Some speed record stuff from Home.

[Tim240z]

Some 'interesting' speed stuff from South Africa (home).

speed record of Diesel powered car and caravan (trailer in US)

 

British truck driver wins Eddie Irvine's F1 Jag

 

SA Land speed record to be attempted in Corvette.

 

By the way, in the last article, the 372kph (231MPH) record was set with a TT Pontiac 427ci BBC.(by my Dad)

 

Tim

[CruxGNZ]

Whoa, your Dad did that? That's pretty cool! Do you have any pictures of the TTTA that you can share with us?

 

!M!

[Oltmann]

Originally posted by Tim240Z:

By the way, in the last article, the 372kph (231MPH) record was set with a TT Pontiac 427ci BBC.(by my Dad)

That's so cool, especially since he did it on a highway.

In fact, these guys claim to have the "Public highway land speed record" with 207mph.

 

[Tim240z]

Yeah the cars have to street legal, so no rocket engines . It was a blow through carb setup, with a icebath heat exchanger. The run was over a 1km roll, both ways, thenm the two speed traps averaged. He actually hit a higher top speed, but had problems on the return run, which pulled the average down. The body was pretty much stock. Everytime he tried things to improve aerodynamics, it got worse which show how well the aeros are on the T/A (knight rider generation body style). Power was through a ZF6 speed, with a rear ratio of about 2.06 if I can remember right.

Mat, I don't have any pictures, not digital anyway. It was the cover story of "Car Magazine", which is the equivalent of "Car and Driver". No one seems to be able to touch the record. It was set about 10 years ago.

If you want to see a picture of the engine, look in the book "Maximum Boost". There's a picture of it in there.

 

Tim