Rulebook 1.H. What's the SCTA airpump? (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:03:54 -0800; The SCTA air pump is a device for measuring swept volume of a cylinder. If it can be used, certification does not require the removal of the cylinder head. Removing the spark plug and disabling the; /html/land-speed/2005-01/msg00557.html (6,553 bytes)
214. Re: Sreamliner question. (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:09:51 -0800; According to Bob Pierson, who spent a number of years in engineering with Northrop Aircraft, the best aero shape (I am thinking profile here) is a diamond and the next best is a wedge. In other word; /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00041.html (8,849 bytes)
215. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:49:08 -0800; I guess I am missing something here! I am "old fashion", I still use Pennzoil 20w/50 Racing Oil. My last two engines have run over 250 miles flat out without any bearing problems. Should I be using; /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00178.html (8,956 bytes)
216. Re: What's in your crankcase? (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:00:22 -0800; I have heard that some are running 10w/30 and I have no quarrel with that. I have even thought of running it myself. It would be interesting to hear what weights others are running. I guess one ques; /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00181.html (10,338 bytes)
217. Re: WELCOME (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:12:02 -0800; Welcome to the list! As has already been said, much good info comes to this list. The contributors are from, many different walks of life and espouse their own approaches to each situation that is p; /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00245.html (7,199 bytes)
218. Re: A Great Quote (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:39:21 -0800; Where did the "myth" idea come from. To believe the story of either ship requires a good amount of faith. The Ark was just as real as the Titanic! I have seen neither ship, but my history book, the g; /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00266.html (8,957 bytes)
219. Re: 1928-29 vs. 1930-31 Ford Roadster bodies in LSR (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:57:21 -0800; My first roadster was a 1930. I ran it from 1959 until 1964 when I switched to a '29. The conventional wisdom was that the '29 was more aerodynamic(???). Really there is not much you can do to a roa; /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00420.html (7,801 bytes)
220. Re: 1928-29 Ford Roadster bodies in LSR (score: 1): Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:15:58 -0800; Bob Pierson told me that they mounted a '27 modified roadster body rear forward on a bet and it did go faster. You can take that for what it is worth! I understand that managing the air behind the ca; /html/land-speed/2004-12/msg00436.html (9,142 bytes)

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