And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I think this is true, but I might be full of beans.... most of these high speed racing silicate compounds were a by product of Kelly Johnson' skunkworks team...
You have to make it to Bonneville at least once, whatever it takes, the race vehicles are all handmade, just to see the ingenuity and craftsmanship, really nothing in the race world like it, maybe Isle of Man TT races, or modern sidecars at the TT, they are all one off handmade rigs, some get close to 200mph speeds, the two wheel bikes in the Senior TT class go over 200, but Bonneville is got hundreds of classes and machines. Quarter mile is much like it machine wise, so many creativly built machines. Watch some of those cars going by on the salt at 300-450 mph, they make the best sounds. Nothing like it, just WOT baby!
I wonder how they can make a tire rated for 300-400 mph?
ReplyDeleteIts solid. Probably a silicone compound.
DeleteI think this is true, but I might be full of beans.... most of these high speed racing silicate compounds were a by product of Kelly Johnson' skunkworks team...
ReplyDeleteJohnson should have gotten a Nobel prize. Material science, something
ReplyDeleteYou have to make it to Bonneville at least once, whatever it takes, the race vehicles are all handmade, just to see the ingenuity and craftsmanship, really nothing in the race world like it, maybe Isle of Man TT races, or modern sidecars at the TT, they are all one off handmade rigs, some get close to 200mph speeds, the two wheel bikes in the Senior TT class go over 200, but Bonneville is got hundreds of classes and machines. Quarter mile is much like it machine wise, so many creativly built machines. Watch some of those cars going by on the salt at 300-450 mph, they make the best sounds. Nothing like it, just WOT baby!
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