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Salt Flats??? #341937 06/09/09 12:42 AM 06/09/09 12:42 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 586 Boise, Idaho, U.S.A. T tims69belvedere OP mopar
tims69belvedere OP mopar T Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 586 Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.	Does anybody on here race on the salt flats? I think it would be cool to build a salt flats car. What do they normally do body and chassis wise too make the car go faster??

Re: Salt Flats??? [Re: tims69belvedere] #341938 06/09/09 01:24 AM 06/09/09 01:24 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,749 Chowchilla,ca Chassisman master
Chassisman master Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,749 Chowchilla,ca	In drag racing you think light....in land speed think heavy low....I've built a few slat cars...74 Camaro...68 Camaro and a 83Ford thunderbird...you need alot of weight below the center of gravity. Go to Bonneville and look around...great experience !

Re: Salt Flats??? [Re: Chassisman] #341939 06/09/09 06:05 AM 06/09/09 06:05 AM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,371 Tallmadge, Ohio Butch pro stock
Butch pro stock Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 1,371 Tallmadge, Ohio	I see Doug Herbert is building one powered by 2 Viper engines. '74 Duster 440 '04 Hemi Quad Cab Ram '06 Pacifica '78 MGB

Re: Salt Flats??? [Re: tims69belvedere] #341940 06/09/09 07:15 AM 06/09/09 07:15 AM
Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,647 ELYRIA,OH B blownzoom440
blownzoom440 B Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,647 ELYRIA,OH	Quote: Does anybody on here race on the salt flats? I think it would be cool to build a salt flats car. What do they normally do body and chassis wise too make the car go faster?? blocking out the grill comes to mind to make less wind resistance.what kind of vehicle and how fast do you want to go?any1 will tell you to get a rule book.do you visit any of the sites like landspeed.com?

Re: Salt Flats??? [Re: blownzoom440] #341941 06/09/09 08:33 AM 06/09/09 08:33 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet
Mr.Yuck Not enough dumb comments...yet Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 24,562 Brookeville, Md	These seem to do well.... I'd think a 71-72 charger would as well. 5281440-fs_507.jpg (139 downloads) [IMG]http://i66.tinypic.com/pui5j.jpg[/IMG] Coming soon!!!!

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