Blowfish in Hot Rod Magazine

[NOVA]

Originally Posted by Ricochet

I'm right there with you. These guys amaze me.they nail it flawlessly. Not to mention probably some of the coolest group of guys I have had the pleasure talking with a few times.

Brent

Yes WHEN the lotto comes in my second call is to Rad Rides,a couple yrs. ago I was talking with Dan Holohan,Rads fabricator, cool guys for sure!
I guess J.Zimmerman is back there too, Wonder what happened with Muscle CAr Garage?

[californiacuda]

On the sick fish, were there any final drag cd #s?

[MarkM66]

Originally Posted by californiacuda

On the sick fish, were there any final drag cd #s?

I don't think they put Sick Fish in a wind tunnel.

Did you mean Blowfish, as in the car being discussed? I'd have to double check, but I think it was low .2X CD

[DocDave]

Originally Posted by 69 L88 Camaro

I don't think this will ever be run on pump gas.

I agree. It's a Salt Flats race car. It was purpose built; they kept it light weight and everything in it is for a purpose. As nice as the car is, there is very little there that does not need to be. I feel it's one of the baddest cars ever built. Style and Real Race in one, who wooda thunk it! Great job by the guys over at Rad Rides!

[G-Body]

Awesome car love all of Troy's builds anybody heard of any $figures $ on this car yet in what it cost to build it amazing peice of FAST art work........

[californiacuda]

I meant blow fish, thanks. Interestingly, weight is not much of an issue in salt flat cars. They are after top speed with miles to build up to it.

With drag racing or other acceleration contests weight is a big factor.

F=M*A or A=f/m.

With high speed Bonneville cars, drag coefficient*frontal area dictate the horsepower required to get to a certain speed. Air friction is the enemy.

I think I saw a picture of the blow fish in a wind tunnel, a lot of aero work has been done. They said they were going to get a cd of .20, which is not possible with a car that has its shape.

Regardless, the car, as well as the others from Rad Rides are truly great.

[nitrorocket]

Anybody want some close ups, I am parked almost right next to it.

[frankenstang]

So... you are at the WOW show in Milwaukee? Did you get a chance to see Dale Schwartz? He has the 82 Black Trans Am. Take some pictures of the show and put 'em up! I will be going to the Chicago show in 2 weeks. Unfortunately I didn't get my stuff mailed in time, so I will be car-less. Are you gonna be in Chi-town with the Chevelle? And will Blowfish be there too?

[tyoneal]

Originally Posted by californiacuda

I meant blow fish, thanks. Interestingly, weight is not much of an issue in salt flat cars. They are after top speed with miles to build up to it.

With drag racing or other acceleration contests weight is a big factor.

F=M*A or A=f/m.

With high speed Bonneville cars, drag coefficient*frontal area dictate the horsepower required to get to a certain speed. Air friction is the enemy.

I think I saw a picture of the blow fish in a wind tunnel, a lot of aero work has been done. They said they were going to get a cd of .20, which is not possible with a car that has its shape.

Regardless, the car, as well as the others from Rad Rides are truly great.

You are exactly right about Bonneville. Many of the car will experience wheel spin, when the drag of the car > than the traction of the rear wheels. Knowing this, when we built our car, we boxed the frame rails and filled them with an iron filled two componant epoxy (Used to make metal forming tools in the aerospace industry) Neat stuff, you could mix several hundred pounds at a time. The curing agent was so slow that it literally could take a week to set up, depending on the thickness and ambiant temp.

Anyway, we filled the frame rails up with this stuff and added several hundred pounds to the car, and it was as low in the car as as it could be. It helped the handeling quite a bit. The car, while looking lightweight was really pretty heavy and solid.

Ty

[californiacuda]

I guess the narrow low friction tires don't have much grab. Did the wheel spin occur at high speed? On regular cars when they get up into a higher gear, the torque drops so low that tire spin isn't possible.