Ok MM folks. I took the GB LP pulling this weekend. I first off had to come up with a seat prior to letting me pull it. Rules states operator must remain in the seat. Well with me being sick most of the summer I had to come up with something quick. Laugh if you must, but it worked.
I was unsure what the GB would weigh with all the weights and thought I had chloride in the tires. I loaded up 8 100lb suit case weights. With the extra weights I weighed in at 9490 lbs. I would have had to loose at least 900 lbs to get into next lighter class. Since I wanted to pull twice I also registered to pull in the 10500lb class weighing at 9490.
Not sure what I did wrong but we fell on our face. Couldn't get any rpms so it just lugged down the track. I think two things happened. 1 I left the carb in the choke position and I still had the vapor valve open instead of the liquid valve. So we didn't do well that round.
In the 10500 lb class they added another cement slab to the sled. I greased the governor, closed the vapor valve, checked all linkage and we gave it another try. What a difference that made. Had full rpms heading down the track. (Boy I got to get used to that clutch). It pulled 100 percent better but we still ran out of power. It did pull the front end off the ground. I raised the draw bar to 18'', just 2 '' shy of the rules. Here it is pulling as I said earlier I would post pictures.
We got futher than last time
Thats all folks, run out of power
and the distance was????
caseman-d
I was unsure what the GB would weigh with all the weights and thought I had chloride in the tires. I loaded up 8 100lb suit case weights. With the extra weights I weighed in at 9490 lbs. I would have had to loose at least 900 lbs to get into next lighter class. Since I wanted to pull twice I also registered to pull in the 10500lb class weighing at 9490.
Not sure what I did wrong but we fell on our face. Couldn't get any rpms so it just lugged down the track. I think two things happened. 1 I left the carb in the choke position and I still had the vapor valve open instead of the liquid valve. So we didn't do well that round.
In the 10500 lb class they added another cement slab to the sled. I greased the governor, closed the vapor valve, checked all linkage and we gave it another try. What a difference that made. Had full rpms heading down the track. (Boy I got to get used to that clutch). It pulled 100 percent better but we still ran out of power. It did pull the front end off the ground. I raised the draw bar to 18'', just 2 '' shy of the rules. Here it is pulling as I said earlier I would post pictures.
We got futher than last time
Thats all folks, run out of power
and the distance was????
caseman-d