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dolfan87
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We went 304.6 MPH in August of 2001 on the Salt Flats with a 360 cu. in. small block normally aspirated on Methanol. We were slowly building our speed up for safety reasons and that was our first pass over 300 MPH. The record in that class was like 32x. MPH at that time. That was set with Methanol and a good load of nitromethane.
Unfortunatly I had to have my spine fused and titanium rods put in it and I cannot drive the car anymore so I sold it to a friend in California. I did not want to do that but could not see letting a good car sit when it could be setting records.
The picture is of my crew and I was running the camera. If you have never been to the salt and are a gearhead, you should go. Third week in August every year in Wendover, Utah. Hotel rooms are a problem so when you decide to go, get in line early.
Howard
Unfortunatly I had to have my spine fused and titanium rods put in it and I cannot drive the car anymore so I sold it to a friend in California. I did not want to do that but could not see letting a good car sit when it could be setting records.
The picture is of my crew and I was running the camera. If you have never been to the salt and are a gearhead, you should go. Third week in August every year in Wendover, Utah. Hotel rooms are a problem so when you decide to go, get in line early.
Howard
It was a new sensation for me when I first started. I have been doing this in one or another of my cars since 1987. You can tell you are going real fast but you don't get the usual visual feedback from power poles, grass along the road, dashed lines on the highway, etc. All you have is two black lines defining the course. One on each side of an 80 ft. track and a mile marker(one thru eight) every mile. That's about 420 feet per second to put it in perspective. I suppose you have to be a little crazy but if you like speed, it is a real blast.
Howard
Howard
dolfan87
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I am very sorry to hear about your back. I am assuming you wrecked?
Got any pictures of the 70 Sportsroof?
Bitchin car!
87
Got any pictures of the 70 Sportsroof?
Bitchin car!
87
My back was hurt the first time in the very early 80's in a stock car crash on a 1/2 mile dirt track. I had back surgery in 1987 and that helped until 2002 when I had to have it fused. It was a racecar wreck, but not at Bonneville.
The car was 31 1/2" wide outside the skin. This type car is intended to go very fast in a straight line and is very stable at speed due to the vertical fin. It insures that the center of aerodynamic pressure is behind the center of gravity. The further they are apart, the more stable the car. If you blow a tire or a panel out of the chute while stopping, the car will yaw and roll like a pencil. Not good.
I have attached a picture of the underhood area of the car. That is where I am working now.
Howard
The car was 31 1/2" wide outside the skin. This type car is intended to go very fast in a straight line and is very stable at speed due to the vertical fin. It insures that the center of aerodynamic pressure is behind the center of gravity. The further they are apart, the more stable the car. If you blow a tire or a panel out of the chute while stopping, the car will yaw and roll like a pencil. Not good.
I have attached a picture of the underhood area of the car. That is where I am working now.
Howard
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