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81. Re: RE; Alloy Flathead aircraft/Trimotor (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:03:41 -0700; Rick, List, For those of you who are not aware, Rick lives just down the street and this is his "neighborhood." He knows it very well and has a passion for it that is wonderful to share. I'm still en; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00590.html (9,149 bytes)
82. Re: Ford stories/Books (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:36:31 -0700; Thank you for the referral. My brother-in-law and his wife both teach at Wayne State ... I'll have to get them into the bookstore to do some searching for me. Should be interesting reading. Wes ///; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00619.html (8,044 bytes)
83. FW: Flat-out Fast (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 22:07:25 -0700; The Salt Lake City evening paper, The Deseret News has an interesting article, a week late, on the Vesco record with a couple of photos by Ron Christensen. Go to <HTTP://deseretnews.com> then click o; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00645.html (7,200 bytes)
84. Re: On Missing Maxton... (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 08:47:37 -0700; You're probably lucky you didn't get tagged with some things Keith has been called over the years. My wife teaches kids much like he must have been in second grade ... comes home with a new headache; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00648.html (7,763 bytes)
85. SEMA (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 06:16:50 -0800; Heading to Las Vegas Tuesday morning for SEMA. I'll be there two days. Anyone else going? Wes /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00675.html (6,478 bytes)
86. Re: Rear suspension (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 07:21:06 -0800; Is anyone other than Keith Turk using an air suspension on a competition car? Personal experience with air bags on the street is that they can be very good or extremely bad. Shock placement and setti; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00680.html (9,144 bytes)
87. Re: Solid suspension and visibility comments (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:24:11 -0800; I think Wally Parks had somewhat the same comments when he drove (and spun) the Bill Burke lakester at Bonneville in 1949. But they didn't have fire bottles on board ... you used a fire extinguisher; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00690.html (8,799 bytes)
88. Re: SEMA show (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:49:36 -0800; New Balance 852's that are broken in, and then you use your pre-issued show guide to find what you want to see. Saves lots of walking but if you dont there are thirteen miles of aisles to cover. I'd; /html/land-speed/2001-10/msg00695.html (7,948 bytes)
89. FW: High Speed Tires (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 07:43:15 -0700; Here's a comment from Gene Burkland on what they did for M/T Tires when they did the spin testing. Interesting addition to the thread on high speed tires but no answer on sidewall loading. Sounds fr; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00002.html (11,193 bytes)
90. Re: Holy Pistons (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 21:55:22 -0700; Ask Ed Van Scoy ... he's an expert with the quick setting version. Wes /// /// land-speed@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// with; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00115.html (7,131 bytes)
91. Cleanliner (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 08:15:35 -0700; Not wanting to haul them all back to Japan, they gave away their surplus batteries near the end of the meet. I've never seen a container FULL of 12 volt batteries disappear so fast. That stack had to; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00124.html (6,513 bytes)
92. Re: Thank You - Cleanliner details (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 07:02:01 -0700; You are right ... there were racers trucks and private cars starting with Kenwood batteries for years. Hope the Brit's bring lots of batteries that are as usable ... long as they aren't Lucas. Now u; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00148.html (7,361 bytes)
93. Private FIA meet (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 07:43:15 -0700; Rick Vesco told me last night that they were postponing the private FIA meet originally scheduled for the two days after World of Speed because of tire concerns. May even have to have new wheels made; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00152.html (6,717 bytes)
94. Re: LSR in Hot Rod (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 08:53:24 -0700; Having watched the Vesco car through several engine installations and watching their progress, I'm reminded of the Mormon Meteor that Ab Jenkins ran on the salt in the 1930's. Mormon Meteor II was a; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00157.html (12,758 bytes)
95. Diesel truck (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 09:22:01 -0700; Another interesting tid-bit from the USFRA meeting last night The 251 mph record run by the Phoenix diesel truck at Speed Week is faster than the FIA streamliner record ... and in tearing down a dam; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00160.html (6,837 bytes)
96. Vesco turbine (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 20:45:13 -0700; For what it is worth, the same engine Vesco's are running in their liner was used in a truck hauling freight between San Francisco and Los Angeles in the 1960's. It is not an exclusive aircraft engin; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00175.html (7,481 bytes)
97. Re: LSR in Hot Rod (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 20:53:18 -0700; Stanley Steamers were used to travel the road over the 12,070 foot summit in Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, CO over eighty years ago. The only reliable cars for the job. Don't know tha; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00176.html (9,109 bytes)
98. Re: LSR in Hot Rod (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 07:26:46 -0700; Obviously their new car brakes worked well enough that they could run a fleet ... (my insurance company says five or more cars is a fleet) ... of Stanley Steamers from one end of what is now Rocky M; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00182.html (9,635 bytes)
99. Re: Vesco turbine (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 21:32:22 -0700; The thing you probably have to remember is that the horsepower output goes up in ratio to the turbine rotation speed. I have no idea of what rpm's are necessary to get to the 3,700 hp figure. I''m su; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00194.html (8,644 bytes)
100. FW: HEY EVERYONE ( advice ) (score: 1): Author: wspotter <wester6935@home.com>; Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 13:46:39 -0700; Read the directions! Saves lots of time and money. Measure twice ... cut once! More than one person has told me this. Perhaps they saw an impatience in me that prompted the advice. It ain't braggin'; /html/land-speed/2001-09/msg00211.html (9,065 bytes)

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