salad for you from now on mate

 

lol.........


Madhammer, did you see this guy up The Pod. He just broke the world record for a bike on the quarter running a 5.2 @ 249 mph.

Can't believe he stayed on the thing !


You may need to hit the video twice for it to start.


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fbc_1275343299

 

lol, down a stone this year. Gym and drag racing don't mix

 

OMG !

 

What a lunatic !

 

holy FUCK!

 

wow!!!! that is pretty quick

 

*****, he could have least got his front wheel in the air

 

Freekish speed from the bike

TX.

 

I have seen many runs by a rocket bike when Henk Vink raced one at The Pod.

In real life it's insane watching rocket propelled cars/bikes. Many think they are like the jet cars seen on the strips,.... wrong,..... very wrong. The difference would be the same as watching a Pro Stock run along side a Top Fuel.

Sammy Miller's rocket propelled funny car was 58,000 Bhp and I was lucky enough to be present when he done the 3.583 at 386.26 mph. Still the fastest run in the history of drag racing.
Be some years before we see those figures again as they are now banned world wide.
Miller had another car named Oxygen. He removed the wheels, replaced with skis and blew the thing across ice doing the 440 yards in 2.8 seconds. The G Force knocked him clean out and it was never an official records due to the location.
Top man he was. Spent his life in top fuel funnies & rockets then was killed a few years ago whilst at work in an oil field. Crazy.

 

Bike is insane!

 

 

OK, After today's visit to RCM I now have everything I need to complete the engine build

What's in the box?


These beauties











and finally some 1.6mm thick 98mm dia Cometic Head Gaskets

 

Ohhh pretty

 

Why such thick head gaskets Daz?

 

They were the ones Olly supplied me with

 

Steven wont they lower the compression more and give better boost also better engine life than a high compression motor ?

On the down side i think it will be laggier off boost and not as much gains on race fuel .

 

Both block faces and heads have been skimmed and the chambers have been matched to the bigger bore size. I'm going to measure the combustion chamber tomorrow and work out the exact comp ratio now that I have the heads back in my posession. I'm not expecting them to be too far out but will know exactly what they are tomorrow.

 

Yep, hence the question really. As a track/drag car i would have assumed better fuel being used, so no issues with a higher compression.

 

Looks like the car's coming along nicely, credit to you both clive and daz.

Just seen this,

May see what 570 bhp and a very light car, with a little bit more bhp and some proper tyres can do soon

 

Break stuff!

 

Lol sounds about right that.

 

Don't break it again mate

What's the plans then chap ? How much more power you going to have this time around ?

 

Not a lot more power planned. Up near 600 would be good.

 

You never know Daz may be a proper granny shifter

 

Sticking with 2.1 mate ?

 

very stripped out 5door probably the same weight as a mildly stripped 4door..

Simon

 

Really Simon ? I did not think there was a great deal of difference ? However the car we speak of is more than stripped ! Still love the dash

 

Hardly mate,

I did an 11.7 with circa 400bhp I do believe that's quicker than you've managed yet :P

 

Sorry Clive/Daz for messing up the thread, but just a quick pic of the Jaguar walnut dash to amuse younger clive



I never did finish the cowling round the clocks