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A Top Fuel dragster does 0-300 in <4 and the Rock 'n Roller Coaster does 0-60 in 2.5. Most parts seam to stay attached.

I found some 1/4 mile ET and top speed calculators online. Using 15,000 lbs gross vehicle weight and 140,540 HP, the estimates are 2.9 seconds in the quarter and 1,295 MPH flat out. Sounds like fun. The English are building another unlimited LSR, called the Houndog. They estimate 0-60 in 1 second and 0-1,000mph in 40 seconds. It has both a jet and a rocket motor.

Eagle One car care products company proudly presents the “Never A Dull Moment†land speed record challenger. It is a highly modified F-15 fighter plane that has two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbo-fan jets with after burners. Each engine produces 25,000 lbs/thrust for a combined total of 50,000 lbs/thrust, which is about 140,540 HP. "Never A Dull Moment" will be driven by Ashley Force. She is a current Funny Car driver and daughter of 15 time NHRA funny car champion, John Force. We expect "Never a Dull Moment" will be setting records for a long time to come and we wanted a young up and coming driver who will be able to continue with the program for as long as it is competitive. LSR vehicles are broken into cars and motorcycles. Cars have four or more wheels. Motorcycles have three or less wheels. Most recent unlimited land speed record setters are technically motorcycles, with three wheels. Eagle One will have four wheels and is therefore a car. Another way they class these vehicles is whether they have driven or un-driven wheels. All recent unlimiteds have un-driven wheels. We are currently petitioning the FIA to recognize the Eagle One as having driven wheels. There is a power take off shaft from both engines that drives the rear front wheel. Granted there are freewheeling clutches above 100 MPH, but the car will move with only wheel power. It is a tuners dream car, as at some point, the overly large exhaust tips contribute enough increased power to propel the car even faster. The wheel/tire/brake units will be about 4.7 inches wide to support the 15,000 pound vehicle. The wheels are being specially made by Weld Wheels from an aluminum-beryllium alloy. They are 40 inches in diameter and 5" wide at the hub and weigh 250 lbs each. They have a demountable tread for shows and trailering. These treads are removed for all speed runs. There are no tires that can run at these intended speeds, so the wheels themselves are also the tires. There are two more very unique things about these wheels. First, the wheels themselves are also the brake rotors. Second, since the wheels are covered with bodywork and spats, compressed CO2 is used to cool the wheel/rotor units during braking. A modified air-brake, that was part of the original fighter plane, will do most of the braking from high speeds. A series of four drag chutes will deploy between 350 and 300 MPH. Finally the CO2 cooled brakes can be used under 150 MPH. The brakes themselves are electronic wedge brakes. This is the latest in brake technology and are produced by Siemens / VDO. Eagle One car care products company hopes that “Never A Dull Moment†driven by Ashley Force can bring the world land speed record back to the United States next summer. The above story is fictional. The main body is from a 1/48 scale F-15 Eagle fighter plane. The cockpit and front third of the fuselage is from a 1/72 scale B-58 Hustler bomber. The wheels are stacks of stainless steel washers. All the paints are Rustoleum spray can enamels. This was my first attempt with a fade. I will avoid enamels in the future since they take forever to dry. The decals are all homemade with an ink-jet printer.

Hey Dr., I need a prescription for one of those half round pliers. Where can I find one?

April 2008 SA had six cylinder engines.

I have made over 45 street Ferrari models, all of them red. I did make this figure 8 racing pink beauty...

I haven't changed much over the years. Pix on the left was taken in '75. Pix on the right was last season.

I lost some website addresses. I very much would appreciate help in locating one particular website. I don't remember the person's name, however I do remember several of his builds. One build was a semi scratch built Uncertain T. He originally had a question mark back window that was accidentally reversed. Another model was a LSR racer that started out as a '53 Corvette but was heavily modified and sported an Olds Aerotech canopy. Any help in locating this person or site would be greatly appreciated. TIA

Not at all. I'd rather have this Pete.

Doh!!

Beautiful job on the decals. Did you make them? If not who?

Fabulous builds, as always, Peter. And prolific too.

Impressive skills and a fertile mind.

Are you guys going? I'll be there with Das Bug.

I've successfully done it this ways for small and not very detailed items items. I see they have gone high tech. They used to have an article where you drew your pattern directly onto a sanded, to remove the plastic coating, with a magic marker. Color things black that you want to keep. Remove the black where you want metal removed. Be sure to paint the whole backside black or cover it with a piece of tape. I suppose it could be combiner with the first link for finer detail. They also sell something called iron on photo resist paper for that purpose.

Thanks for the info on the diffuser. That is not light scatter underneath. It is intentional ground effects lighting.

Here's how I do it. I also know the perfect way to make them flash separately. I have extra parts for sale if you are interested.

It's a '70s version of the Tasco.

This is my interpretation of what an Aerovette rally car would have looked like. I made up this little story to go with it: This is a secret rally car that, as GM wished, has all but been forgotten. Bill Mitchell, Corvette styling chief, wanted to celebrate the Corvette 25th anniversary and the introduction of the new rear engine design in a way that would get European attention. Seeing a resemblance between the proposed 1980 Aerovette and the all-concurring Lancia Stratos, Mitchell decided to campaign the Aerovette in international Group 4 rallying. In order to sell the program to GM he told them it was an opportunity to test the rear engine layout, Kevlar construction, Delco Electronic's new digital dash and navigation systems, and a 5-speed manual trans-axel with torque converter. Although, GM had to make 500 copies by January of 1979, there were enough Corvette fans and collectors that were willing to buy anything. The Kevlar chassis and running gear were designed and produced at the GM skunk works, once again, the development and actual racing was farmed out to Jim Hall's Team Chaparral. Practically hidden, in Midland Texas, they had use of Hall's private Rattlesnake Raceway and Can-Am/Trans-Am/Indy Car shops and experience. The car was painted in the two-tone colors, silver and charcoal, of the 25th anniversary Corvette and sponsored by Coor's Brewery's new 1978 product, Coor's Light. This car was the first Coor's "silver bullet". It weighed 1,850 lbs (Kevlar instead of fiberglass, aluminum instead of steel) and had a Watkins Glen spec 358 cubic inch NASCAR motor with aluminum block, heads, and trans-axel case. With power and torque to spare, it was felt, the ease of driving with a torque converter made up for any loss in power. Hall tried to hire the best American rally driver at the time, John Buffum. When John saw pictures of the car, he said, "That blimp will never fit on a logging trail". Then he signed with British Leyland to drive their TR-7. During a chance meeting at a CART race, A. J. Foyt told Hall about a young driver that was tearing up dirt tracks in sprint cars. Hall sent for him to come and try the Aerovette. The driver's name was Steve Kinser. He was 23. Steve had never seen a rally car before, much less driven one. So he didn't know it wasn't supposed to work. He knew it was a semi-factory ride, so he signed on to test and run the 1978 International Rally season. The last piece of the puzzle was Erin, daughter of Penske's master timer and scorer, Judy Stropus. Erin was making a name for herself and moving up the ranks in SCCA Pro Rallying. She signed on as navigator. The car's racing debute was to be the 1977 SCCA Press on Regardless rally Nov. 5-6 in Houghton, Michigan. Unfortunately, the car was totaled during a practice run on mining roads around Midland. The FIA was letting it be known that soon the top rally division would allow four-wheel drive. Although GM had 4WD experience with the CRV I and II, it was never going to develop a 4WD Corvette. The Aerovette Ralley program sadly died before it's first rally. Fortunately for Kinser, Coors decided to use the rally car budget to sponsor Kinser's 1978 season in the newly formed World of Outlaws sprint car series. And a star was born.

It's back. Ace Hardware stores 20% off, bag sale is this Saturday Feb 26th. Great time to stock up on brass and aluminum rods, tubes, and sheets. They also carry 8.5 x 11 styrene sheets and piano wire. Need pin vice or a jeweler's saw? Ace is the place. And they're cheaper than your LHS.

Beautiful job on a rare kit.

I have no idea what tooltas said. Drop it just like you would on the street. 1" shorter coils and 2" raised spindles on the front. Mount the rear axle above the leaf springs with lowering blocks, between the axle and springs, to get the right ride height, and use Hijacker air shocks to level it out, when you want to carry something.

I suppose you want him to do it in English too. Cool engine pix. Where are you getting the turbos from?

That is really nice. Great bashing.