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by David Leikvold
Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:37 am
Forum: Engine Development and Performance
Topic: Toyota primus (or any other hyrid)
Replies: 22
Views: 38475

a new class?

Maybe we should create a new class for hybrids. It doesn't matter that there aren't any here yet, someone might build one if a class exists. Rather than specify the class of car we could just make hybrid an engine class so they can run in any type of vehicle. I doubt that many people will ever run a...
by David Leikvold
Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:36 am
Forum: General Information
Topic: Salt build up
Replies: 11
Views: 16033

slick ideas

Doc, Anything that didn't leave a residue on the salt would be a good start. So no WD40. Not much of a problem for your belly tank though. How do people get the salt out from under sedans? That would be a nightmare to do properly. Maybe a very well sealed belly pan would be the shot where they're le...
by David Leikvold
Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:15 pm
Forum: General Information
Topic: Salt build up
Replies: 11
Views: 16033

salt buildup

Graham, I'm only guessing but I don't think the salt buildup would be an issue. I'm thinking that it would be self regulating, if the salt was soft enough to fill the entire space between the tyre and the guard it would fall back off over bumps and be thrown out by the tyre. If the salt was hard and...
by David Leikvold
Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:49 pm
Forum: Engine Development and Performance
Topic: Toyota primus (or any other hyrid)
Replies: 22
Views: 38475

rules from the 1950's

Gordon, you're right about the Prius drive train but you're wrong about the DLRA rules. Already we have a new class for utes that suits us more than the SCTA and our rules evolve as we learn more about what makes sense for us and what doesn't. I bet if someone turned up with a Prius with all the req...
by David Leikvold
Thu May 31, 2007 9:58 pm
Forum: General Information
Topic: Prescription Glasses
Replies: 2
Views: 6195

I've got polycarbonate transition lenses in my riding glasses with magnetic clip-on sunglasses but they don't wrap around the sides at all. I've never seen any in the optometrists either. I'd love it if I could get something with prescription lenses in the style of the non-prescription ones crickete...
by David Leikvold
Tue May 29, 2007 11:44 pm
Forum: General Information
Topic: QUEENSLAND MEETING JULY 1ST
Replies: 34
Views: 42835

I'll be there Don, thanks for lending us your shed again. I look forward to seeing how the V8 is coming along.
by David Leikvold
Sun May 20, 2007 7:24 pm
Forum: Chassis, Suspension and Saftey
Topic: wheel size
Replies: 19
Views: 32943

forget I spoke!

Doc, thanks for showing me the link. Your car is great, my advice looks to be entirely superfluous! Well done, I look forward to seeing it run in 2008. W3stie, if all this confuses you make sure you come to the July meeting at Don Noble's workshop at Coopers Plains (details elsewhere in here). You'l...
by David Leikvold
Sat May 19, 2007 11:43 pm
Forum: Chassis, Suspension and Saftey
Topic: wheel size
Replies: 19
Views: 32943

hot under the collar

Hey Doc, I had a look at the Mal Hooper car, the one with the Bluebird style body split along the horizontal midline, it is a good looking unit. Do it! I tried to find the Streetliner but all I got was recumbent bicycles. Now for more gratuitous and unsolicited advice. You could do a few things to f...
by David Leikvold
Sat May 19, 2007 4:06 pm
Forum: Chassis, Suspension and Saftey
Topic: wheel size
Replies: 19
Views: 32943

having a go

Yeah, Doc, you're writing but you're also building which puts you well ahead of me. I won't be able to start building anything until after Christmas as I don't have the space yet. You make a good point about relative speeds and stability of lakesters and streamliners. The danger of pencil rolls make...
by David Leikvold
Sat May 19, 2007 12:00 am
Forum: Chassis, Suspension and Saftey
Topic: wheel size
Replies: 19
Views: 32943

Front brakes

And there's plenty more salt after the scraped length if you don't mind a bumpy ride so I understand your point about not really needing racer brakes at Lake Gairdner, Doc. I've always been a fan of front brakes and I can't get comfy with not having any. Way back when they were legal in sprint karts...
by David Leikvold
Mon May 14, 2007 10:29 pm
Forum: Chassis, Suspension and Saftey
Topic: wheel size
Replies: 19
Views: 32943

W3stie, Wheel sizes are pretty much governed by what tyres are available and how fast you want to run. I have checked a few tyre company websites recently for Z rated tyres in 13" and 14" but they're well hidden. You will find some V-rated 14s in 60 series, e.g. a 185/60VR14 would be about...
by David Leikvold
Mon May 14, 2007 2:01 am
Forum: Chassis, Suspension and Saftey
Topic: wheel size
Replies: 19
Views: 32943

W3stie, for any speed you just need double safety beaded steel rims with the centres welded to the rim all the way round. Bob Ellis previously recommended a mob in Brisbane that can supply the right welded wheels but I can't remember who they are, I'm sure Bob will be happy to tell you. If you'd rat...
by David Leikvold
Tue May 08, 2007 12:08 am
Forum: General Information
Topic: BRISBANE HOTROD SHOW 4th-7th May.
Replies: 19
Views: 27719

I had a good time there on Saturday with Bob, Chris, Matthew and Nathan talking to interested people. One guy I spoke to had a 69 Camaro street car that he said he doesn't use enough, probably because it has a 632 big block(!) with a Richmond 6 speed. He'd be lucky to make it to the next petrol stat...
by David Leikvold
Wed May 02, 2007 12:02 am
Forum: General Information
Topic: theoretical top speed
Replies: 35
Views: 47797

Bob and Chris, thanks to you both for your responses. I'm from a circuit racing background so I had imagined that dry, hard salt would be like concrete and not change until it got wet. So I was thinking that something that just removed the scraped up loose salt crystals would leave a surface that wa...
by David Leikvold
Sun Apr 29, 2007 6:33 pm
Forum: General Information
Topic: theoretical top speed
Replies: 35
Views: 47797

Traction questions

Dr Goggles said that traction on the salt can be a limiting factor, so here's my question. I saw a video at Don Noble's get together of the track being scraped flat with a piece of railway track that was leaving a lot of loose salt lying on the track surface. Would this be part of the problem or do ...