ok... now that we've completely derailed Maritime's thread

A guy on the HAMB from the left coast put this one together. It's got a tube chassis and tubs under it.

Had to Google that one as I couldn't remember what they looked like. WOW, I think you missed the boat on that one as that would have been an unusual unit but don't tell her I said that as I like my body parts just as they are. Unbroken! :D Yeah - to me it's kind of a cross between an 58 Anglia wago...

I don't know why you're hesitating! In my opinion the 'different' cars are what keeps racing interesting. There's already a thousand Cavalier/Sunbird/Cobalt/whatever-else-had-the-same-bodystyle cars out there. Been there - done that - let's move on. You're going to build a tube chassis race car with...

Yeah - I remembered last night that you're running a snowmobile clutch, so it's probably in overdrive... If you use: ClutchRatio = (RPM x TireHeight) / (MPH x 336.135 x RearGear) The 46mph comes out to a 0.62:1 clutch ratio If you add that back in to: MPH = (RPM x TireHeight) / (RearGear x ClutchRat...

I don't think you're going 46 mph now...

The formula is:

MPH = (RPM x TireHeight) / (Gear x 336.135)

At 6500rpm, a 20" tire and 13.65 gear that comes out to 28.3mph.

An 8.1 gear would give you 47.7 mph.


Perry

Sounds like you're getting a handle on it Brian! I prefer little pistons myself. The Newberry combination we used to run in the truck had the pin up in the oil ring. I wanted to do the same with the Donovan, but I would have had to buy new everything and decided I'd save money and use what I had. I'...

So, when is that next race?

The first nostalgia race at Quaker is May 1, the best of times race is the middle of May, Thompsons gasser meet is June 5. Take your pick

hmm... blower for the altered eh? I've got a SBC manifold and a blower with a drive sitting on the shelf in the shop...


(I better steer clear of Heidi at the next race... )

Welcome to the board Heidi! (does this mean Michele needs to get on here too )

Perry