[Land-speed] Caster on the salt

[Skip Higginbotham]

Interesting project Greg. What class will it run?
Have you considered front wheel drive?

Skip




At 06:08 AM 10/31/2008, Greg Meyers wrote:
>I9m building a two-front one rear three-wheeled vehicle using our
>turbocharged flathead six Stude motor from the Salt2Salt car.
>Since that car was capable of perhaps 150mph (theoretically anyhow....),
>this vehicle, at half the weight, and a very low profile, 632 track/1092
>wheelbase, cg height 212 (392 from front axle axis.....
>Could go fairly fast. Contemplating some omega class salt runs in a few
>years.  I can adjust the caster on the fly by changing the
>Aspect of the rear swingarms to the ground, and am wondering what I should
>use as a target caster for high speed.....
>Thanks
>Greg
>http://salt2salt.com
>http://turbostude.com/Tribaker