Getting ready for Bonneville(rebuild)

[bvillercr]

Terry thanks, Evo we will have an in car camera and hopefully one of our crew members can video us making a pass.  And if we are real lucky maybe some real video person can get a shot or two of it running down the salt.

[lvsalt]

im thinking 300mph+

[bvillercr]

We just left and are on our way to the salt.  We will pull in tonight around 10-12.

[bvillercr]

Last year we pulled into Winnemucka and came across Rex at the gas station.  He had been hailed and rained on and was stopped trying to get dried out while fueling.  Well we just ran into him again at a rest stop an hour west of Reno.  We chatted for a while and now we are all back on the road.

[bvillercr]

Well no Wendover tonight.  We got a flat just outside battle mountain beforeyou get to Carlin.  We put the spare on and slowed down to make sure we would make it to Wendover.  Then bamm the second one blew!  Now we're limping back to Elko to spend the night and get all new tire tomorrow.   Hope to get tires early and get into Wendover asap.

[Peter Jack]

Hope your getting rid of all the bad luck early and the racing goes smooth and fast. Have fun, go fast and be safe. We're looking for records gentlemen!

Pete

[revolutionary]

Nothing good ever comes without a fight.

[bvillercr]

We just got 5 new tires and checked out of the hotel in Elko and are on our way to Wendover.

[nlancaster]

Good luck, on the salt.

2300+ HP is insane in a "stock" car.

I have not read the whole thread, how much work has been done to the chassis over the years?  Is there like one piece of metal someone inside that used to be GM and everything else has been replaced over the years?

[desotoman]

Go back and read the whole story, it is all in here. No it is not a stock frame.

Tom G.

[bvillercr]

It's a full Alston chasis.  We were in line yesterday for tech inspection but didn't get inspected because they shut down at 5.  We were about an hour late.  We had some issues with our right rear rim rubbing on the brake caliper.   we will get back in line after the drivers meeting, and run tomorrow.

[bvillercr]

Went thru tech with ease, except the inspectors could see the dates on our fire bottles.  We got it straightened out.  Today we adjusted the tune, watched some racing, and put a few back.  We will be in line fairly early tomorrow for a test run, and will shut it down at the 2.  We will have a good idea of our tune after that and then put one down on the salt.    

[Geo]

Good luck!   

Thanks for keeping us updated.

Waiting    Waiting   Waiting    by the computer for results.

Geo

[nlancaster]

It's a full Alston chasis.  We were in line yesterday for tech inspection but didn't get inspected because they shut down at 5.  We were about an hour late.  We had some issues with our right rear rim rubbing on the brake caliper.   we will get back in line after the drivers meeting, and run tomorrow.

Thanks for the constructive answer.

Good luck, keep us updated!!

[mkilger]

Troy maybe you can tell us whats going on out there.  not too many updates this year.  good luck