http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaR-KVnYrfA
Went out with a bunch of my fellow racers today to do some testing on one of the speed run snomobiles. Actually, it's a dragster my buddy built from scratch. We were doing some testing before heading to Minn in a few weeks to try and set a new speed record on snow.
632 cu. in. twin turbo, on alky pushin over 3000 hp. Now, THIS is my kind of snowmobiling !!!
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01-29-2011 11:18 PM
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01-30-2011 09:51 AM
He might get me going across the lake, but I'll smoke him in the twisties!
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01-30-2011 12:47 PMThat is pretty insane. What is the current record you guys are trying to break?
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01-30-2011 04:40 PMSweet project....
What's your best test speed so far?Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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01-30-2011 09:02 PMLooks like it doesn't hook up very well.
More weight in the rear end???
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01-30-2011 10:03 PMPost up that video when it gets done.
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01-30-2011 10:09 PM
What keeps the nose on the ground to keep it steerabe?
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01-31-2011 11:36 AM
1000 ft.
There is no way to keep the nose down. Before the run, we set it on the ice, aiming it where we want it to go, then hope one track don't bite better than the other and have it start to drift during the run. If it does drift, the driver has to peddle it to get the nose down and correct it. Right now, there's an extra 67#'s in the nose. Before the wheelie bar, about 3-400 ft. down, the nose went up about 4-5 ft in the air.
Weather permitting, we'll be doing some testing again this weekend.
Yesterday, there were about 50 race sleds out there. Christmas tree on the starting line, and radar guns at the 660' finishline. Some REAL fast stuff there. Alot of 1000's and 1100's, WOW can those thing get it on !!! Almost makes me wanna get the ol' Polaris 660 race sled out of hibernation, clean out the mothballs, and freshen up the motor and have a lil fun.
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01-31-2011 02:21 PM
http://bosscatlegacy.com/miscproto/bullet/bullet.htm
1986 Silver Bullet
Big Bob Gaudreau and Tom Earhart's Silver Bullet is quite a sled. It is powered by two 2.4 EFI Mercury Outboards that will be capable of producing 1,000 horsepower with the use of a custom built NOS Nitrous Oxide Systems. Especially, designed Goodyear twin tracks will be used on the new concept Silver Bullet. The same style track has been used on all of the Gaudreau Earhart Team�s previous record holding snowmobiles. At the final 1986 speed run at the Wild West Winter Carnival in Shoshoni, Wyoming, The COORS LIGHT ARCTIC CAT set a top speed of 159.17 mph in winning this event. This speed sled was not built by Arctco but sponsered by them.
COORS LIGHT ARCTIC CAT SPECS:
WEIGHT: 1240 lbs. with driver 1440 lbs.
LENGTH: 19 feet
POWER PLANT: Two 2.4 Liter V-6 EFI Mercury Outboard engines
HORSEPOWER: 700 hp, 1000 hp with NOS Nitrous Oxide
TRANSMISSION: Torque converter, hand built, lock-up clutch by ERJ Engineering
BRAKE: two hydraulic discs on axle shaft by Strange Engineering
CHASSIS: Wolverine custom 4130 chromemolybdeum tube
TRACK: Goodyear speed tracks, twin track with 204 picks
BODY: Carbon fiber body designed and fabricated by Cars & Concepts
ESTIMATED SPEED: 170 mph plus
FUEL: VP Racing gasoline pre mixed with oil, NOS Nitrous Oxide
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Used to work with Tom.
HE__ of a guy!!!!
Sounds like your project is pretty similar to what he was doing back in the days..
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01-31-2011 02:49 PMTom got hurt pretty bad crashing one of his record sleds.....
Getting bad advice is unfortunate, taking bad advice is a Serious matter!!
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01-31-2011 06:21 PM
That dude biting it and eating ice at the beginning is pretty funny
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01-31-2011 09:16 PMI was at the speed run sunday at Sunset Lakes in manhatten and saw the turbo cat get wrecked. Very sad to see it happen! From what I heard the driver ended up with a leg injury. The sled was wrecked bad.
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02-01-2011 08:17 PMHappened around 11 or so in the am. I think the driver took a car ride to the hospital. They towed the sled back and loaded the sled in the trailer. Every inch of it seemed twisted from the front bumper to the rear of the tunnel. I was only there til about 12. I am bummed I missed the drag sled.
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