FLYINRYAN

Well, I wont be making it to bonneville this year or probably never! The officials had a meeting about my car and decided that it wasn't up to specs. There answer was the cars cross bracing was not big enough in certain areas per the rule book for scta-bni events. I guess they didn't want to see a dune buggy go faster than there lakesters . They are just looking out for my own safety i guess! Never no maybe some bad shait could have happend if they did let me run! I just wanted to say i have the fastest sand rail on earth!!!!!!!! with proof!!!! They took my glory

sat. i picked a 12yr. old boy from top of comp and took him to the medic. his bicept was gone! the worst open wound i had ever seen! i hope he will be able to use his arm again. i gave one of there family friends my number to get a update.

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FOR THE RECORD IT IS 4,200 FULL OF FUEL (HEAVIER THAN I WANTED!!!!!) BUT AFTER DRIVING CAR I FORGIVE THEM FOR BUILDING ME A TANK! NOW I HAVE A EXCUSE IF I GET BEAT BY SOMEONE!

4041 lbs with fuel about 1/4 tank (approx. 8 gal. gas) but it is 1800 front and 2240 rear (with 2 people in car perfect balance!)

well v-rex made it to the dunes this weekend with no major glitches besides blowing fuse in the worst possible spot in the dunes! thanks to the huge tires, & the guys hanging off the car. i was able to restart and drive out. the car even managed to pull a wheelie off a lip in dunes and startled me! not used to that happening with front engine car. overall the car worked great! i have some fine tuning to do but overall i am very happy. also met some nice people out there & thank you don for the jack! wish i could have stayed longer but the flu had me in check!

what jack lufkin said was he doesnt think it will do much over 200 mph, but at 170 is where everything changes! the reason he told me that is because i had t-rex to 168 mph and i still had pedal left( i thought it would easily go 200 mph but they dont think so )

i will go for the landspeed title

need to fix (another oil leak) & exaust leak and then to the sand for shakedown! soooo close i can taste it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well i tried real hard along with bert to get ready for sunday shakedown! fixed oil leaks,but now the tune is a little lean i think. so it needs to go back to the tuner before i can take it to the sand! i am real disapointed but shiat happens. My guess is it was probably ok on dyno because there is no load on motor due to just turning dyno drums and now pushing car it seems to be lean not worth the risk!

not going to make it on sat. trying for sunday! small oil leak need to fix!

i plan to go to dumont on sat. for a little shake down! stayin for the day.

no pictures just dyno slip in the glove box of my truck. maybee next time pete comes to dump shait at my house he can take it and post is somehow! i am definetly not capable! ryan

hey everyone! i didnt tune the car on race gas like i had originally planned, because of t-rex tearing up drivetrain all the time. we tried to get as much power as possible with 91 octane and it makes more sense being street legal. i don't know how good the tune is until i drive the car and our night came to a end with intake splitting at welded seam but chris at danzio was a trooper and stayed after hours till 2 in the morning so i could take it home. final number was 676hp to the tires (not as much as t-rex) but i have alot left in the motor if i want to add boost and race gas! i dont know if i will take car to dumont this weekend due to intake screwed up but we will see!

2yrs. on this build and i just hope the dam thing doesnt break down! If the car lives off the dyno on 10th & 11th i will be at dumont on the following sat. so someone plan on going with a car so i have a tow vehicle just in case. You never know!

finally, car going to dyno on monday the 10th

hey everyone i spoke with the family and if you want to know a update you can go to caringbridge.org and put danielmurphy in and check status of how he is doing! i cant imagine being on either side of this one. Just heartbreaking

not that i ok'd anything! just ready to deal with everyones opinion i just hope it works well with no break downs! i am tired of r & d work. front steering & brakes still not complete but will be done in a few days.

pics what are those! sounds like a gardening tool :icon_twisted:

pete you got mail!

well, i finally recieved my rear end to the car so the build can continue! it took 3 months to get it but it is worth it! it is 8" wide flange to flange" i have pics but dont know how to post!

thanks crowdog, did you get a new car yet

double wall heat shield with 1/4" space between the shields at the turbo area. i hope it's not to hot. but if it is,i will order some of the tiles from nasa

yes the turbo 400 is real iffy @ 1000hp that is where stock gm trans fails. the reason the trans never broke before this past trip was because of the tires were 16.50s less traction! the reason for using a t-400 behind the ford was for engine brake when you downshift. dudleys transmission built the trans and someone didnt put the correct parts in the trans, therefore it failed! i took the car down to them & they pulled trans. realized it was completely stock. they called me and said they would fix trans for free! no charge because there old shop boss screwed me. they pulled the trans and fixed it for free! now that is hard to find around from any shop! dudley trans is a great shop! the new car will be here soon (it is the sleeper model)