Thanks all for the replies, and my apologies for being so slow to get back to this thread. Mostly likely, like you, this last week or so has been busy making final preparations to the car as well as all the transport and team issues. I had wanted to create a build thread for our car, not that it is a major build, but just to let you see in advance what I'll be bringing so you won't be shocked when you first see it.
I had read the SaltFlats articles a while ago and I guess I forgot a bit of what was there. My recent read confused me a bit. I thought eh "big bend" was the name of the road, for instance.
As for the serious effort the 130 and 150 mph club teams will be making, I understand that well. Our goal was primarily to come out, have fun, hopefully not do too badly, and come home with stories and photos and video for friends and for team PR. But, the more I read and the more videos I watched (about 30-40) the more I wanted to do well, and the more I started to realize that this would not be as simple as a similar run on pavement.
I did a little light-weight aero simulations to see if you wing helped or hurt and to see if a splitter would help. Then I did a big spreadsheet calculation to see if if would be possible to reach 130 mph. Do we have the gearing? Yes. Do we have the power? No one ever has enough power. How much does aero matter at our speeds? We should be able to get to 110 OK, but after that we're down to a net 10 hp to accelerate the car, and small aero factors matter a lot here.
So we installed a 5 speed, then added dual Weber carbs, retarded the cam timing a bit, and are making aero improvements, such as putting windows back in the car and modifying the air dam. Clear packaging tape will complete the aero mods.
The car is a 1969 Opel GT that we run on the 24 Hours of LeMons. It was roller painted with Rustomeum Sunburst Yellow and stickered up to look like a little Compuware Corvette (famous in ALMS) and wanted to bring it our in LeMons race trim but in these last few weeks could not resist making a few changes to make it more successful salt flats car. LeMons is addicting enough, and now I've got a small taste of what could surely lead to a Land Racing addiction. Must resist!
It's going to the be tight, but we will be ready, even if I have to work on the car while towing it out to Wendover!