Schimmer and Son "I" class fuel lakester:

[Rex Schimmer]

George,
I have 10 gallons of VP M-5 which is about 5-7% "soda pop". We plan to give it a try on the dyno when we get the engine back.

[Rex Schimmer]

Pretty much have the car back together as we were planning on the WOS but that is now canceled so we are going to finish the details and then put it on the dyno at Chuckle's Garage to get a basic tune and maybe try some M-5 VP. Then home, clean up the shop, put a cover over it and maybe think about a weekend at El Mo.

About time I drag out my old roadster and start reviving it again. Lots of ideas for some changes but just sketches right now. Something to keep me out of the bars this winter!

Rex

[kiwi belly tank]

Yeah I really figured you for pi$$ing your money away at the bar!
  Sid.

[racergeo]

 
  Now that is a trick lil roadster!

[Tman]

Always dug your "roaster"!

[Rex Schimmer]

My "partner" Duke and I spent Friday on the dyno at the place he works, Chuckle's Garage. We made 9 pulls and we probably saved 2-3 days of running time at the salt. Got a pretty good tune up and should be able to correct it for the air density at Bonneville. Made the most HP we ever have and if you take the SAE correction factor for air density/temp and a little additional for being in second gear, chain drive and tire deflection my "guess" is that crank shaft HP is around 210.
We tested on straight methanol but I had some VP M5, which is supposed to be oxygenated so we drained the tank and poured some in. The results were not impressive, maybe 1 HP but it took out our O2 sensor. It could be that because the fuel was old, I have had it for 2 years, it my have lost some "zip". It was in a standard VP 5 gallon can and had the factory seal. Maybe it needed a slightly different tune,but with only showing a 1 hp increase we decided not to screw with it.
So we are in good shape for Speed Week now lets' all pray for good salt.

Rex and Duke

[floydjer]

That hotrod is spot-on..Bravo.

[Rex Schimmer]

Just a note regarding Speed Week, Duke and I after a lot of discussion have decided not to attend. To us is sounds like 2019 all over again and our little car needs a hard, smooth track to even come close to our class record and driving thru 5 miles of ruts, bumps and salt slush won't help us toward that goal. We are planning to run the World of Speed event, which we did in 2019 with good results. Long range weather reports "appear" to be positive and most of all dry.

Hope to see you all there.

Rex and Duke

[Tman]

My "partner" Duke and I spent Friday on the dyno at the place he works, Chuckle's Garage. We made 9 pulls and we probably saved 2-3 days of running time at the salt. Got a pretty good tune up and should be able to correct it for the air density at Bonneville. Made the most HP we ever have and if you take the SAE correction factor for air density/temp and a little additional for being in second gear, chain drive and tire deflection my "guess" is that crank shaft HP is around 210.
We tested on straight methanol but I had some VP M5, which is supposed to be oxygenated so we drained the tank and poured some in. The results were not impressive, maybe 1 HP but it took out our O2 sensor. It could be that because the fuel was old, I have had it for 2 years, it my have lost some "zip". It was in a standard VP 5 gallon can and had the factory seal. Maybe it needed a slightly different tune,but with only showing a 1 hp increase we decided not to screw with it.
So we are in good shape for Speed Week now lets' all pray for good salt.

Rex and Duke

A note on Alky vs. gas. My old Flex Fuel ranger would do the same switching between E85 and normal unleaded. Usually after some miles and a couple tanks the computer would relearn and be OK

[desotoman]

Just a note regarding Speed Week, Duke and I after a lot of discussion have decided not to attend. To us is sounds like 2019 all over again and our little car needs a hard, smooth track to even come close to our class record and driving thru 5 miles of ruts, bumps and salt slush won't help us toward that goal. We are planning to run the World of Speed event, which we did in 2019 with good results. Long range weather reports "appear" to be positive and most of all dry.

Hope to see you all there.

Rex and Duke

Rex and Duke,

Better to be safe, then sorry. IMO you made the right decision. Good luck at WOS as it is a great event.

Tom G.