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aerohead · 06-12-2012, 06:05 PM

Viking won't be going to Bonneville this year.
I'm being eaten alive with competing activities.
There's no H-rated tires available to 'make it' as a 2-wheeler
Not enough time to convert to 1-wheeler
I'll let the old boat tail rise from the ashes and add some improvements.
Viking is too heavy for the short course.'N no guarantee that USFRA would let me run the long course even if 'traffic' were light.
The tail is light and will provide the best opportunity for the T-100 to reach terminal velocity if at WOT for the entire mile.
All the safety requirements have been met for Bonneville and I'll use the interim time to strengthen,refine,and modify.I got a free ARE fiberglass tonneau cover which will replace the aging,eyeball-detroying,warped plywood aeroshell base.
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I do plan to do a run to Monahans with the trailer at 70 mph and see how numbers compare with earlier runs sans trailer.The wheel bearing/speed-temperature issue doesn't appear to be that crucial after the last tests.And I've learned how to keep the wheels on the trailer!
I've got quite a bit of 70 mph data on the truck with which to compare.
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After September,if I haven't destroyed the engine at World of Speed,I'll 'look' at the 1-wheel conversion.The truck has 346,000 miles on it now.Some say that these are 1,000,000-mile trucks.Don't know.

06-12-2012, 06:05 PM	#274 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 15,932 Thanks: 24,016 Thanked 7,233 Times in 4,659 Posts	low sodium diet for Viking Viking won't be going to Bonneville this year. I'm being eaten alive with competing activities. There's no H-rated tires available to 'make it' as a 2-wheeler Not enough time to convert to 1-wheeler I'll let the old boat tail rise from the ashes and add some improvements. Viking is too heavy for the short course.'N no guarantee that USFRA would let me run the long course even if 'traffic' were light. The tail is light and will provide the best opportunity for the T-100 to reach terminal velocity if at WOT for the entire mile. All the safety requirements have been met for Bonneville and I'll use the interim time to strengthen,refine,and modify.I got a free ARE fiberglass tonneau cover which will replace the aging,eyeball-detroying,warped plywood aeroshell base. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do plan to do a run to Monahans with the trailer at 70 mph and see how numbers compare with earlier runs sans trailer.The wheel bearing/speed-temperature issue doesn't appear to be that crucial after the last tests.And I've learned how to keep the wheels on the trailer! I've got quite a bit of 70 mph data on the truck with which to compare. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After September,if I haven't destroyed the engine at World of Speed,I'll 'look' at the 1-wheel conversion.The truck has 346,000 miles on it now.Some say that these are 1,000,000-mile trucks.Don't know.