[Fot] Setting sights on the salt

[Bill Babcock]

Maybe we should just stick a nose cone on Peyote. I'm already pretty  
streamlined--not a sharp edge anywhere.
On Dec 14, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Chuck Arnold wrote:

> Great idea -- but 130 shold be real easy in the wedge.  I hit  
> somewhere
> around 130-135 on the straight at Pacific Raceway with the TR6 [not  
> really
> very aerodynamic] and that comes from a 7/8 mile run begun around  
> 80 mph at
> the turn into the straight.  Course I am nearly maxed out at RPM  
> [about
> 6500] in the Toyota 5th gear with 4.08 Nissan rear end.
>
> On another note, Jeff Durant, who is in FOT, has a new email  
> address and
> asked me how to get it changed.  Hopefully you can do it.  It is now
> Jeff.Durant at lamrc.com.
> Chuck
>
>
> On 12/13/06, Mark J. Bradakis <mjb at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>> A fair bit of traffic the last few days on the FOT list.  I've been
>> meaning
>> to write up some info about the various changes to the list, the  
>> server
>> and
>> such.  But for the moment, some thoughts about the Salt Flats.
>>
>> A Triumph powered run for a record could be fun.  A LOT of work,
>> desperation,
>> heartbreak, etc.  But it could be fun other than that.  And it  
>> might make
>> a
>> good story for Kas' next book!
>>
>> Perhaps the first step  will be to get the TR7 at least driveable,  
>> and set
>> my
>> sights on getting into the 130 MPH club with the Utah Salt Flats  
>> Racing
>> Association.  These aren't the guys who do the big Speed Week  
>> event, it
>> should
>> be a much more gentle approach to seeing what it is all about.   
>> Check out
>> http://www.saltflats.com for more info.
>>
>> Hmm, maybe I can schedule some IVR events next year to coincide  
>> with Salt
>> Flats events, give me a chance to get out there and check some  
>> things out,
>> maybe even make a run for the 130 MPH club in fall of 2007.  We  
>> shall see.
>>
>> --
>> mjb.
>>
>> http://fatchancegarage.com
>>
>> Wee fish, ewe, a mare, egrets, moose
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