[Land-speed] Survey And Theoretical Question>From>JGMagoo

Skip Higginbotham saltrat at pahrump.com
Fri Jun 12 17:02:17 MDT 2009


Kevin Draper's car, currently active. About 400 hp.

Skip



At 02:20 PM 6/12/2009, John Burk wrote:
>George Johnson's Saltosaurus . That didn't race at Bonneville , 
>1906/7 Stanley Rocket Racer .
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>>Survey:B  In your opinion, what is the most streamlined lakester (big
>>enoughB to contain, say a Quad-4 or a 255B Offy), that has ever been brought
>>to the salt. Whose was it, and when?
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>>Theoretical Question: How much horsepowerB should be required to make this
>>theoretical, very slippery lakester go 210 MPH on the salt?
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>>I know, I know, there's some kind of an old saying about 'theoretical race
>>cars', but I'm guessing that with all the talent on this site, I can get some
>>kind of a pretty educated estimate.


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