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Bradleyracing86 (Offline)
  #1 7/30/12 2:13 PM
Whos going!

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j&sracing (Offline)
  #2 7/30/12 2:21 PM
If I had a ride id like too go

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Bradleyracing86 (Offline)
  #3 7/30/12 3:30 PM
Wish I could help you out but just got both our cars to the track last weekend.

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D.L. 122 (Offline)
  #4 7/30/12 4:30 PM
What kind of gearing are you guys going to try running?
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Jrp4554 (Offline)
  #5 7/30/12 4:35 PM
Originally Posted by D.L. 122:
What kind of gearing are you guys going to try running?
**** good question. lol I have no idea myself.
DAD (Offline)
  #6 7/30/12 4:38 PM
Originally Posted by D.L. 122:
What kind of gearing are you guys going to try running?
High***** just shift to the next higher gear and go from there. 100+ MPH kinda of like Owensboro Ky. but banked, and I figure that is on the bottom.

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Jrp4554 (Offline)
  #7 7/30/12 4:39 PM
My engine only has 2nd gear. I wonder if i can gear it high enough to work?
DAD (Offline)
  #8 7/30/12 4:42 PM
Originally Posted by D.L. 122:
What kind of gearing are you guys going to try running?
High***** just shift to the next higher gear and go from there. 100+ MPH kinda of like Owensboro Ky. but banked, and I figure that is on the bottom. I would not recommend light weight chassis cars for there. A tad big for us but what the hey! Should be a ball, and something you can tell your grand kids about.

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Midget18 (Offline)
  #9 7/30/12 4:52 PM
How many wings will collapse????

I like my engine, car, and wing so it will be parked in the shop

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DAD (Offline)
  #10 7/30/12 5:09 PM
Originally Posted by Jrp4554:
My engine only has 2nd gear. I wonder if i can gear it high enough to work?


Sure no problem. gear for 100 mph at max rpm. Tire diameter X rpm of rear axle divided by 12. that give you feet per min.

60 mph = 5280 feet per min

100 mph = (feet per min X) cross multiply and divide

100 x 5280 = 528000

528000 divided by 60 = 8800 feet per min.

If your rear tire is 82" 's that is 6.83 feet per revolution.

8800ft divided by 6.83ft = 1288 rpm's for rear axle.

Max motor rpm = 11000 rpm divided by 1288 = over all ratio 8.5 to one. You can do that in second gear. Might have to slip your clutch a bit taking off.

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---------- Post added at 5:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 5:05 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Midget18:
How many wings will collapse????

I like my engine, car, and wing so it will be parked in the shop

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Darned our wing has a big hole in it it will probably just blow up.

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