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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #60 on: February 10, 2009, 09:53:47 AM »
Thanks for the info. We will be building for the mile, so light weight for faster acceleration is the goal. It will be difficult, because I usually build heavier than needed in my motorcycle frames to make up for my engineering ignorance.
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #61 on: February 10, 2009, 10:49:12 AM »
Randy, you will be geared a lot different.  The Bockscar will not move itself from a stop, it requires 25 to 30 MPH to pull on its own.  It will spin the wheels at will in the first 2 gears... get into 3rd at about 140 MPH, will still spin the wheels if you are not carefull.
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #62 on: February 10, 2009, 11:37:30 AM »
I hear ya, trying for top speed in the mile will be much different gearing than the salt. At least traction shouldn't be an issue. There was a really sleek looking lakester at Maxton last year and I think it was running a 750cc motor. It looked like it was built pretty light, I'm gonna have to see if I can find it in the run logs. I think it was #326
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #63 on: February 10, 2009, 04:14:15 PM »
look like this? RTR's picture... It is a nice car.  Was for sale for way less than build cost in the for sale section
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #64 on: February 10, 2009, 06:03:56 PM »
That looks like it except for the color, it may have been different color when I saw it...or that's just my CRS kickin in :-P

To me...half the fun is building a car or bike I could race, I just couldn't bring myself to buy one because I would have to take it apart and put it back together. Of course, if I found one that really floats my boat, I could change my mind.
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #65 on: February 10, 2009, 06:11:40 PM »
I found the listing you were talking about in the sale section, It looks like it's been the same color, did I mention my CRS :-o LOL. That's definitely a high dollar, high tech build. I'm hoping for a lot less than that in the build. Since Joe and I will do all the work and fab ourselves, we should be able to keep the costs down.
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #66 on: March 03, 2009, 09:49:53 AM »
Randy, as promised earlier I took some rear suspension pictures.   There is a lot of stuff in there, but I think you can see how we did it.
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #67 on: March 03, 2009, 09:53:30 AM »
Randy, as promised earlier I took some rear suspension pictures.   There is a lot of stuff in there, but I think you can see how we did it.

Stainless that is very nice!! Great fabrication  :-).  I don't think I've seen it before as when I was by the car I think the body work was on back there,

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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #68 on: March 03, 2009, 10:16:14 AM »
Here's a few more, as Sum said, it is hard to see when all the body is on.

We ran a panhard arm on the 4 link for several years and several spins before we changed to the triangulated uppers.  when we put in the panhard, it was very short about 18 inches and we were unable to make it parallel to the ground without interfering with the axle.  We made too many comprises so the suspension movement caused a little rear steering.

The triangulated bars mount at the same level as the top links, otherwise it would bind.
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #69 on: March 03, 2009, 10:23:37 AM »
is co2 bottle for fire ext.?

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bub '07 - 140.293 a/pg   120" crate street mill  
bub '10 - 158.100  sweetooth gear
lta  7/11 -163.389  7/17/11; 3 run avg.-162.450
ohio -    - 185.076 w/#684      
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'16 -- 0 runs ; 0 events

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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #70 on: March 03, 2009, 10:26:00 AM »
is co2 bottle for fire ext.?

franey

Shifting by air, up and down...  :-D
There was a time we had cable shifting, to hard to maintain.
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #71 on: March 03, 2009, 10:29:52 AM »
dooooh.  halon for fire? i was thinking air or nitrogen for shifter.

well good luck on project.

franey
bub '07 - 140.293 a/pg   120" crate street mill  
bub '10 - 158.100  sweetooth gear
lta  7/11 -163.389  7/17/11; 3 run avg.-162.450
ohio -    - 185.076 w/#684      
lta 8/14  - 169.xxx. w/sw2           
'16 -- 0 runs ; 0 events

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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #72 on: March 03, 2009, 11:03:25 AM »
Great pics Bob, thanks. It looks like your axle is a 3 piece set-up, is that correct? Does it come apart easily for a gear change? I believe I see what looks like 2 couplings outboard of the center section with a thru-bolt in each one.
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #73 on: March 03, 2009, 11:31:17 AM »
Yes you are seeing that correctly, it is a 3 piece straight axle, there are 6 pinch bolts, a 1/2 inch key and the thru-bolt is there to ensure the axle is retained.  I would like to say gear changes were easy, they are not hard in the shop when the car is already apart, but a little tougher on the salt.  The new trailer will make it easier, we put a support under the flat part of the car for jacking and tested it on the salt. 
We have used split sprockets in the past, but keeping them aligned was a problem even with precision bolt holes.  The sprockets are 1 piece now and we usually make our first gear change at the front.
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Re: Maxton Belly Tanker
« Reply #74 on: March 03, 2009, 11:43:07 AM »
Luck has nothing to do with it - hard work and experience results in records:

BONNEVILLE  NATIONAL CAR RECORDS
6.A  Special Construction Category

Blown Fuel Lakester - /BFL       
H      Bockscar         R. Steele      09/08   215.296

Unblown Fuel Lakester - /FL   
H      Bockscar                           R. Steele            08/01   228.039
I      Bockscar                           J. Gowetski          08/95   221.183
J      Bockscar                           J. Gowetski          08/97   204.324

Unblown Gas Lakester - /GL
G      Bockscar                            R. Steele        08/04   211.463
H      Bockscar                            R. Steele            08/02   227.667
I      Bockscar                            J. Gowetsk           08/92   194.340
J      Bockscar                            J. Gowetski          08/96   163.884

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