- 1. Re: BACKASSWARDS ? THAT HAS BEEN DONE !!! (score: 1)
- Author: BICWIG@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 21:24:37 EST
- John B., Care to comment on this or leave it alone?
- /html/land-speed/2000-12/msg00033.html (6,495 bytes)
- 2. BACKASSWARDS ? THAT HAS BEEN DONE !!! (score: 1)
- Author: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:12:14 EST
- Jim, You said you can' t mount a roadster body backwards for I am sure that is very true ...... nowadays ! However, this HAS been done !!! Some years ago, I saw an article on the dry lakes, and there
- /html/land-speed/2000-11/msg00989.html (7,967 bytes)
- 3. Re: BACKASSWARDS ? THAT HAS BEEN DONE !!! (score: 1)
- Author: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:07:25 -0800
- There were several in the early fifties with the bodies on backwards. One of the reasons rear engine roadsters were banned was because of the aerodynamics sucked when these roadsters got backwards,
- /html/land-speed/2000-11/msg00995.html (8,634 bytes)
- 4. Re: BACKASSWARDS ? THAT HAS BEEN DONE !!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:55:10 -0800
- The rules say "mounted in a conventional manner" just because of those The reason rear engine roadsters went backwards is because of center of gravity being aft of the center of pressure in the later
- /html/land-speed/2000-11/msg00997.html (9,543 bytes)
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