I heard that, Red! Thanks for all the input. The shop I bought the tires from says I can safely run 45-50psi in them. Too bad I have those fatties on the back, but there's no changing that, except for pumping them up until they get tall and skinny...heh heh heh... Just minutes ago, I was scouting for room under the car to mount an oil cooler and realized that's gonna cut into my ballast area - doh! I'll have to think this over, at least until I get off work tomorrow night...
Actually the roadster has always been a four cylinder car while I have had it. 23 years. Lately '32 Plymouth powered. The Vega had a GMC in it when I first built it in '80. Since then it has run with a 460 Ford-455 Pontiac-392 Chrysler- and now 352 Packard.
Okay, now I get it - when I heard Plymouth, I was thinking slant 6 - but this is better, since I prefer 'bangers... And a 352 Packard for the Vega - of course...Hey, are you other guys getting this? Tired of the same old same old? Come out to Bonneville - last bastion of innovation in American motorsports! And that doesn't just mean whacky engine swaps to nail obscure records - it's everything on the car. First time I went there, I was checkin' out a streamliner powered by an old Army tank drivetrain and the guys says, "Hey, I'm pretty normal - the guy pitted next to me is a weirdo!", so I walk over there to find another 'liner - this one powered by about a dozen weed whacker motors on nitro! Been hooked ever since. I'm really a drag guy, but you don't see much innovation at the strip any more - only at the dry lakes and B-ville...
Anyone else out there have an opinion on tuning and/or trying the salt for the first time? Maybe time to put this one to bed...
Hey guys - I was just browsing through some old threads and found one titled "Tuning and gearing for Bonneville" or something like that. On that thread, a few people expressed a desire to see a book about building a salt car, with details on building for class rules, etc. Anybody still feel that way???
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