[Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph

Wester Potter wester6935 at comcast.net
Thu Aug 27 12:04:29 MDT 2009


All I know is what I read in the newspapers ... or on the internet  
links.

Wes

On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:58 AM, <speedtimer at beyondbb.com> wrote:

> Wrong numbers. Look up the steam car on landracing.com for the  
> speeds they ran to get the Avg.
>
> Glen
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Buck" <rbuck at xmission.com>
> To: "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage at wildblue.net>; "Tom Bryant" <saltracer at awwwsome.com 
> >; "List Land Speed" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] British Steam effort 139.843mph
>
>
>> At 11:19 AM 8/27/2009, Bryan Savage wrote:
>>> I had the same thoughts Tom. The Stanley must have had a CD of  
>>> almost
>>> 2.00 and a frontal area of 30 sq ft. Put in something like the  
>>> Vesco's dad's
>>> liner and..... 200+. in my opinion.
>>>
>>> Strange, when I add 151 + 136 and divide by 2, I get an average of  
>>> 143.5,
>>> not 138.843 ?????
>>> Maybe my pencil isn't working...
>>
>>
>> Did you try re-booting it?  :)
>>
>> RtR
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