G/F class lakester in Wichita, Kansas

[tauruck]

That's R28,000 in our money. Big bill even for you guys.

[Stainless1]

No worries John, running the 1 liter at SpeedWeek.... will swap the big motor in for our fun at WoS.

[ggl205]

No worries John, running the 1 liter at SpeedWeek.... will swap the big motor in for our fun at WoS.

Excellent!

[Rex Schimmer]

Stainless,
Is your 1000 cc motor going to be on some N02? The record in I/FL is high enough!!

Rex

[Stainless1]

Stainless,
Is your 1000 cc motor going to be on some N02? The record in I/FL is high enough!!

Rex

No Rex, it's blown... we will leave the I/FL record alone until you break it... and we have welcomed you and your son to the club.  8-)

[Rex Schimmer]

Stainless,
You are all heart! Is you blown motor going to be gas or fuel? My son and I are thinking about putting a hair dryer on our "good" motor to run I/BF next year as that record is a little "softer" than your I/F record. With our constant flow injection and methanol we wouldn't need a charge cooler if we keep the boost below 12 psi so it could be a relatively easy mod, but as you so well know NOTHING is easy at the salt. You have so much experience with so many combinations and we are truly "babes in the woods" there.

John, sorry for pirating you build now back to your great G lakester build.

Rex

[ggl205]

"John, sorry for pirating you build now back to your great G lakester build."

Rex, not a problem at this end. Poor Stainless, he is being challenged in I and G class but lots of fun to be had by all.

John

[Stan Back]

Poor Stainless?

I counted 9 Lakester records in the current Rule Book.

I guess he does (and has) known what he's doing.

[Stainless1]

Stan... even a blind squirrel manages to find an acorn every now and then 

To continue the hijack, I entered us in I/BFL at SpeedWeek,  will enter in G/FL at WoS and will enter anything not in pieces at the Finals...  :|

Back to your regularly scheduled G/FL thread....
John, looks like you are making great progress.... take more pictures 

[ggl205]

"I guess he does (and has) known what he's doing."

And therein lies my difficulty. Stainless most certainly does know what he is doing and I am just now trying to find out.

John

[Stainless1]

I guess the hijack continues...  
While I enjoy leading the Mountain States Automation Bockscar Team, we are a team!  When I was a lot younger I was fortunate to "fall in with a bad crowd" and have continued to be teamed with some really smart folks for many years (read Ben Jordan, Johnboy, Martyn, Kevin, Corey, Barc and yes, Pork Pie).  
Knowing and learning the failure points of mechanical things are far different beasts....  

John knows we have tried to take his records on several occasions since 1997... managed to get one in 04, but destroyed a lot of hardware along the way.... there is no easy path in any of this....
although when folks ask about the 200 MPH Club, I usually tell them it is an easy club to join  
All you have to do is set a record over 200 MPH or the club minimum in your class ....
That means you must go faster than anyone else has since 1953  

Now can we concentrate on the task at hand... more pictures John... we need more pictures  

[Stan Back]

Here's what I don't understand about the 2-Club . . . that first hat is so expensive, yet they almost give away any more after that.

[Freud]

How expensive is a Dirty 2 hat?

Just curious. I'll never challenge.

FREUD

[ggl205]

"Now can we concentrate on the task at hand... more pictures John... we need more pictures."

OK, I will post a few more images this Saturday. Plan is to begin cutting the body shell and fit all panels to chassis. This sounds like such an easy task but I am dreadfully worried about not getting the cut lines right. Gotta do it sometime so Friday is the day. Measure twice (three times), cut once.

John

[WOODY@DDLLC]

John, measure with a laser, mark it with chalk and cut it with a sharp axe! 
BTW: After cutting three times it will still be too short!