Top speed

[Tony C]

BUSA?

modded ZX-14

 

[Paul Thompson 'Hooligan']

modded ZX-14

Ahhh - I've ridden a friend's, bit of a missile as standard but I've not ridden a Busa (Yet)...

 

[cal]

joined the 299 club on my R1 down a very big hill. always wondered why it was called the 299 club....speedo stops at 299! digital

175 in the 16M, lots left in the car, ran out of road.

gt40, should be good for 200 (its got plenty of power), but as cliff says, theres a huge difference from 150 to 200mph. will let you know when we get the 40 sorted out

 

[tom pritchett]

Cliff John Tiemann may have, I haven't talked to him since the Silver State open road race, he has been rrrrrrrrrreal close. I now for sure in the 190s. His GT40 is Australian built and has the Porsche transaxle with cooler for open road racing. He had problems with aerodynamics and added diffusers from the Ford GT, he was hoping this solved the problem. Unfortunately he doesn't follow this forum, he is a very good guy in person. Here are few shots of the diffusers.

I want more information on those diffusers. Do they work and how do they tie into the bottom pan.

 

[David McGruer]

Never even made 100, 97.34 was my best effort. But that was nearly 30 years ago

 

[Keith]

Dang! Is that a foil in front and an Arneson Surface Drive in back...?

Is the hull stepped?

Cool or what...:thumbsup:

 

[Al Jones]

Keith - Looks more like an inside sponson turn fin and out back appears to be expansion chambers for the 2-stroke.

 

[David Sturch]

Boy that takes me back to the old wood boat plans book's. The 8' 3-point hydro plans. Just add a short shaft OMC and a dagger like prop.
Dave

 

[Jimmy P]

For the GT 40....only about 125 mph, maybe and to date. I say maybe because my speedo is broken but the guy I was having fun with told me he was doing about 120 when I went by him.... My fastest speed ever, 167 on I-95 between Savannah Ga. and Jacksonville, FL in a Ferrari 512BB. I was young and dumb but its a day and moment I'll never forget. The car was rock steady but I ran out of "bottle."

 

[David McGruer]

Boat 3 point hydro (only turns left)
Length 4.2 m (13ft)
Engine Koenig 500cc 4cyl 2 stroke 118 bhp@ 10700rpm
(You could get up to 125 @ 13000+ if you rebuilt the crank every 4 meetings)
Fuel Methanol + "R" (at my local lake we did 6 lap races.3/4 mile
each lap + up to start line and back to pits 5 1/2 total =1 1/2
gallons fuel )
weight 170lbs+ driver(140 in 1980 pehaps a llttle more now)

 

[Tony C]

Ahhh - I've ridden a friend's, bit of a missile as standard but I've not ridden a Busa (Yet)...

Both are fast, But after riding my bike my car seems very slow.. My daily driver is a twin turbo 331 Mustang GT ..

 

[David Sturch]

Dave McGruer,

These were the old plans I was talking about. There was more than one boat. Still on water that's fast enough for me. These are on line now.
http://www.svensons.com/boat/?f=HydroPlanes/AirMarineSpecial/Air_Marine_Special_01.jpg
Dave

 

[Cliff Beer]

155 (limited) in a S55 Merc on a dry/straight/empty french autostrada between Paris and Nice....while my wife was asleep in the passenger seat...

 

[Paul Thompson 'Hooligan']

My daily driver is a twin turbo 331 Mustang GT ..

Now THAT, sounds fun! :thumbsup: