05-31-2014, 05:15 PM
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1957-59 mg ex 181
Here's a series of views of the land speed record car Morris Garage (MG) ran at Bonneville,1957,and 1959.
It's best speed was 254.91 mph
300-horsepower
1.5-liter
Weight 867 kg
Length 4610 mm
Width 1632 mm
Height 972 mm
Length/Height 4.742
Effective fineness ratio 2.371
Coefficient of aerodynamic drag , Cd 0.12 (published)
Fuel burn rate 61 gallons/hour
Designed by Syd Enever
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Last edited by aerohead; 06-02-2014 at 06:01 PM..
Reason: add Cd
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05-31-2014, 06:36 PM
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bot going thru any tight curves....ehhhh?!
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05-31-2014, 07:21 PM
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not going thru any tight curves....ehhhh?!
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Not many curves or corners at Bonneville. |
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05-31-2014, 07:53 PM
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Aerohead, your drafting work? Nice.
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05-31-2014, 10:49 PM
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http://www.xj13.eu/xj13/ex135atgaydon.jpg
The family of of MGs;
1938 MG EX135: Goldie Gardner's pre-war record car, reached 200+ mph
Class F, 1.1-1.5 L displacement
1954 MG EX179: Eyston's record car, reached 170 mph
1957 MG EX181: Stirling Moss/Phil Hill record supercharged mid-engined car, reached 254.9 mph
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06-01-2014, 11:07 AM
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...beats walking...
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Sterling Moss and his "Roaring Raindrop"
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06-01-2014, 12:27 PM
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What were they using for fuel? Pure nitromethane? If gasoline, 300 hp would burn about 20 gallons per hour.
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06-01-2014, 12:30 PM
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My daughter and I are going to the salt this August, we plan. Psyched for Speed Week. Camping on the salt.
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06-01-2014, 04:16 PM
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Speed Week is awesome, but I hope to be there in September to see aerohead run.
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06-01-2014, 06:33 PM
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Speed Week is awesome, but I hope to be there in September to see aerohead run.
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I thought he was going in August this time. He's going to World of Speed again instead? It's the reputedly smaller and more intimate event. On guy told me World of Speed is how Speed Week used to be. The problem for me is the timing with my daughter's schooling. We've been to World of Speed. Saw Aerohead's car (pics in my albums). Taught daughter to drive (10 years old at the time) out there alone on the salt.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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