Dry Lakes Racers Australia

You might also like this site. Gives a 7 day forecast for Port Augusta. Thats as close as I could get. Looking good other than friday with chance of rain. Gives wind speeds as well.

http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/95666.html

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Coops

Sorry, thats a Hayabusa powered streamliner. Should have read it more carefully.

This is for the two wheel madmen. Camera mounted on bike. Shute fails. Shows how bad Bonneville lake is off the graded track.

gofastvideo.com

Its got a couple of different Bonneville videos in the Misc folder.

Dont bother unless you have broadband.

Coops

To help out anyone else having similar problems I thought I'd better finish this thread with an explaination of what was going wrong. As soon as I finally got time, (5 months later), I bought a brand new VDO mechanical oil pressure gauge. As I was removing my electrical gauge I noticed the fitting w...

There's also the shadow method. Butt your vehicle up against a flat surface (a wall) and shine bright lights along the panels from the rear as parallel as possible, then draw the outline onto the flat surface. Then you just need a ruler, calculator and a lot of patience. Probably not recommended if ...

Kevin Your advice is much appreciated. I have found the members of this forum all happy to share information, unlike several others sites I have abandoned due to their attitudes. I realise my knowledge is limited so thanks for your patience and instructions. I've spent 28 grand on the engine so far ...

Kevin Thanks for the instructions. Yes I've got an external pump. I pulled it off today and checked it out. No damage or foriegn material in there. Filled gear teeth with vas, refit and turned motor over without plugs. Fit plugs and got oil pressure immediately (30 psi). This dropped to just above 0...

Thanks for the suggestion but I cant really fill the oil filter as it is fitted sideways. Also I dont think the pick up is the problem as I had oil pressure previous to taking out the pressure relief valve, although its something I'll keep in mind to check on next time I build an engine. I'll yank t...

Thanks for the reply Kevin. I've only just pulled the pressure relief valve out on the weekend and checked it for binding and foriegn materials. There were some scuff marks near the top of the piston that I cleaned up but nothing that should have caused it to fail or jam shut. After I replaced the s...

An event closer to home, easy access and no salt to dig out for the next couple of years? Sounds good. Only problem might be the huge numbers of entrants and spectators compared to what you are getting at the salt lakes. I'd like to see it happen and hope that whoever backs it has the right experien...

If anyone is interested the latest issue of Unique Cars (Issue no. 247) has a write up of the 2005 meet. Looks like this year DLRA have reached a much higher profile than I've seen in the last four years. Keep it up.

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Coops

I'll pipe up AGAIN. Sorry just cant seem to shut up on the subject. I think its important to record this event for the years to come. I know there's plenty of books but bugger all film. If somebody does throw something together I'd be happy to buy a copy. DVD would be great but VHS is fine. I waited...

Thanks for heads up. I was concerned about possible flow on to my computer. At least we didnt lose the lot.

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Coops

I tried this query with dragster.com but couldnt find anything similar in their hard to use search engine. Maybe someone here can assist. My problem, if it is one, is that my 308/383 stroker motor is making around 40psi oil presssure cold on idle and about 10-20 psi hot on idle. This climbs to 100ps...

Thanks Don. I'll cover your costs of course.
Coops