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Bonneville Salt Flats Discussion => Build Diaries => Topic started by: The wonderful One on May 06, 2009, 12:33:41 AM
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Hi all. I am Tim Kraushaar. I would like to start a build diarie so that as I progress I may have comment from those of you who know more than I do. The car is all 4130 with 1 3/4 and 1 1/4 tubing that is all .120 wall. The wb is 225" and the outside to outside of the main rails is 23 1/2". The engine is a 430" Rodeck using Hilborn's new rotary injectors. Much help on the frame came from good friends Steve Davis and Mike Chrisman. Richard Catton built the engine. As you can see I am well along and will be at B-Ville in 2010. I will be starting on the tanks and fire system this next week and should have that finished by months end. Thank you for your time and I look forward to your thoughts. Tim
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Hope you have a huge pair of heads on that 430. We dynoed a 410 with the rotaries and his 18x Brodix heads won't let enough air through. Absolutley killed any hopes of big HP numbers. Those injectors are the coolest things since sliced bread though...........
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The file won't open for me either on my MAC or my PC. Anyone else having the same problem? I'd rather have the pictures posted directly in the build diary if possible so everything's together for future reference. I'm really looking forward to following this build.
Pete
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Hi Tim,
Glad to see you start a build diary. I could not bring the picture up also. How about posting some more.
Thanks,
Tom G.
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Tim, thanks for posting your project but "no joy" on the pic. What brand of fire system do you plan to use?
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The file won't open for me either on my MAC or my PC. Anyone else having the same problem? I'd rather have the pictures posted directly in the build diary if possible so everything's together for future reference. I'm really looking forward to following this build.
Pete
No joy in the pic dept here either :-(
Tiny
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I did see a lot of pictures from the HAMB and other places. no 'liner.
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is it's the liner that been at Davis shop for a some time now? very nice car anyway. Hows Steve's comp coupe doing?
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:cry: Nope, no pictures on my end either. Crow
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Is this "The" Tim Kraushaar?
Nick 3rd.
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AKA "Wonderful Weed", I'll bet.
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It is Tim Kraushaar again. Still working to post the picture of my Liner. Got it down from 887kb to 101kb and still willnot post. I will consult with my hero computer guy on Friday and see how smart he is. TWO
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Tim kraushaar. Gee it is only 11:00 pm. I think we may have a picture. TWO
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It works! Nice looking piece Tim. More pictures!!! :-D
Pete
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Tim, I knew you could do it. :cheers:
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Tim,
Streamliner looks great, how about a picture of the rear of the car. Could not help but see a Coupe, Tub, and Roadster in the background. What years are they?
Tom G.
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Tim, I hope you don't mind but I'll post a few for you that I took a couple months back.
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p126/Dynoroom/Bonneville/pictures2009002Small.jpg)
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p126/Dynoroom/Bonneville/pictures2009003Small.jpg)
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p126/Dynoroom/Bonneville/pictures2009004Small.jpg)
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p126/Dynoroom/Bonneville/pictures2009005Small.jpg)
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Mike,
Thanks, much appreciated.
Tom G.
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All right, SUSPENSION :-D :cheers:
JL222
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Boy, this project is surrounded with some TALENT!
And we've also got Hanna/Creitz/Moore and, of course, Hume's masterpiece for Mr. Treit under way.
Good to see all these old dragrace tin fabricators returning to the sport's roots.
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I do believe you will want the 45 degree bars on the front half to lean the other way.
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Weed,whatever happened to the 40'ty Ford featured in DRM?
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Whats the story on the smooth tread Goodyears? Are they something new?
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looks like some "Power Salt Shaving" on one set :-D
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Boy, this project is surrounded with some TALENT!
And we've also got Hanna/Creitz/Moore and, of course, Hume's masterpiece for Mr. Treit under way.
Good to see all these old dragrace tin fabricators returning to the sport's roots.
and that why Mel Swan is doing the tanks in our roadster I know they will be right and very nice.
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The replys. Johnny Hotnuts. Doubt it. / Modle A Coupe. Sold it to John Buttera. / Racergeo. The front is a standerd Goodyear. 21.5 tall and rated at 300 mph. TWO
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Tim, AKA Weed,
Looking at your front end is the A frame that locates the front axle side to side allowed to rotate around the axle? Can't tell from the pictures in Mike's E mail but I assume that it does as otherwise the front 4 link and the A frame will be "at odds" with each other during axle movement.
Just "kibitzing" as usual. Very neat car.
Rex
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Rex. The answer is yes. Both front and rear. The receivers have a bushing that is honed. The sliders are ground with .003 clearance. Both are drilled for lube with a zerk in the rear of the slider. TWO
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The replys. Johnny Hotnuts. Doubt it. / Modle A Coupe. Sold it to John Buttera. / Racergeo. The front is a standerd Goodyear. 21.5 tall and rated at 300 mph. TWO
The primary forces on the 45 degree bars are “pulling” and not “pushing” and unless you have so much engine torque that you feel you will be able to do wheelies (like top fuel) this is not the strongest arrangement.
Hitting a bump at speed with limited suspension travel can generate massive forces, especially with additional weight often added needed to get traction. A simple broken weld at any of these 45's in this configuration could result in a catastrophic structure failure.....unlike bars that are pushing.
I am not trying to tell you what to do, nor do I mean to speak disparaginly of your project but before you dismiss what I am saying I highly suggest you consider the outcome if I am correct.
Good luck to ya.
~JH
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HotNutz -Assuming you're referring to the triangular links- they are only to locate the axles SIDE TO SIDE -see "SLIDER" in Tim's reply to Rex. Watts linkage would do the same but this is much better for packaging.
Similar to Pro Stock dragrace rear end locators.
The people bulding the car have INCREDIBLE amounts of savvy.
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(http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs025.snc1/4268_1149406651396_1114496579_30472028_1802313_n.jpg)
interested bystander, I speak of these bars.
The people bulding the car have INCREDIBLE amounts of savvy
So did the people that designed this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxTZ446tbzE
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Jonny Hotnuts. If you like call me after 8:00 PM tonight California time and I will tell you why we did it this way. Other than that I don't want to use up my welcome on landracing. Look forward to talking with you. TWO (562) 221-3150
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My apologies Hotnuts, was reading your comment, then Rex's query and put the two tgether.
Actually, if you'd studied examples of bridge trusses and treated the front and rear axles as the bridge anchors, without seeing a side elevation of the car , it looks to me like a proper Pratt truss configuration.
Bridges are occaisionally aerodynamic as Tacoma Narrows demonstrated. It was fine last time I went over it, though.
Rest assured these guys don't need to lie awake nights worring about the diagonals directions.