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Offline POPS

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WJ is going landracing.
« on: July 04, 2018, 11:10:15 AM »
You might find this link interesting. Ambitious I think. Plans on bumping the E streamliner record to 370mph. Mariani holds it at 307.
http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/wj-starts-on-his-bonneville-conquest
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Offline Stan Back

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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2018, 11:28:11 AM »
He's talking about the E/Unblown Gas Streamliner record.
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2018, 12:13:24 PM »
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2018, 01:06:23 PM »
I think this guy:  http://speedtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53782

may be involved as he keeps talking about Wj in this and prior post few years ago. Ex costella/Yaccouchi car ( or are they still involved).  The think WJ doesn't understand about his theoretical 300mph Pro Stocker is that it is not legal in any class I don't think but that is neither here nor there with starters with more power than the mentioned small block.  :wink: :cheers:
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2018, 01:42:07 PM »
Interesting to say the least. Maybe it will happen...maybe it won’t. All I know is that saying it and doing it are 2 entirely different things. As someone said.....if it was that easy we would all be doing it!!!

« Last Edit: July 04, 2018, 05:06:04 PM by Buamotorsport »
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« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2018, 02:34:46 PM »
It is going to be fun to watch! At 3 hp/cu.in. that is 780 horse power, it is going to take a pretty slick car to make 370 with that power. Costella and Yacoucci ran 348+ with their blown/fuel G motor and I would bet that it was making somewhere in the 650-700 hp area an additional 100 hps is not going to make 370 mph. If WJ makes the August meet I am going to be really disappointed that I will miss it as it will be very interesting! (Duke and I are signed up for the USFR meet in September.)

One to two minutes at full throttle is not 6 seconds.

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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2018, 03:37:02 PM »
History is littered with people that were going to turn up & go a swillion mph.... & didn't! You have to be pretty sharp to outrun those who have years in the game.
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2018, 05:15:14 PM »
Keeping a big power motor together running at max power/max rpm for 45 seconds is a BIG challenge if everything else goes right. 
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2018, 08:13:45 PM »
Forget about horsepower , having stood alongside the car , i wonder will he ever fit in it .  Paul in Australia .
« Last Edit: July 05, 2018, 02:11:03 AM by Paulin adelaide »
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« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2018, 09:02:25 PM »
Putting an LS where a flathead was once located i think hes going backward LOL      :cheers:
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2018, 11:51:29 PM »
I think the Professor may get schooled....
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2018, 01:11:03 AM »
Getting a record at 370 is going to take 1000 hp minimum. More like 1200 to be safe.
Upmost respect to Warren ... he is one bad A** guy, but drag racing is different than BV racing
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2018, 01:22:23 PM »
Quote from: jacksoni on July 04, 2018, 01:06:23 PM
I think this guy:  http://speedtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53782

may be involved as he keeps talking about Wj in this and prior post few years ago. Ex costella/Yaccouchi car ( or are they still involved).  The think WJ doesn't understand about his theoretical 300mph Pro Stocker is that it is not legal in any class I don't think but that is neither here nor there with starters with more power than the mentioned small block.  :wink: :cheers:
Costella/Yaccouchi 788 car is still running with new turbocharged 258sbc. Very hard for me to believe it would be at SW with LS power. I thought maybe the Kent Fuller car was the car in question.
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2018, 01:26:47 PM »
Quote from: Rex Schimmer on July 04, 2018, 02:34:46 PM
It is going to be fun to watch! At 3 hp/cu.in. that is 780 horse power, it is going to take a pretty slick car to make 370 with that power. Costella and Yacoucci ran 348+ with their blown/fuel G motor and I would bet that it was making somewhere in the 650-700 hp area an additional 100 hps is not going to make 370 mph. If WJ makes the August meet I am going to be really disappointed that I will miss it as it will be very interesting! (Duke and I are signed up for the USFR meet in September.)

One to two minutes at full throttle is not 6 seconds.

Rex
I believe the G record was set in the NT2 car. Different car from the 788 that Rick is running now.
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Re: WJ is going landracing.
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2018, 02:48:38 PM »
Quote from: Rex Schimmer on July 04, 2018, 02:34:46 PM
It is going to be fun to watch! At 3 hp/cu.in. that is 780 horse power, it is going to take a pretty slick car to make 370 with that power. Costella and Yacoucci ran 348+ with their blown/fuel G motor and I would bet that it was making somewhere in the 650-700 hp area an additional 100 hps is not going to make 370 mph. If WJ makes the August meet I am going to be really disappointed that I will miss it as it will be very interesting! (Duke and I are signed up for the USFR meet in September.)

One to two minutes at full throttle is not 6 seconds.

Rex

we made 550 hp on that record run
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