Kirkham at Bonneville Salt Flats

Keithc8 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-18-2008, 11:42 PM

Tom why don't you and Dave build a car that will pass tech for the 200mph club and I will build an engine. Then we go out there and get into the 200 mph club. You and Dave being the engineers building a safe, areodynamic car with belly pans and all should be no problem. We can build an 850HP FE engine to do it with and have some real fun. Let me know when we need to get started. Keith

Tom Kirkham · #2 (**permalink**) 09-19-2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Keithc8

Tom why don't you and Dave build a car that will pass tech for the 200mph club and I will build an engine. Then we go out there and get into the 200 mph club. You and Dave being the engineers building a safe, areodynamic car with belly pans and all should be no problem. We can build an 850HP FE engine to do it with and have some real fun. Let me know when we need to get started. Keith

Keith,

The 200 MPH club is a little bit more difficult to join than just running above 200... You have to set a record above 200 to get in.

The 427 body shape is aerodynamically worse than a brick. Due to the smaller radiator opening and smaller fender flairs we could actually go faster with a 289 street car body. But if you want to have the fastest FE...