TR 8 Update, Huffaker GT 1

roverman · June 04, 2021, 02:29:56 PM

Christian, thanks for that video. My car deserves no less, to be seen and heard.
Art.

tr8 · June 06, 2021, 09:33:35 AM

Any progress Art?

roverman · June 14, 2021, 07:42:38 PM

I've started on a forged crank. Art.

ag1234 · June 28, 2025, 05:52:55 PM

Carl Floyd, In GT-1 car is allowed 4L.Bore or stroke to get there. I called a guy many years ago had a small journal "billet:,I

Definately want now !
Avanti, fast.

ag1234 · June 28, 2025, 08:11:30 PM

Yes, well there are C production cars and then there are GT-1 cars. 400 hp with an 85:", wb. makes for a pretty lively package.. Good news in vintage racing, driving ten-tenths, is discouraged. "IF" I make 8,000 rpm at Bonneville, 250 mph will be mine !
Note to self, bring hammer for goose bumps.

ag1234 · July 13, 2025, 09:03:01 PM

Bonneville motor will have forged crank, Ti, rods. with Lots of rpm. TA heads with intake valves, sized for 5k. elevation. Record is 210 mph.
See you there,! Art.

ag1234 · July 19, 2025, 02:35:44 PM

Bonneville world record for gas is 190. mph. For fuel is 213. mph.
We shall see.
Art.

MGBV8 · July 19, 2025, 05:34:11 PM

Are you speaking pump gas vs race fuel, Art?

ag1234 · July 20, 2025, 02:41:26 PM

Carl, race gas, 112 oct, ? " fuel" record is 213 mph. I want to break with e85 at $2.90/ gal. Class includes "nitro" !
One fast TR8.

ag1234 · July 20, 2025, 02:49:37 PM

BIG advantage ! More aero than open, cage car ! IE: ,25" radio antenna has MORE drag than 1: thick foil shape !