BB Bonneville Bugeye

[Cajun Kid]

Udo and Jack,

I have a few pics from tunnel day,,, would you like me to email them to you or upload here for you ?

Thanks again for allowing and including me on the BB's big day.

Charles

[Glen]

Charles post them here for all to enjoy.

[hotschue]

We had 3 people in the tunnel with cameras and video.   I'll post some additional pics when they send them to me.   The action is in the control room where Jack and Dave monitored the information and bark orders.

[Cajun Kid]

Here a few pics I took on tunnel day for Udo.



A few of the first base runs






Me adjusting the drivers head... lol


Jack on the control panel




Udo in action



Turk in a compromising position LOL



More help on the nose


Well thats all I have from tunnel day for now.

Charles

[Milwaukee Midget]

Super cool, Charles!  The development and build of this car have been an inspiration.

Thanks for posting.  Go get 'em, Udo!

[hotschue]

CK Thanks for posting the pics, 4 hours of non stop action, didn't have time to pickup my camera.  Looks like the control room guys had the  "kush" job, sitting in the AC,  barking orders over the PA.......

[Cajun Kid]

Udo,  yes and when Jack came over the PA and would bark out orders it sounded like God giving out the 10 commandments....  "Thou Shalt Remove that Rear Spolier NOW !!!"   LOL  You guys then looked like a bunch of busy beavers working feverishly around the car.  What a great day..

Charles

[hotschue]

Short update....spent week finalizing dzus and panel fitment....today started hanging operating systems, pedals and anything else that we had the materials to do......next step disassemble BB, finalize welding, paint chassis.... soooon.  Sounds easy but probably another couple of weeks.......

[1212FBGS]

26 blows in 4.5 hours.... crap you guys were humpin! that's some really good work and it sounds like ya learned somethin'... good job!
Kent

[Rex Schimmer]

What differences did you see going from your original nose configureation to the air dam configuration?

Rex

[jacksoni]

From the optimum configuration, the big nose, when first installed, showed worsening of total lift and front and rear lift as well as moderate increase in Cd (30-40 counts).  Dave Salazar suggested that was screwy and we checked and found that indeed the install crew had made minor error with the bottom of the splitter not parallel to the floor. With that corrected, there was slight improvement in the Cd (but not to optimum level) and much improvement in front downforce. Rear lift was slightly improved but did not go negative ( ie still lift, not downforce)

[saltfever]

Udo: What is the gear split in the Jerico?  Thanx

[hotschue]

Splits....1:50...1:28...1:08...1:00

[jacksoni]

Splits....1:50...1:28...1:08...1:00

Annnndddd we figure 1-2 shift at about 150mph at the mile...... :-P

[saltfever]

Nice!  Thanks so much for sharing everything you are doing. Jerico is a strong trans that gives you close ratios selection.  My 2.20 Muncie is just not close enough. I have been lusting after a Jerico for a while.