Sweet widebody 951 from Buttonwillow NASA weekend
04-20-2007, 08:38 PM
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Burning Brakes
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Skip sorry it took so long to get back with you. My car was stripped completely and acid dipped, chrome moly cage, the body work is similar. Kokeln likes to do wide body one piece front and rear. Mine has the wide body front and rear and has the 968 rear clip. They also put my filler neck in the left rear quarter window. Other than body, tub, and cage I think the similarities end there. Everything else looks to be night and day different direction. I will take some good pictures of it soon and post up here. I will also get some in car video on the track and try to figure out how and where to post. I wish my car was more like that one in many ways. It is just an awesome looking car. I am sure who ever bought that thing is having the time of their life.
04-20-2007, 09:08 PM
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I'm not an engineer by any means, but i feel like the airflow to the last cylinder would be less than that of the front cylinder, due to the design of the intake manifold.... some one care to enlighten me?
04-20-2007, 09:22 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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Regarding car comparison, the driver was just getting acquainted with the car, and I have no idea what his level of experience is. I certainly pointed him by if he ever came up on me, but I can't remember if he did or not. So I didn't get a good gage on his strait line speed.
I was probably turning mid 2:20s on a clear track, that car could probably turn under 2 minute laps if the driver was really in the groove. So even in that case, they'd only lap me every 6 laps. So ~2 times a session. But due to traffic I was never passed more than once by the same car per session. I think the fastest times of anyone in my run group with a transponder was in the low 2:10s, maybe high 2:00s. I dunno if he had a transponder or not.
I was probably turning mid 2:20s on a clear track, that car could probably turn under 2 minute laps if the driver was really in the groove. So even in that case, they'd only lap me every 6 laps. So ~2 times a session. But due to traffic I was never passed more than once by the same car per session. I think the fastest times of anyone in my run group with a transponder was in the low 2:10s, maybe high 2:00s. I dunno if he had a transponder or not.
04-20-2007, 11:03 PM
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Three Wheelin'
Originally Posted by 333pg333
Oh c'mon Gabe, surely you're getting some of those? 
Air jacks? Forget about air jacks! For $140,000 or some odd dollars, his car better have a damn pit crew on standby!
j/k In all seriousness, Gabe, +1 for airjacks! Useless on a street car but, damn if they aren't cool! 
04-20-2007, 11:14 PM
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I hear ya on that one, same with center locks...it would fit the personality of the car so well.
Progress on mine has been steady, but I haven't gotten any update pics as of yet. Maybe I'll just suprise everyone when the body is done................
Progress on mine has been steady, but I haven't gotten any update pics as of yet. Maybe I'll just suprise everyone when the body is done................
