Phil Dally Returning Member Newbie...Sort Of
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 11:57 amHowdy All!!! Some of you know me from other forums and around town.
A L/M ADE BBC/PG/QC that I will designate Model D is second on the build list.
Model D because of my last name and my Dad's favorite tractor was his 1939 JD Model D.
My Crown car from the nineties is now owned by a racer named Ed in Florida.
Rick recommended I post what I told him is currently going on with my landspeed project.
"I started out running in production classes where nothing but factory body parts may be used. When I started going faster I felt the need for more safety in an aero package than the stock chin spoiler could provide. I don't know why GM called it a spoiler as it is an air dam. My fastest pass of 148.235 mph at El Mirage in So Cal was run as an F/BGALT car. F is 2-3 liter, B is blown, (no distinction between turbos and blowers) G is gasoline, ALT is the second level of the three levels of aero packages allowed. The new motor will use methanol so I'll run in F/BFALT. Plus I've engineered a Porsche 915 five speed into the car. We will be the first to go to Bonneville with an O/D gears and enough horsepower to pull it.
The speeds I'm looking for are 167 mph at E/M and 187 mph at B/V. They will not be records but will be the fastest ever passes by a stock configuration Corvair. There have been a couple Covairs that have run well past 200 but they all had V8's in them. The 167/187 numbers were run by Ron Cohn in the seventies. Tom Keosababian is in the B/V record book at 173.090 mph. That record was grandfathered into the Classic (1950-80 cars no electronics) category under Gas Coupe...the lower level of aero package. The Cohn records were eliminated when the SCTA-BNI seperated gas and fuel. The records in the classes I'm actually running in are all 250+ mph. That is never going to happen so my goal is to become the worlds fastest Corvair. Although the F/CBFALT number is soft at 135+ mph.
As you can see the rule book is a dominant factor in landspeed. We also have the strictest safety requirements in all of motorsports. As an example I wear a three layer top fuel fire suit just because of the turbo. Right now the plan is to shake down at E/M next May or June and make the 2016 September USFRA B/V event. I don't go to SpeedWeek in August anymore...it's a zoo and a half.
I do have the parts to build a 220 cube Corvair engine. As you know there is no substitute for cubic inches. If a billet cylinder head project ever gets off the ground I will make an attempt at 200 mph. But currently there is no such thing as a modified stock Corvair cylinder head that could support 220 cubes at 8K+ rpm.
Every possible combination of vehicle races in landspeed. From mine to Danny Thompson and his Dad's Challenger II with everything in between. I have a friendly competition going on with my fellow Sidewinder (established 1938) Frank Sloan and his Cosworth Vega. We run just about the same speeds and he is winning right now with a one mph advantage. I invite you to meet us at B/V next Sept. There is only one place in the world you can see and hear a twin big block streamliner going by at 450+ mph. B/V is a car guys bucket list item. There are currently a half dozen 500 mph efforts underway. First one to 500 wins!!!
A L/M ADE BBC/PG/QC that I will designate Model D is second on the build list.
Model D because of my last name and my Dad's favorite tractor was his 1939 JD Model D.
My Crown car from the nineties is now owned by a racer named Ed in Florida.
Rick recommended I post what I told him is currently going on with my landspeed project.
"I started out running in production classes where nothing but factory body parts may be used. When I started going faster I felt the need for more safety in an aero package than the stock chin spoiler could provide. I don't know why GM called it a spoiler as it is an air dam. My fastest pass of 148.235 mph at El Mirage in So Cal was run as an F/BGALT car. F is 2-3 liter, B is blown, (no distinction between turbos and blowers) G is gasoline, ALT is the second level of the three levels of aero packages allowed. The new motor will use methanol so I'll run in F/BFALT. Plus I've engineered a Porsche 915 five speed into the car. We will be the first to go to Bonneville with an O/D gears and enough horsepower to pull it.
The speeds I'm looking for are 167 mph at E/M and 187 mph at B/V. They will not be records but will be the fastest ever passes by a stock configuration Corvair. There have been a couple Covairs that have run well past 200 but they all had V8's in them. The 167/187 numbers were run by Ron Cohn in the seventies. Tom Keosababian is in the B/V record book at 173.090 mph. That record was grandfathered into the Classic (1950-80 cars no electronics) category under Gas Coupe...the lower level of aero package. The Cohn records were eliminated when the SCTA-BNI seperated gas and fuel. The records in the classes I'm actually running in are all 250+ mph. That is never going to happen so my goal is to become the worlds fastest Corvair. Although the F/CBFALT number is soft at 135+ mph.
As you can see the rule book is a dominant factor in landspeed. We also have the strictest safety requirements in all of motorsports. As an example I wear a three layer top fuel fire suit just because of the turbo. Right now the plan is to shake down at E/M next May or June and make the 2016 September USFRA B/V event. I don't go to SpeedWeek in August anymore...it's a zoo and a half.
I do have the parts to build a 220 cube Corvair engine. As you know there is no substitute for cubic inches. If a billet cylinder head project ever gets off the ground I will make an attempt at 200 mph. But currently there is no such thing as a modified stock Corvair cylinder head that could support 220 cubes at 8K+ rpm.
Every possible combination of vehicle races in landspeed. From mine to Danny Thompson and his Dad's Challenger II with everything in between. I have a friendly competition going on with my fellow Sidewinder (established 1938) Frank Sloan and his Cosworth Vega. We run just about the same speeds and he is winning right now with a one mph advantage. I invite you to meet us at B/V next Sept. There is only one place in the world you can see and hear a twin big block streamliner going by at 450+ mph. B/V is a car guys bucket list item. There are currently a half dozen 500 mph efforts underway. First one to 500 wins!!!