[Land-speed] [BULK] Fw: YAW Control

[Dave Dahlgren]

What I took great exception to was the nitrous never worked right.. your 
quote....the only safety device was an rpm switch from MSD as an interlock 
so if for some reason the rpm dropped too low we would not knock the 
bearings out.. Seemed to work every time I was there. Maybe I was day 
dreaming and missed the failure though doubt it to be candid. I take a 
tremendous amount of pride in my accomplishments on the salt and you have 
disparaged them in my mind.. pretty sad at the end of the day to be 
honest... I have helped a bunch of people set records including you and 
Tonya the last email you sent diminished that a great deal and as I said I 
take great offense at that. If it makes you feel better great but as well 
you know the real deal... sigh.... This note is starting to convince me 
anything other than a personal effort a large waste of time to be candid... 
Sort of like how we were all set for tickets to the 2 club banquet until I 
got there and there were none.. you and Tonya had too many guests and I was 
free crew other than a plane ticket.. taken for granted an understatement in 
my mind.. bigger sigh.. it's the old deal what comes around goes around but 
have no time for make believe stories that are self serving just does not 
play well here or anywhere for that matter.. I do forgive though never 
forget I guess it is all about being the old sage and bling factor for you I 
have none nor need any... In the end I am truly disappointed in you.... The 
only person I ever met with disposable friends...
Dave

Here it is..
Every single Nitrous Safety device I've used on the Camaro at Bonneville has
failed ruining some great or not so great runs as a result... hence I don't
run Nitrous safety devices... I count on the driver to have a brain... and
some degree of personal control...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk at ala.net>
To: "Dave Dahlgren" <ddahlgren at snet.net>; "lsr list autox" 
<land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [BULK][Land-speed] Fw: YAW Control


> Dave at the end of the Berkeley's life for us... I was serious about 
> building an emergency chute designed with the that express purpose...  the 
> chutes in the car as we used them were designed for slowing and bringing 
> the car down from fairly large speeds... ( 300 + mph ).... my intent of 
> the Emergency chute was an Eye Popping... somewhat dangerous device used 
> to immediately to bring the car back to a normal position...
>
> K