- 381. Re: Titanium-Brake clean (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:12:46 -0800
- Doug, Thank you for your insight. Stuff I would never have thought of. I'm just building engines not nuclear reactors so I don't run into this too often. Thanks again one of the other dougs
- /html/land-speed/2000-02/msg00392.html (7,980 bytes)
- 382. Re: Wheels and Tires for the porsche (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 16:24:36 -0800
- George, I use the 5/8 truck studs with the big flat 1" nuts. Check with the tire maker as to the wheel width the tire is made for. I use the goodyear landspeed eagle so I use the 4 1/2 wide. When you
- /html/land-speed/2000-02/msg00394.html (8,572 bytes)
- 383. Re: just how many Dougs is there annywhey? (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:25:27 -0800
- Joe, yeah, I know what you mean. I grew up in LA mostly and went to a large high school and I don't remember there being another doug there. When into the navy and aboard ship I was the only doug. No
- /html/land-speed/2000-02/msg00400.html (9,436 bytes)
- 384. Re: cranks and pistons (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 08:19:02 -0800
- George, I agree with you. The big thing you have to watch out for when you offset grind a crank is where the oil hole for the rod ends up. just one of the dougs
- /html/land-speed/2000-02/msg00423.html (12,404 bytes)
- 385. Re: Wing vs Spoiler (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 12:48:47 -0800
- George, A spoiler only has one surface. You can build it to the rule book picture and be OK. A wing has air flow over and under it. My car and the Alfa of Rich's have spoilers. They never came with o
- /html/land-speed/2000-02/msg00576.html (8,151 bytes)
- 386. Re: Unser Ride Re: Of rears and horsepower and speeds (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 20:46:31 -0800
- If I remember right, it was a 302 ford trans-am motor leased from Roush. I heard it made 620hp on the dyno. I also heard the cost of the lease was about 20K. Roush did send a motor man with it to tak
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00170.html (10,425 bytes)
- 387. Re: Unser Ride Re: Of rears and horsepower and speeds (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 15:17:53 -0800
- Rich; I think any class record that there is out there now will require about 2 HP per cubic inch. That is with a push rod motor on gas and turning alot of RPM. Doug Odom
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00197.html (11,200 bytes)
- 388. Re: Bonneville Site updated (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 21:40:48 -0800
- I come up with a (not found) on my screen. Am I doing some thing wrong? The live chat is great but I find it hard to think, type (hunt and peck) fast enough. I guess I'll just have to learn. Doug Odo
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00250.html (11,723 bytes)
- 389. Re: Bonneville Site updated (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 19:35:19 -0800
- Bruce; Just as I was trying to answer this note my 'puter locked up (spun a bearing?). Had to turn off and start over. No I'm not related to the late Bill Odom. Better luck getting in on the chat nex
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00278.html (8,792 bytes)
- 390. Re: Your car (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 21:31:30 -0800
- John, I didn't build the car with any weight in mind, so after I got it done I weighed it. Between 500 and 550 each wheel. For now just going to run the E motor. I'm going to build a fuel injection (
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00282.html (7,264 bytes)
- 391. Muroc (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 18:02:30 -0800
- John; You have full windshield I believe. If so you can vent some air from the base of the windshield (like a defroster). First you might want to try this. Tape a couple of small pieces of yarn to th
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00347.html (13,284 bytes)
- 392. Re: Muroc (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 09:06:05 -0800
- Joe, I have a open car so I just cut the windscreen low enough to see over it. (KISS) I don't take the enclosed trailer to Muroc or El Mirage just because it's so much trouble to clean the dust out.
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00361.html (15,475 bytes)
- 393. Re: Crank (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:21:50 -0800
- Jim, The crank your looking for has 6223 number on it. It comes out of 366 truck, 396 truck & car, 402 truck & car, 427 truck & car. Any other number will be a cast crank. Doug
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00385.html (6,916 bytes)
- 394. Racersauction.com (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:05:04 -0800
- List, Did I find something cool or am I just the last duck in the pond? Have not heard about this site before. Any body have? Doug Odom in Arroyo Grande (where it is raining for the first time since
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00416.html (6,568 bytes)
- 395. Re: Racersauction.com (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 16:47:43 -0800
- I'm sorry! The address is racersauction.com Doug
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00418.html (7,146 bytes)
- 396. Re: caster (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:17:46 -0800
- Brad, Don't get carried away trying to get a ton of caster. You don't need as much as you might think on a smooth surface. A bunch of caster also jacks weight every time you turn the wheel. If you do
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00528.html (7,680 bytes)
- 397. Re: Rules (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 20:25:05 -0800
- Dave, I agree. I have been a crew chief on a cup car on and off for over 30 years. You haven't had fun till you go through 5 inspections each race with a rule book the size of a phone book. Doug Odom
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00529.html (11,563 bytes)
- 398. Hemi heads (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:27:45 -0800
- List, On ebay item #236877731. Pr. 392 Hemi heads complete. Bid now at $177. Some one must be looking for these. Doug
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00532.html (6,288 bytes)
- 399. Re: Gauges (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 07:55:08 -0800
- Mayf, If you use mechanical analog gauges and turn them so when everything is running right they all point the same way ( stright up ) then if something is wrong it will show up right away. I also ha
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00556.html (8,390 bytes)
- 400. Re: Heads.. (score: 1)
- Author: DOUG ODOM <popms@thegrid.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 18:24:38 -0800
- Mayf, Every one of ARF heads I have blown on the bench has made the numbers that they claim. That has to make them worth looking into. Doug Odom
- /html/land-speed/2000-01/msg00664.html (7,230 bytes)
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