[Alpines] [Tigers] Spirit of Sunbeam Salt Flats Plans

[drmayf]

Sandy, all... yeah it is easy to do, lol.  Baro pressure at Wendover is 
about 12.5 psia.  Temperature ranges between 95 and 100 degF. Turbo can 
make that up if the boost is actually working, which it seems it has not 
been.  The dual waste gates were leaking badly and fighting each other.  
Now the car only has one large wastegate and it did indeed work on the 
fatal to the tire  dyno pull.   Yep,  just about any old car on the 
street can make 550 hp any more.   I use total seal rings and I already 
use a crankcase evac system albeit only the exhaust nozzle suction kind. 
Just trying to kill the suds from the turbo return oil with that.  This 
past season, I did chat via email with someone who asked for my help in 
running his Sunbeam on the salt.  Someone has decided that the bragging 
rights are a sufficient attraction to go for more than 203.792 mph. 

So, here is the deal, how about some of  you hot rodders building a salt 
flats time trials car and bring it to the salt? Make it a list effort.  
I will help you go faster than me.   I had a steep learning curve on for 
all of what I have learned so far, but I will provide you with the best 
answers I have based on my trials and tribulations so far.   I can get 
you racing the first year you bring you car. Such a deal!  I bet there 
are at least a couple of dozen on the list who can do this far far 
better than me, lol.

Any takers? If so, be prepared to spend lots of dead presidents! 

mayf

Sandy Ganz wrote:

>Isn't the answer just MORE :)
>
>550hp under boost, you should be close to that by now. I would say if it wasn't 
>at altitude and likely hot a nice stroker motor and a carb on pump gas can work 
>those numbers these days ;). Low tensions rings and a vacuum pump should be the 
>next thing you try (Hint at what I'm going to try next). 
>
>
>Sandy
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: drmayf <drmayf at mayfco.com>
>To: CoolVT at aol.com
>Cc: alpines at autox.team.net; tigers at autox.team.net
>Sent: Thu, August 5, 2010 2:35:37 PM
>Subject: Re: [Tigers] Spirit of Sunbeam Salt Flats Plans
>
>About 550 hp. Been having boost issue apparently  becaus erecorded boost is way 
>low. Have been running up against aero wall with the power I have been making.  
>Changed some of that this year so should make the power (said with fingers 
>crossed).
>
>mayf
>CoolVT at aol.com wrote:
>
>  
>
>>*Curious Mayf,*
>>*What have you calculated the h.p needs to be to get you to 200mph?*
>>  In a message dated 8/5/2010 12:09:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
>>drmayf at mayfco.com writes:
>>
>>    Well, time for me to inform all those who follow the Spirit of
>>    Sunbeam
>>    in it's quest to be the worlds fastest Sunbeam.  The current top
>>    speed
>>    for a flying mile is now at 186.192 mph.  Changes have been made
>>    to the
>>    car for this years activies. Oh first, we will not be at Speed
>>    Week in
>>    August. That event has become a happening and costs have skyrocketed
>>    beyond our means.  Last year, we paid 1300 bucks for one hotel
>>    room for
>>    6 nights. Instead we are going to World of Speed in September: same
>>    hotel but costs for the entire stay is 249 dollars.  Mods to the car
>>    have been few. I mentioned that I built a simulator so that the
>>    el
>>
>>    
>>
>snip
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