not your average coupe

[quickchange]

Here we are at Bonneville salt flats with the cpe Lickety Split , stock body, model B block, flat head ,running a 650 holley plus eaton blower, 5 bearing crank, & many other mods, ready for a run, But it still is an un cut body,Model a trans , 4.1 Model A rear end , looking good for a run, Derek in a hot dry USA,

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

Wishing the best of luck and may the 'Salt Gods' be with you all.

[eagle]

Almost as much salt as a Minnesota hwy in January!

[desotoguy]

Those small aftermarket headlights will be good for an extra 0.3 mph. Good luck with your runs.

[History]

Originally Posted by eagle

Almost as much salt as a Minnesota hwy in January!

If he hadn't said "Salt Flats" I would have thought North Carolina mountains road . Last year I followed a trail from my home all the way to Raleigh NC, 3hours away. A distinct trail of whatever they spray when they don't use granulated salt or whatever it is. I know it seems like we are to far south to be in the rust belt but there's northern areas that don't get the salt we do. I dread it already.

[jrelliott]

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Good luck on your run at Bonneville. Worked with an engineer at Tucson who was running a streamliner car powered by a Kawasaki 1100cc engine. Was getting over 200 mph.

[Dick Steinkamp]

Originally Posted by desotoguy

Those small aftermarket headlights will be good for an extra 0.3 mph. Good luck with your runs.

...and those Moon discs for another .2

Looks like tons of fun. Good luck! Report back with results.

[Jim Brierley]

Good luck Derek, keep us posted.

[Chris in WNC]

History: it is salt brine. good for icy roads, bad for all cars...….

[Joe K]

Is the engine painted red? That ALWAYS makes 'em go faster.


Joe K

[Y-Blockhead]

Awesome car. Does the windshield visor catch much wind at speed? I have seen "vented" visors on other Hot Rods.

Good luck on your Speed Runs.

[AGBill]

I don't understand...…
The object of running at Bonneville is to go fast. The car is currently running a 4:11 rear end ratio.... With a modified high horsepower engine, (relatively speaking), why is he not running a 3:27 ratio or at least a 3:54 ratio??

[Dennis Pereira]

Nice ride good luck

[Richard in Anaheim CA]

Good Luck Derek

I'm guessing you have an overdrive with that 4:11 rear end

650Holly ? Maybe you intend to use all of that 8000 RPM tach

Richard
Anaheim CA

[quickchange]

No overdrive, record held by Tonya 97.1, at 6000 ? maybe it would be a record MAYBE,
No racing till Tuesday & only 1 course open plus rookie we are on a short run with 1 mile run up, the weather gods may decide yet, I will post what ever happens long as don,t upset any one ???be nice to me ,

[Dave in MN]

Hey everyone, let's cut him some slack about posting here. I want to hear his story. Man, I wish I was there to see him run. Thanks in advance.
Good Day.

[quickchange]

Dave all good here, this a great site, least it aint a ratty rod, no racing till Tuesday courses too wet , had lots of model A guys today , one is an expert on carbs ,listen to my engine , then took a tire valve pulled it apart, got the tiny spring out, cut it in 1/2 & put each piece in to jam the two pump valves , now will be hard to start but ran much sweeter, amazing the help we get just cause its a Model A, so ill keep posting what ever happens, The dream is to crack the 100 with stock body,A-B engine flat head, A trans, A rear, non turbo , Several A-B block engines running, the tricks those guys learn may help to preserve our original A,s Certainly created lots of interest,

[RandyinUtah]

Lots of rain the past two days so I hope it dries up. The rain god's haven't been nice the last couple of years out on the salt.

[Y-Blockhead]

Originally Posted by quickchange

Dave all good here, this a great site, least it aint a ratty rod, no racing till Tuesday courses too wet , had lots of model A guys today , one is an expert on carbs ,listen to my engine , then took a tire valve pulled it apart, got the tiny spring out, cut it in 1/2 & put each piece in to jam the two pump valves , now will be hard to start but ran much sweeter, amazing the help we get just cause its a Model A, so ill keep posting what ever happens, The dream is to crack the 100 with stock body,A-B engine flat head, A trans, A rear, non turbo , Several A-B block engines running, the tricks those guys learn may help to preserve our original A,s Certainly created lots of interest,

Quickchange, you mention an Eaton Blower. Is it similar to the Eaton blower that was on the 3.8 Super Coupe T-Bird? Thanks.

[quickchange]

that's the one, looking at Tuesday for a run , only 1 course,1 mile run up, 1 mile timed, 1 mile slow down for us ,so the old 4 banger going to be working hard,

[77Birdman]

Is the car from NZ as well, or are you visiting? Looks like fun.

[updraught]

Looks the same here

[quickchange]

Lickety Split now lives in NZ , shipped back too USA for speed week ,

[zzlegend]

Good luck Derek. When i was helping pit on the Demon streamliner, Tonya was pitted next to us two years in a row. I remember that coupe very well. I will be tuning in listening to Slim on the broadcast, since i will not be there. Hope Tuesday dries out and is a good day to run. Mark.

[31Cabriolet68-C]

So do you run with a pair of original engine-to-frame splash pans? Or?
Love to get a look under the hood...
Great machine!
Luck be with you.
JB

[Y-Blockhead]

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Best of luck on Tuesday.

[jimalabam]

Quick Change - Don't let the nay says and wanna be's bother you. I wish I could again be on the flats with you and the others. Good weather = YES YES YES. GOOD LUCK WITH GREAT AND SAFE RUNS. Jim...

[Tinbasher]

Have a "Fun" week. I hope you do well. One of my things to do. Wish I was there to help you out. Unless you've been in racing you don't understand. Welcome to a big learning curve. I use to crew for a Drag team and a Stockcar crew. Learn't alot real quick. It was a great time. Hope yo have it too. J.P.

[quickchange]

Thanks for the good wishes, little test run today ,just to get the feel of a chev push truck up my arse, passed that test next a short rookie run in the morning, then the real fun starts , it will either go like a shower of shit or look like a pile, Amazing the 4 banger folk that come by , The Model A will never die &partial thanks to that is this site,

[History]

Good luck, hope you set a record!

[quickchange]

Show is over for us, only got 3 cylinders, suspect a valve, Maybe Henry put mushrooms on his valves for a reason ??They shut the course down early due too conditions, may open tomorrow if a new track can be prepared, its rough, line up row 18" deep ruts, hundreds never got to run yet, one two wheeler thought he could fly, WRONG, Once back in kiwi land we will strip engine & report, might just be collets come off, who knows , Derek from a hot USA heading to a cold New Zealand (after Turlock swap meet )

[Y-Blockhead]

Bummer. Long way from home to have that happen. I was hoping to see a video of that bad Boy... and some pictures of your supercharged Model A engine.

Best of luck in the future.

[Jim Brierley]

You've got time, pull the head and have a look. Many of us have made repairs much more serious than a valve, and were able to make more runs.

[quickchange]

Jim normally, but due to conditions there, they shut down early hoping to get one course going Wednesday, After 5 days it was time to call it, even repaired if simple be lucky to get a run, due to long line ( hundreds waiting, the feed roads we had trouble even driving on in a truck, ruts 12" deep @ soft, Need a day or so to clean up ready for shipping , Had lots of help there, Just gutted for my crew including ron , Both my boy & kit have had a great experience, maybe be back, Kit has a stock roadster & Darrin eyeing up one back home , so if the hobby gains more interest not all lost apart from my pension fund, ??? its 103* in USA & minus a little in NZ

[johnneilson]

Jim,
The conditions were not optimum, only two courses, shortened and long wait lines.
Creel was in line Tuesday morning at 6:30, finally ran Wed about noon.
The rookie course was better but at less than two miles made it really only for short testing.
Madole ran about 85 on the rookie course and said it was like driving in the snow.
I didn't even take mine out of the trailer, I needed 3 miles minimum.

Take care, J

[Jim Brierley]

Too bad, but thanks for the reports. I understand about those long lines, years ago there was only 1 course, and the line was looooong!