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Old 05-22-2018, 06:37 PM   #21
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Default Re: Is anybody running a Vertex mag and if you are what spark plugs are you running

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To bolster the points. A friend that holds a flathead record at Bonneville told me that he was going to switch from solid copper head gaskets to composite because the copper gaskets transfer too much heat from the combustion area. Heat is power in the right place.
Should work if its not supercharged but from my experience and now three records at Bonneville two with Flatheads and one Ardun solid copper works well.
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Old 05-23-2018, 09:23 PM   #22
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PS: Pete, we may need to drink "Tootie Fruities" like at Bonneville.
I long for those days. Does the gal that made them still remember the formula?
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Old 05-24-2018, 10:53 AM   #23
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I long for those days. Does the gal that made them still remember the formula?
Pete were heading back to Speedweek in August if your around stop be our pit for a drink or maybe impound if things work out for us. Only drinks we have would be water and maybe ice tea.
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First ever gas burning Ford flathead powered roadster to run 200 MPH at Bonneville Salt Flats setting the record August 7th 2021 at 205.744 MPH
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Old 05-25-2018, 07:50 AM   #24
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I long for those days. Does the gal that made them still remember the formula?
Hey Pete, the 'gal' was my wife (at the time) Amy. Anyway, this is a drink we sort of made up for Bonneville and has been a favorite ever since. I'll send you a PM about it. I would sure enjoy us sharing one together again.

Just so everybody knows, none of us partake in alcohol before or during racing - only afterwards . . . usually after we're completely worn out from thrashing on our stuff all dang day (and all the months before the meet).
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