140+Mph trailer pull

[Colemancooler]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0LYU0AYG8&feature=share&list=PL8F0981B98726601A[/youtube]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0LYU0AYG8&feature=share&list=PL8F0981B98726601A

interesting video of a 140+ Mph small trailer pull

[mikeschn]

That's pretty impressive.

It interesting to watch the dust flow off the trailer and the truck.

I wonder if they could do better with a teardrop? Of course they could! So who is going to suggest it to them?

Mike...

[atahoekid]

That's Freakin' CRAZY!!!

[Gage]

Like I said the last time this was posted. Not to smart. Just think what kind of speed record would have been set if he was pulling a teardrop.

[angib]

I wonder if they just forgot to mention that they were only talking about an American record and not an international one, as this Porsche Cayenne Turbo hopped up to 510bhp has already done 144mph towing a T@b:

[grant whipp]

O.K. ... that does it! I'm putting a hitch on the Rear-Engine Modified Roadster that my 90-year-old father & I are building for the Bonneville Salt Flats ... my goal will be to pull a teardrop at 200mph or faster ... ... ...!

[Richard Miller]

Grant that's an excellent idea. When will you have the roadster finished ? Pulling my teardrop to Bonneville with my T-bird is definately on my bucket list. Need help in the pits?

[asianflava]

Even the NASCAR guys learned in the 80's that aerodynamics trumps horsepower. Just look at that rig compared to the Porsche/T@B combo.

[grant whipp]

I'm only half serious, Richard ... ...! (Though I do want to pull a teardrop at 200 mph!)

Our car was supposed to have been done a couple of years ago, but Dad's been having a few minor health issues that have delayed the project (and he won't let me move forward on it without his involvement) ... currently we're shooting for Speed Week 2014. It will be Flathead Ford powered, and really, the only way we'll see 200 mph will be with the blown Ardun conversion that's three more years down the line (carbureted the first year, fuel-injected the second year, blown Ardun the third year) ... if everything works out right. After that, my goal is to put a "real" engine in it and shoot for 300 mph (it's designed & built for 350, so there's no reason it can't happen with the right equipment) ...! My father built a streamliner that ran all through the '60s that went over 350 mph with a blown Hemi (you might of heard of it, the Redhead), so we know what has to be done and how to do it.

Anyway, this topic comes up every so often, and I usually chime in with the fact that I built a teardrop for a fellow back in '91 (who has since become a very good friend) that was/is a member of the San Diego Roadster Club and worked to set up the courses at El Mirage and Bonneville every year ... he would routinely test the timing lights by pulling his teardrop behind his Hemi-powered '32 Ford 3-window coupe down the courses ... while he never bothered to get an "official" timing slip, he's been over 130 mph with the pair several times.

As the guy says in the video, pulling a trailer (any trailer) at these kinds of speeds is NOT recommended or encouraged, but like breaking the sound barrier on land with a wheeled vehicle, somebody somewhere is going to have the courage and wherewithal to do it ... ... and if it were't for folks like these, advances in all kinds of technology wouldn't be possible! Give 'em a ... and I'm proud to play a very small part in all the fun!

Be safe out there, Everyone ... and as always ...

CHEERS!

[Richard Miller]

Well it's fun to dream anyway !

I dream of pulling my teardrop with my 54 Studebaker project some day, although right now the stude is on the back burner and along way from being roadworthy, and not on the salt flats, but at speed on the open road with a big grin on my face.



Richard