Belly Tank Engines and Classes...

[kiwi belly tank]

As soon as you started describing it I knew I'd seen it before. It was on Ebay a few times & I remember seeing a vid clip of the engine fire up.
If you're serious about wanting to go fast with it, you'll wanna lose the "Oil Rig" off the top of it Mate.
  Sid.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I don't see a car in this photo.  Would someone please point it out for me??

[Stan Back]

I'd recommend going back to square one.  Read the Rule Book.  Study a somewhat current SpeedWeek Program and look at the specs of about 30 Lakesters.  Then ask your questions.

[kiwi belly tank]

I don't see a car in this photo.  Would someone please point it out for me??

A little more to the right & bown a bit!
  Sid.

[pofg]

You mean the bit where I put my head Sid??? Was quite fancying the idea of something NOT totally claustrophobic after the Flower!

[pofg]

And Stan, I sleep with the rulebook under the pillow and read the last 6 Speedweek programs before my 2nd post on here. I've owned the car 2 or 3 years but felt it was time to tap into the braintrust on here. I'd love to keep the car  as is with the straight 8 vintage motor... but if getting close to the current record is going to involve big changes to the car and big $$$ on the motor then I need to think about alternatives.
PS The bikini wearer in the photo is about 10yrs old SSS....

[RichFox]

What is that thing? XO/BGL or XO/GL?

[pofg]

It's got a turbo thrown on so BGL but not properly set up at all so tempting to drop back to XO/GL but its been run properly like that when it held the record and 174ish was top whack...

[Tman]

Glad to see you moving forward Rick. 

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Rick said:  ". . .The bikini wearer in the photo is about 10yrs old SSS...."  If that's the case -- unh, so what's your point?  She sure looks older than 10 in the chestal and thighsal departments.  Or are you saying that this is (to use the old hackneyed phrase we heard in high school) a case of "What nature has forgotten can always be fixed with cotton"?

[kiwi belly tank]

You mean the bit where I put my head Sid??? Was quite fancying the idea of something NOT totally claustrophobic after the Flower!

You could never make that tank as snug as the Flower. Sitting at the kitchen table inside an oil rig is not very aerodynamic way to drive a tank. If you get yerarse down in the thing so your line of sight is just outside, you can build a pretty slippery fairing that could blend back over the long-8 & give it a very period look at the same time & not be clausy.
  Sid.

[pofg]

Like that idea Sid.. but also liked the idea of having my head in the breeze a bit! Had enough of choking on methanol fumes etc....

This is the engine set-up right now... looks like it needs a little love?

[kiwi belly tank]

Put some air holes forward of the canopy & at the top behind the driver, that'll give you clean air & won't hurt the aero.
I've never been a fan of draw through systems, if you get a leak on the boost side you have a huge fire risk with atomized fuel. My tank has a blow through with a Holley I modified. If you don't have the carb skills needed you can buy em ready to go. If you decide to run that setup, lose the intercooler, it's a fuel trap where the fuel will collect.
  Sid.