Great pictures John
. Thanks!!! Do you plan on running Speed Week next year?
Can I ask some questions/make some observations and feel free not to comment if there is something you would just as soon not be made public.
Looks like both motors exhaust to one turbo? Where does the water for the intercooler come from? Is the tank at the very front of the liner for cooling and/or intercooler? Is the tank under the chutes gas?
It looks like the front motor drives an intermediate jackshaft that connects to the rear jackshaft via a chain on the right side of the car? Then the rear jackshaft by the swingarm is also driven by the back motor and that jackshaft drives both sides of the rear tire/wheel?
The workmanship is fantastic
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I hate to comment on someone else's car/bike, but I would really like to see the area by your helmet more closed in to stop lateral movement of your head. Also maybe a bumper at the front of the helmet to stop forward movement. I guess Tom Burkland has made a big influence on me in this area.
He just sent me the following links that I would like to share:
http://www.joieofseating.net/2005_stories/randy_reacts1.htmland
http://www.joieofseating.net/seats.htmlThe second one with the seat info wouldn't apply to you, but we are looking at options to confine Hooley's upper body and head area in his Stude and that page, especially the part at the bottom "SAFER SYSTEM" might be good to study for some of the car guys.
I think Randy Lajoie sums it up with the following statement:
Being involved with NASCAR?s Tech Center (Concord, NC); sitting in on their crash tests and receiving the data from the black boxes onboard NASCAR Trucks, Busch and Cup cars has been helpful to all of us and I have learned plenty. The old saying, ?You have to move inside a racecar (when you get hit),? well, let?s just say that is BS. No points loss here I hope. The industry has never hurt a driver that did not move.
Well anyway thanks for the pictures and I want a picture of it going 350 mph or more next year.
c ya, Sum