[elky] Re: Drag Racing Report
- From: Chris Lindh <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:12:15 -0400
That is a cool Camaro. I'd get involved in SETA if someone got it started.
Having done both in a relatively short time, I'd say land speed racing is
more enjoyable than drag racing. With drag racing I could care less who is
in the other lane, how fast they are, their reaction time, etc. I would
prefer the other car wasn't deafeningly loud to the point of distracting
me. Maybe it would be more fun if I was bracket racing and trying to run my
dial in?... but with the traction issues I'd never make it out of the first
round, my ETs are all over the place.
Drag racing IS fun for me because I can drive fast in a safe environment.
Land speed racing, especially on the salt, is fun because the race track is
longer so the racing is longer, and you go faster. I think there is less
likelihood of parts breakage since traction is limited... (although some
parts will find their limit at speed, as we found). Less shock loads on
parts like drag racing. Also land speed racing is solo, so you're not
distracted by another racer.
I'd like to continue racing the Elky in sportsman racing within a reasonable
distance. The plan as of now is once the bugs are worked out give it a race
car paint job and add the company logo. A rolling billboard to show the
manufacturers products and I would create content for my site and social
networking based on projects and racing.
I discovered what I thought was a leaking header collector gasket was
actually the header to cylinder head gasket. Turns out if the front two
bolts holding the header to the head vibrate loose the the point of falling
out the gasket will not seal... I replaced the gasket and noticed white
residue in the exhaust port near where the exhaust was leaking... this may
indicate a head gasket leak. I'll re-torque the head and keep an eye on it.
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/23/2011 9:15 AM, Chris Lindh wrote:
>
> I'd like to find another land speed racing event within a reasonable
> driving distance...
>
>
> Aha! Salt Fever has ya in its grasp. :)
>
> Lessee here...there's the Texas Mile is in Beeville, Tx...about 900 miles.
> A little long for a weekly test n' tune, but still doable for one or two
> meets a year. Then there's the newly relocated Maxton Mile which has moved
> from Maxton, NC...that's about 350 miles. A lot closer, but still not a
> commute. But they ain't there any more. They moved to Wilmington, OH, and
> that's about 500 miles from ya.
>
> They're all closer than the 2000 miles between you and the salt flats.
> There are also venues at Loring in Maine and the newest one is the Mojave
> Mile located between Barstow and Bakersfield, CA...but that one's about 2200
> miles from ya.
>
> You may have to find a lightly-used or abandoned airport with a 2 or 3 mile
> runway and start the SETA (South East Timing Association) for LSR folks in
> that part of the country, now that the ECTA ain't at Maxton no mo'. I bet
> you'd have some folks like Bill Reilly:
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>
>
> (who lives in Florida and has competed at Maxton and on the salt) who would
> jump at a chance to run at a venue closer to home.
>
> Here's a video I found of that car on the dyno:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5kyCJIZII
>
> r
> ps. Keith Turk, half-owner of the ECTA lives in Enterprise, AL. I dunno
> how far you are from there, but ya never know. Here's his Facebook profile:
> http://www.facebook.com/keith.turk and his email is kturk@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> It might be interesting to see if there's support from that corner for a SE
> LSR venue.
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