TREITS STREAMLINER

[Freud]

I went to Granite Falls HS, Granite Falls, WA., Friday for the end of the year open house.

The two cars that they have built, Iron Maiden and Philippe's Revenge, were on display along with art objects and pictures that other students had done.

Both cars are being readied for a trip to the Pac Car test track to gather data that will be compared to other tests.

The Urban Concept car will be tested at WOS and they will be interested in fuel mileage and not speed.

it's a marvelous program and their teacher, Michael Werner, deserves so much credit.

I'll try to give more info after the Pac Car testing.

FREUD

[ratpatrol66]

The GFHS builds are real cool. All I got to do in high school shop was rebuild a 3.5 briggs, and make an engine stand?
Good times, High School was alot of fun. I still use that engine stand, there is a 62 4-cyl Pontiac on it right now.

[Freud]

Ray has just done the post for this week.

It shows the progress on the front wheel fairings.

http://www.target550.com/gallery/117_wheel_fairings_take_2/index.html

I hope you enjoy it.

FREUD

[Freud]

Tman...........you ask for contact info for Frank Martinez.

Here is his e-mail address: frankmartinez@juno.com.

FREUD

[Freud]

There was a visitor at the build site today.

Glen Barrett is slumming and he dropped in for a chat.

FREUD

[Stan Back]

Looks grumpy(?).

[Glen]

Stan, that;s my happy face, you don't want to see grumpy.

[SPARKY]

LOL 

[Freud]

Todays post relates to the plumbing for the systems controlled by air.

Here is the url;   http://www.target550.com/gallery/118_micro_plumbing/index.html

FREUD

[Rex Schimmer]

Frued,
With the "steering wheel" being pretty small, how about a post on the actual steering system itself? I know that the plan is some sort of hydraulic "master/slave" set up but is there going to be any power booster to help the driver with the steering loads?

Rex

[Freud]

Rex, I'll address your question soon.

In the immediate past was the adventure with Rufus: the Target 550 press vehicle.

Monday Rufus received a new steering box. Now it's Tuesday and the steering box is in the recycle bin.

Oh well......I can always arrange a rope between the front wheels.

Check it out.

http://www.target550.com/news.html

FREUD

[Freud]

Rex, there will be no power boost incorporated in the steering system.

Just like Rufus.

FREUD

[Freud]

Here is our post for today.

Well it went a lot faster for Ray than I anticipated.

http://www.target550.com/gallery/119_Frank_Martinez_delivers_first_windshield/index.html


FREUD

[Freud]

A lot of variety in this post.

FREUD

[MattGuzzetta]

Wow, great work, nice photos!  The oven reminds me of a company that used to make our road racing fairing bubbles in So Cal.  The company was Orco near Irvine and they used a "hanging sheet" oven that allowed the sheet to evenly heat up so that the bubbles could be free formed without chilling the material by vacuuming the sheet into a vacuum box so the bubbles came our almost optically perfect.  The hanging sheet ovens did not take so much floor space and were heated by circulating the hot air inside the oven.  A good 36 page manual about making the ovens and forming the sheet are at:  http://regalplastics.net/pdf/135.pdf
Pretty cool stuff.  It ain't easy to make those complex windscreens on a form.  Frank is doing a good job!
It would be nice to see this liner run, it is simply a great project!

See you at the flats Freud, it has been a long time!

Matt Guzzetta