[Land-speed] In the beginning

[Ed Weldon]

Mike--
Are you ready to tell us what body and what displacement class you're
planning for?
IMHO your biggest "engineering" problems in GC are going to involve the roll
cage and possibly mounting a flywheel shield if you're running a stick
shift.  You may want to cast about for ideas on how best to accomplish an
SCTA "to the book" roll cage.  This stuff involves heavy metal work and
welding.  With some good planning you may be able to get away with using
your first cut without having to redo it.  Also pay careful attention to
safe seat design and placement relative to the driver controls.
Oh yeah, all that stuff you remove around the firewall will leave holes that
will have to be perfectly sealed.  And if it's a relatively late model be
careful about damaging the serial number identifications.  You never know
what surprises may be waiting down the road courtesy of our legislatures and
the hysteria over environmental issues.
Ed Weldon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Lackey" <mike_lackey at yahoo.com>
To: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:40 AM
Subject: [Land-speed] In the beginning
> For several years now I've had some ideas on a car to build and bring to
> Bonneville.  I want to race a small displacement /GC class and recently, I
> bought the car I plan on racing.  It's going to be a lot of work, but at
least
> I've finally gotten started and it's no longer just in my head.
> I have a ton
> of questions, but I'll just start with a few for now.  First of all, is
there
> anything I should be documenting before I tear things apart on the car?