Top Speed Shootout 2010

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Ray:

Now that I've read all on this page, how about adding some Jeff Beck -- maybe "The Pump" -- to your soundtrack?

Rocky's speeds on that run:

entry   311,  kilo 311,  mile   311   exit 313.  Backfiring per the tower and per Lynda at Land's End -0- and we could hear it here from the pits, too.

[Jimbo]

Hey -- the sun is up on the last day of this historic top speed meet.

JON take a look at the !st post it said till the 25 an NISHs calender says the same

[Dean Los Angeles]

	Monday		Entry	Kilo	Mile	Exit	Notes
998	7:09	Nish					Shut off at two
998	8:23	Nish					Shut down - rough course
715	8:59	Speed Demon	403.488	413.537	413.256	422.546
715	9:39	Speed Demon	339.623	324.778	324.648	310.548	turbo destroyed
715	9:48	Speed Demon					Record - Kilo  363.847,  mile 363.673
998	10:02	Nish					Engine off, coasting through the two mile - MSD box too hot
715	3:35	Speed Demon	419.611	417.730	415.649	405.196
715	3:46	Speed Demon					No return run turbo gone again
451	4:21	Spectre					Full course run, no speed - lost a hose, alternator wire came off
998	4:29	Nish					154, exit 140 - lost a hose
998	5:40	Nish					Car wouldn't shift
	Tuesday
1122	6:34	Spirit of Rett	410.92	417.027	416.903	422.645
1122	7:09	Spirit of Rett	405.34	411.828	411.668	417.659
1122	7:15	Spirit of Rett					Record - Kilo  414.477,  mile 414.316
715	10:13	Speed Demon	208.990	199.481	199.409	190.450	NA motor, Drive line/u-joint failure
451	1:29	Spectre	384.038	390.474	390.308	396.223
998	1:43	Nish	399.443	404.472	404.376	409.110
998	3:25	Nish	395.239	400.276	400.113	404.562
899	8:05	Ack Attack	292.402	300.912	300.452	307.373
899	10:47	Ack Attack	287.909	295.660	294.574	297.878
968	1:01	Jamie Williams	193.958	196.392	195.881	196.152
968	1:18	Jamie Williams	192.963	194.971	195.963	202.489
968	4:12	Jamie Williams	194.848	199.731	199.186	201.873
968	4:34	Jamie Williams	195.593	197.212	198.302	204.857
968	5:02	Jamie Williams	184.596	184.944	184.431	182.607	nitrous not open
968	5:23	Jamie Williams	200.166	200.915	200.792	201.014
968	5:48	Jamie Williams	191.912	197.265	196.098	196.571
	Wednesday
998	7:52	Nish	401.333	407.184	407.057	412.515
998	8:39	Nish	387.782	393.472	393.227	398.003	sideways at the quarter mile
451	12:02	Spectre	357.262	363.064	362.939	368.376
715	2:05	Speed Demon					No speed - broke ring gear
968	10:02	Jamie Williams	211.092	211.996	211.564	210.626
968	11:33	Jamie Williams	202.177	200.460	200.773	200.407
1709	3:35	Scott Horner	219.440	215.097	215.336	212.143
1709	3:59	Scott Horner	206.044	206.493	206.447	206.702
	Thursday
899	9:12	Ack Attack	302.267	306.599	305.928	307.445
899	10:29	Ack Attack	297.077	307.117	306.598	314.946
1709	10:50	Scott Horner	207.543	207.499	207.568	207.819
451	11:58	Spectre	375.304	380.661	380.506	385.332
715	12:26	Speed Demon	208.077	198.596	198.509	189.518	Heavy Smoke
998	12:47	Nish	315.347	317.865	317.865	320.427
998	1:25	Nish	254.538	258.871	258.769	262.795
998	1:25	Nish					Record - kilo  285.359,   mile  285.306
1709	1:41	Scott Horner	232.362	223.998	225.169	222.106
451	3:08	Spectre	401.854	409.169	408.992	415.791
451	3:44	Spectre					Motor problems at 2 mile
998	4:07	Nish	304.918	308.046	308.056	311.294
1708	4:29	Scott Horner	228.215	223.604	224.191	222.190
998	5:06	Nish	248.139	237.594	237.493	227.419
1708	5:33	Scott Horner	209.796	216.682	215.931	219.86
757	5:53		239.259	242.881	245.823	242.736

 

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Tire growth chart for some sizes - info from MT engineers and JCB book for GY's.

Anybody got some other data - like to see it!

Woody

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Well, the calendar for the event may say something, but Mike Cook is now stating (has been all week) that today is the last day of the Shootout 2010.  

Geroge Poteet is now getting into the Speed Demon at the far end of the international course.  Will make a run in a little while.  They're wearing those M/T tires -- not Goodyears.  I'll get Nate to give me more data if you realy want it -- but Ian is the nerd, as I said yesterday, and offered more decimal places if I ask him and have paper and pencil in hand.

Course is locked down, George is strapped in, ready to fire the engine.

Heads Up Performance is running the motor on the 'Busa -- hoping for more fun today.

George hopes to come into the pits "hot" -- so we're all staying the heck outa the way of him.  Remember the one-hour rule -- for the record a car has exactly one hour from when the entry light beam is broken on the down run -- to when the exit light beam is broken on the way back.

Engine running, canopy being lowered.

Vehicle is moving on the truck.   Through the zero, gaining, gaining.  Through the one and putting 'em down and pickin em up quick!

Shut down, reports it wouldn't shift gears, we'll hang out for a little while and see what's going on.  Crew is on the way to the Speed Demon now.

Speed Demon is in the pit -- drove it down here after the shifting problem.  According to the tower George "idled" it, at about a buck-eighty five, through the lights.  He drove it here and came to a stop right on the line on the tarp in their pit.  Fun stuff to watch.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

So -- FIM Charlie is in the Horner/Williams pit to see if they'd like to run soon.  No reports from Ack or Demon on status, and I haven't heard anything out of the Nish pit.  I think I'll mosey over there and get an update for youse guys.  Back in a little while -- gotta go get the pit bike from our trailer and ride it.  By the way -- even us internet reporters have equipment failures sometimes.  The battery in the pit bike went flat yesterday -- too many starts followed by really short runs.  I took the battery to the motel last night for a recharge and put things back together this morning.  All rarin' to go on the Seldom Seen Slim effort.

I'm gone for a little while.  Don't say bad things about me -- I don't want to take the time to try to defend myself.

Open wheel bikes might be ready to run in 45 minutes.

[Jimbo]

Is Bobby Cleveland (the Lawn mower dude) made it to the Salt yet an is he going to run on Mike Cooks lay out

[mkilger]

 Slim thanks for all the updates, will be gone today for Gary Brauer's  service   but I will take care of you guys at WF see you there.

[don]

I am sure a lot of you know who Rett is I did not. I got this from the jalopy journal.

http://www.rett.org/

Great coverage Slim and Ray!

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Speed Demon's problem was oil on the clutch.  Don't know yet how it got there -- but that was why George popped it into third and the engine zinged -- no damage, taking things apart.  They've got a spare clutch.

Spectre is working and getting ready to run.  They hurt a turbo yesterday -- have a spare, but it's a slightly different size.  The two are going to share tubing so there won't be too much of an imbalance when they run.  They'd like to run at WF - but only if they've got enough parts remaining to put down some good numbers.

Nish is washing up and going home.  No reason on what's hurt -- will ask, but wanted to get back hdre to tell you about the Speed Demon.  

Bobby Cleveland and the lawnmower is here, hoping to make some runs yet today.

No idea on why the Ack bike was backfiring and running poorly, although at least the tire issue is fixed with their "lucky" tire.

Still waiting to hear when Scott Horner will run.

[joea]

boy o boy...Ack must be fit to be tied...they had a tuneup in it
in 08 that really ran...now buncha gremlins....its tough not to
try to improve....

very doubtful to find another 70 mph...in the next few hours...

it would be VERY monumental....

Poteet/Main on the other hand...have the tuneup and the setup
to "go big"...

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Spectre is on the dolly and being moved to the far end for a run.  Likely about 45 minutes before they run.

[thundersalt]

Will this be Speed Demon's biggest motor to date?

[RayTheRat]

Ray:

Now that I've read all on this page, how about adding some Jeff Beck -- maybe "The Pump" -- to your soundtrack?

Jeff Beck is a very good idea...but The Pump isn't one of my favorites, although I could do it.  But what about A Brush With The Blues or Roy's Toy (with motor sounds)?  Or Dirty Mind featuring Imogen Heap (vocals)?

[Dean Los Angeles]

very doubtful to find another 70 mph...in the next few hours...

It isn't a case of finding the 70 mph, they have run those speeds. It's a case of curing the gremlins that keep them from letting all that horsepower loose on the great salt dyno.