For those curious about the letter designations on the door. AA is the engine size which in this case is 501 cubic inches and up. It is the largest displacement class. BG is the power adder / fuel category which in this case is Blown Gas. ALT is the car class which in this case is Altered Coupe.
Kevin, you DEFINITELY want to run at Bonneville. Buddy of mine (RIP) and I ran our old road racing BMW 2002 from 2007-2009 and set a record for fastest 2002 (131.787 mph). We then went back with a Honda 750 modified frame bike I built. We had teething problems the first year 2012 and before heading back, my friend passed away. Speedweek is THE best racing participant event anywhere.
Kevin, a few more things... we call the salt "the White Dyno" for reasons you are already aware of. Another thing, SCTA-BNI tech line is the most thorough tech inspection you will ever find. Our first year, it took us three trips and nearly 8 hours total to get through tech. Their safety standards are WAY different than road racing, i.e. full door nets, arm straps in a full bodied car, etc. All good. You would LOVE IT.
Kev an absolute legend and like a few in his class of knowledge are willing to film and share some, just a tiny bit, even a crumb of his racing/tuning/building knowledge is so much appreciated. The vastness of RUclips is entertainment and while this is entertaining it’s also free knowledge and tips from an absolute legend in almost every type of racing. “Back in my day” you’d have to hunt around 15 different machine shops, carb shops and performance shops to find a guy willing to show you what/why/when and where to solve issues and make things better. There’s a few of you guys out there and your all unsung hero’s in my book.
@@KSRPerformanceFabrication what is going on with that Nova on the lift directly beside the dyno? I hope to see a video on it very soon as my Dad and I built our own 72 Nova which is the same body style that that one is and we had a .030 over 350cid so 355cid N/A for the longest time when we bracket raced it and it was a a small tire car on 28x10.5 slick and with no catastrophic failures and never having to pull the engine out it ran high 10s in the 1/4 for close to 15 years and it was all steel all glass and it weighed exactly 3000lbs with a 230lbs driver but now it's been mini tubbed so we can run a little bit bigger tire if we want to and a fab9 with a 4link suspension out back and tubular a-arms and disc brakes all the way around and we lightened the car up some more and put a bigger small block in it we started with an aluminum block 400cid with 400 mains and bumped it up to a 434cid and it's still a 28x10.5 car and it runs very low 5s in the 8th with a baby shot of nitrous on it so yea if you can feature that Nova in a video like maybe a dyno video or just of you guys working on it and you tell us about it if you can that would be great and we have a big tire big block 84 Oldsmobile the bigger body style of the one you got and it's the 4 eyed version so kind of similar to yours and if you'd like for me to tell you about it let me know
@42:36 You meant his next trip is heading to LAKE BONNEVILLE SALT FLAT ... there is no racing going on this year for speed week, i wanted to go so bad this year but to be honest we need the rain on the west coast even Bonneville needed it. There is always El Mirage dry lake bed here in southern California where we get no damn rain year around........
Kevin, you are definitely the "Enstein" of engine tuning. The way you explain what you do and why you do it is impressive. You are the "Man". I hope the Firebird sets some records at Bonneville and I hope your friend runs some " KSR stickers" on the car. I have one on my car but it won't do close to 300mph.
Love being safe with other folks cars... But did you see Steve Morris's new video?? Disintegrated all 8 connecting rods!!! Thats just insane!!! Would love an update on this car in the future, hope he makes 300MPH!!!
@@richardpugh3434 yeah I would assume that the mfg got a bad billet of whatever alloy he was using. Or tried a new one and it was wrong!! That shit was crazy though. They completely shattered like glass.
I love land speed cars. The Poteet and Main Speed Demon is on of the most amazing cars I've seen. Piston powered, wheel driven at 470 mph. Kenny Dutweiller builds one heck of an engine.
I recognized the breaking wind LSR firebird right away! Love this project and excited to see it. There are only about 10 door cars in the world to break 300 mph. One of them is this same body style. Hope to see this be number 11!!!!!! Good luck!!!
I seem always to learn something every time I watch one of your videos! Technology has sure changed from the day of drilling or changing the size of then jets in a carb and changing spring tensions in the distributor. Keep the great videos coming!
You're doing well by chipping away at it my friend... being involved in going for the BFS pinnacle numbers... we spent 3 1/2 years doing the same until we built " OUR " own DYNO for coupes and streamliners ( a govt. agency brought onboard was mutually beneficial... ) and ended up with waaaaay more capabilities like wind tunnel sessions WITH the DYNO... AND being able to hit barometric pressures/ humidity / fuselage external EGT's, etcetera... absolutely invaluable data normally unattainable... and led us to several contracts for Uncle Sugar... will be in touch my friend... Respectfully, Seth
a little heat from a propane tiger torch on the rear tires when freewheeling on the dyno (simulates the burnout), then spray the glue. She will hold 100%
just wanted to say, I was bored one day and stumbled onto your channel and the 401 series. Well this weekend I sat down and binged watched the entire series and I am now very invested in it. Best of luck with the future of the plane and I cannot wait to see new episodes of this. and I definitely subbed to the channel love the vibes you give off!
AA/BGALT (blown Gas Altered) record is 286.780 mph (set last year) & is only 4mph slower than the Blown Fuel record set way back in 1991. The Density Altitude at Bonneville can get above 8500ft & that takes a really big variation in tuneup to keep them alive.
Agreed 100% So Historical .. Almost a Cult to the Homage of The Speed and the Salt Flats,,,, Almost like The Burning Man of the automotive world.. Burning Fuel ... Man
Very cool to see you tuning an LSR car which is not exactly the same as drag racing and i appreciate you pointed out the car differences. I’m entering my second year of Land Speed Racing and its an interesting challenge from other forms. Many people who are familiar with drag racing I’ve met do not understand the differences. Another point to remember is that this car will not just expect to make top speed in the 5th mile. They will be shooting for a record speed probably in the timed 3rd, 4th and 5th miles. Because to earn the new record a backup run has to be made the following day so your average speed is better than the existing record. And if you have good speeds in multiple mile marks you have more options in that second run to average your speed. Both speeds that later get averaged have to come from the same mile mark so its to your advantage to hit your goal and hold it there provided you are not worried about over stressing the engine. I’ll be there at Speed Week next week and look for this car for sure. Thanks for the in-depth view of your process.
Made another comment on here but just have to say this about around 10:55 and prior... Those are some crazy steps leading up to your chassis dyno! I imagine falling forward as anybody attempts to walk up them! However I admire your setup the way you thought out where the dyno should be in the shop and having a real working wall between where you work and where you blow stuff up!
Flashing back to shipfittin' helpin'! Nice sound effects with earbuds full volume. Mucho Gracias, Kip P.s. my KSR shirt looked most impressive yesterday. I brought it and wore a sweat T for the pre market setup things i do. Its hot. Leaves sweat coliration changes. Make my fave shirt, look bad. MORE KSR RACECAR BUILDS is always a GOOD thing!!! (If there is Honda, ill be waiting fir the Good Times to Roll in with Kawasaki.) I ride bikes that stay rollin. I Don't follow the masses. (And my bike is loudest of the city. Twin carbed 1500 with easyrider style straightpipes. ALMOST properly jetted. But it works. I'm a motorcyclist. Not a biker.)
This thing is awesome!!! Kevin out here with the boss camera angles. Thanks for the content and what a testament to your ability with them bringing this to you brother. Awesome.
Nice work sir! I loved watching the tire curl at the 33:18 mark in the video. the bottom right corner of the tire isn't quite perfectly round under boost.
“Alot tuner just put in a tune and let the CL correction do the rest” That’s kinda why you go to a tuner and not DIY? :D Really love the content! All the technical stuff! Keep up the good videos!
That is so sweet cause if it does 300 then your name and your company is one to have your vehicle tuned I know your very good at what you do keep up the great work Kevin and Crew
Excellent video Does he intend to run closed loop when actually racing? Seems like a bad idea to me, but I haven't tuned an engine is quite a while. I really can't see any advantage, and a few possible downsides. When I did the 1 Bonneville engine I've done, the final test was running it wide open on the engine dyno for just over a minute using the cars cooling sytem. Easily the most nerve wracking dyno run I've ever been a part of. Survived fine and when I took it apart it all looked excellent. Land speed stuff is awesome, and the Bonneville experience is incredible.I wish the owner the best of luck.
@@sqmotorsports9230 That's why there are pressure and temp sensors. O2 sensors, especially when run with leaded fuel, are prone to failure and can do weird things. Could be they have safeties set-up so the sensor can only add/subtract a small percentage so I guess it would be okay. While not important for a Bonneville car,the latency of response can be an issue as well on really high hp drag cars. Kevin is super smart and has a ton of experience, so there must be a reason he's doing it, I just can't figure it out.
@@bobqzzi yes, you can set maximum correction values as a failsafe. Modern efi computers can make multiple corrections per second, so no, latency isn't an issue. The standalone efi computers out there today are light years ahead of what was available even 10 years ago, to the point it makes me wonder how we ever used to do things in the 90s when I got started....
I appreciate including “all the data” in regards to fluid temps in addition to the tuning changes. I’m curious if you’ve noticed how not just intake air temps affect numbers but how the actual ambient air temp/quality affects them. When I used to spray metallized coatings we had some booths that cycled air within the building and some that vented to the roof. Those booths coatings definitely caused inconsistency when we extremely humid or cold wintry precipitation days.
A interesting video about land speed racing was done by Motor Trehd about 8 to 10 years ago with David Frieburger and Finnegan. Well worth the watch here on youtube and is about 40 minutes long.
As a kid, I was probably 12, I was friends with Gene and Tom Burkland. The same Burklands that were many time record holders at Bonneville. One of my favorite vids on YT is Tom's 457MPH pass in the 411 car. Just wicked.
Nothing like doing a mini salt flat run on the dyno 8 feet in the air just to keep it as safe as possible but if not Kevin gets to claim the first world record distance flown from a dyno through a shop door Stay safe Kevin......I enjoy your videos too much
When I was in high school having a 455 Olds engine machined at a local shop, a Bonneville racer gave me a forged crankshaft and paid to have my heads ported. I never knew who he was and never meet him but left a lasting impression.
1 XL " Spank it with some Boost" tshirt if you're designing new ones. I love Kevin's dyno wording. The last one was... "Dang thats cool" I believe. Keep up the work Kevin, can't wait to see a KSR sticker at Bonneville.
These videos are great, I like how you go into detail with everything without just showing numbers. Was kinda hoping for a 300mph run on the dyno hahahahahha
Just a pet peeve I have, if by chance you had a catastrophic failure, you are wearing a T-Shirt and Shorts 😁Pretty amazing car and a little insight on what they do for a land Speed vehicle.
Another point lots of people dont realize is were running on a STUPID narrow tire contact patch. We run 80 or so PSI in the tires, and racing at speed on the salt is like driving at speed on packed snow. the car is ALWAYS floating. youre not steering the car. you drive with the throttle. Its an awesome feeling keeping your foot buried in firewall and Frustrating as all hell watching that tach CREEP up on the top end, knowing you need a certain RPM to hit your goal
I guess fluid temperature is more important than I originally thought. Definitely interesting to see a difference in power just from a heat soak. 300mph is crazy hope everything works out well!
I am always amazed by you guys. The amount of knowledge that's in your head is staggering. I didn't understand that 90% of what you said... But I do understand more horsepower equals better.
If you pull too much timing the EGT’s are gonna start rising up for sure. It’s a fine line some times between “safe” and over heating the exhaust valves and pipes.
@0:11 Looking at the license plate frame, it's pretty obvious what kind of work a person needs to do in order to afford this kind of roll cage. That line of work requires a lot of extra protection.
Wow you are a great guy Kevin, I think I now see why Mullet goes better when you are around, Dr who?! Let Kevin sort it,. Keep up the good work mate 🇳🇿👍🇱🇷💪
What kind of wheels are on that Firebird? They look odd. And, is the 3/8 plate on the bottom secure enough to weld some temporary D rings on? Like, for strapping it down on the dyno?
This guy is impressed with even the IDEA of someone being able to tune on one gear ratio, for a car that will possibly be "spot on", with a higher ratio in actual performance.
For those curious about the letter designations on the door. AA is the engine size which in this case is 501 cubic inches and up. It is the largest displacement class. BG is the power adder / fuel category which in this case is Blown Gas. ALT is the car class which in this case is Altered Coupe.
Great explanation thanks!
I went back to roadkills video with frieburgers camaro and he said word for word what you explained so I tip my hat off to ya
You’re a good man, thanks.👍
Not all heroes wear capes. 😁
Awesome thanks for the info 😀
Sounds like a KSR field trip is needed to the salt flats with this one 😃
I'd love to have them come visit us here in Utah!
Kevin, you DEFINITELY want to run at Bonneville. Buddy of mine (RIP) and I ran our old road racing BMW 2002 from 2007-2009 and set a record for fastest 2002 (131.787 mph). We then went back with a Honda 750 modified frame bike I built. We had teething problems the first year 2012 and before heading back, my friend passed away. Speedweek is THE best racing participant event anywhere.
Kevin, a few more things... we call the salt "the White Dyno" for reasons you are already aware of. Another thing, SCTA-BNI tech line is the most thorough tech inspection you will ever find. Our first year, it took us three trips and nearly 8 hours total to get through tech. Their safety standards are WAY different than road racing, i.e. full door nets, arm straps in a full bodied car, etc. All good. You would LOVE IT.
Kev an absolute legend and like a few in his class of knowledge are willing to film and share some, just a tiny bit, even a crumb of his racing/tuning/building knowledge is so much appreciated. The vastness of RUclips is entertainment and while this is entertaining it’s also free knowledge and tips from an absolute legend in almost every type of racing. “Back in my day” you’d have to hunt around 15 different machine shops, carb shops and performance shops to find a guy willing to show you what/why/when and where to solve issues and make things better. There’s a few of you guys out there and your all unsung hero’s in my book.
THANKS!!! That means alot to me :)
@@KSRPerformanceFabrication what is going on with that Nova on the lift directly beside the dyno? I hope to see a video on it very soon as my Dad and I built our own 72 Nova which is the same body style that that one is and we had a .030 over 350cid so 355cid N/A for the longest time when we bracket raced it and it was a a small tire car on 28x10.5 slick and with no catastrophic failures and never having to pull the engine out it ran high 10s in the 1/4 for close to 15 years and it was all steel all glass and it weighed exactly 3000lbs with a 230lbs driver but now it's been mini tubbed so we can run a little bit bigger tire if we want to and a fab9 with a 4link suspension out back and tubular a-arms and disc brakes all the way around and we lightened the car up some more and put a bigger small block in it we started with an aluminum block 400cid with 400 mains and bumped it up to a 434cid and it's still a 28x10.5 car and it runs very low 5s in the 8th with a baby shot of nitrous on it so yea if you can feature that Nova in a video like maybe a dyno video or just of you guys working on it and you tell us about it if you can that would be great and we have a big tire big block 84 Oldsmobile the bigger body style of the one you got and it's the 4 eyed version so kind of similar to yours and if you'd like for me to tell you about it let me know
As a matter of fact the more I look at it the colors of the Nova's are almost identical
@@keefespencer1173 it is a customers project. We are slowly accumulating parts for it as the owner brings us money.
@42:36 You meant his next trip is heading to LAKE BONNEVILLE SALT FLAT ... there is no racing going on this year for speed week, i wanted to go so bad this year but to be honest we need the rain on the west coast even Bonneville needed it. There is always
El Mirage dry lake bed here in southern California where we get no damn rain year around........
Kevin, you are definitely the "Enstein" of engine tuning. The way you explain what you do and why you do it is impressive. You are the "Man". I hope the Firebird sets some records at Bonneville and I hope your friend runs some " KSR stickers" on the car. I have one on my car but it won't do close to 300mph.
Love being safe with other folks cars... But did you see Steve Morris's new video?? Disintegrated all 8 connecting rods!!! Thats just insane!!! Would love an update on this car in the future, hope he makes 300MPH!!!
what in the 1/4 mile ?
@@allanrickard2117 In the eighth. It was a new rod he was using, it didn't fare to well
@@keithharden7844 unbelievable that all eight disintegrated just below the wrist pin.
@@richardpugh3434 I know. With what I've been seeing out there with poor quality parts these days, I'm kinda glad I'm not out there anymore.
@@richardpugh3434 yeah I would assume that the mfg got a bad billet of whatever alloy he was using. Or tried a new one and it was wrong!! That shit was crazy though. They completely shattered like glass.
I love land speed cars. The Poteet and Main Speed Demon is on of the most amazing cars I've seen. Piston powered, wheel driven at 470 mph. Kenny Dutweiller builds one heck of an engine.
Speed Demon ain't no car... It's an aeroplane without wings lol
Poteet is a legend!
I recognized the breaking wind LSR firebird right away! Love this project and excited to see it. There are only about 10 door cars in the world to break 300 mph. One of them is this same body style. Hope to see this be number 11!!!!!! Good luck!!!
Always great to see different type of cars and motorsports on the channel
I seem always to learn something every time I watch one of your videos! Technology has sure changed from the day of drilling or changing the size of then jets in a carb and changing spring tensions in the distributor. Keep the great videos coming!
Kevin, I love how you talk through everything you're doing and explain why. Makes it very interesting !!!
Thanx Kev. This was a really funn video 👍
You're doing well by chipping away at it my friend... being involved in going for the BFS pinnacle numbers... we spent 3 1/2 years doing the same until we built " OUR " own DYNO for coupes and streamliners ( a govt. agency brought onboard was mutually beneficial... ) and ended up with waaaaay more capabilities like wind tunnel sessions WITH the DYNO... AND being able to hit barometric pressures/ humidity / fuselage external EGT's, etcetera... absolutely invaluable data normally unattainable... and led us to several contracts for Uncle Sugar... will be in touch my friend...
Respectfully, Seth
That sounds awesome!!!!
Great tuning info...thanks for sharing...
I really appreciate the knowledge that you share Kevin. A man of many talents 👍👌 Aussie Fan 🤘🇦🇺🆒
Great learning experience. Great video,and always a great time at the #1 shop in North Florida. Thanks.
watching from South Africa. i love ur content of the videos. i have aso been watching lots of Drag and Drive videos. Keep up the good work Kevin.
a little heat from a propane tiger torch on the rear tires when freewheeling on the dyno (simulates the burnout), then spray the glue. She will hold 100%
Awesome! Thanks for taking the time out of your day to film it!
just wanted to say, I was bored one day and stumbled onto your channel and the 401 series. Well this weekend I sat down and binged watched the entire series and I am now very invested in it. Best of luck with the future of the plane and I cannot wait to see new episodes of this. and I definitely subbed to the channel love the vibes you give off!
Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge with everyone. Love your channel.
Love the video.....very informative! Love the behind the scenes of your thought processes.....that sounded weird..... Have a great week! 😋
Thanks Kevin, I really enjoyed this video! I learn alot from you and I think what you do is very interesting! Thanks again for the ride along!
I had to giggle at myself when you did the under camera shot. I named it in my head the Steve Morris rod exit shot
Went 305 mph in our 88 trans am. Very similar setup. We made 1805hp to the back tires @ 28lbs of boost. The 305 mph was 17lbs of boost at the 4 mile.
288 mph
288 was in 2020. 305 in 2021.
Awesome thank you for sharing brother 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
AA/BGALT (blown Gas Altered) record is 286.780 mph (set last year) & is only 4mph slower than the Blown Fuel record set way back in 1991. The Density Altitude at Bonneville can get above 8500ft & that takes a really big variation in tuneup to keep them alive.
Not much talk about the altitude this car will run at.
Love landspeed racing! Love the crazy ideas people come up with to chase top speeds @SuperfastMatt is building his own car right now.
Agreed 100% So Historical .. Almost a Cult to the Homage of The Speed and the Salt Flats,,,, Almost like The Burning Man of the automotive world.. Burning Fuel ... Man
Very cool to see you tuning an LSR car which is not exactly the same as drag racing and i appreciate you pointed out the car differences. I’m entering my second year of Land Speed Racing and its an interesting challenge from other forms. Many people who are familiar with drag racing I’ve met do not understand the differences. Another point to remember is that this car will not just expect to make top speed in the 5th mile. They will be shooting for a record speed probably in the timed 3rd, 4th and 5th miles. Because to earn the new record a backup run has to be made the following day so your average speed is better than the existing record. And if you have good speeds in multiple mile marks you have more options in that second run to average your speed. Both speeds that later get averaged have to come from the same mile mark so its to your advantage to hit your goal and hold it there provided you are not worried about over stressing the engine. I’ll be there at Speed Week next week and look for this car for sure. Thanks for the in-depth view of your process.
Kevin you had me freaking out with that goofy thumbnail. Now I'm getting it and this is badass as a project
lol, the video didnt even started and i instantly hit the like button! Love you kev! all the best for you!!!
I like the time lapse music Kevin. Kinda sounds like 38 Special. Bet no one knows who that is ! Lol
With all that space out front, he should be able to have a really nice turbo / header setup.
Very interesting…….but very informative…….thanks Kevin…….👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😉😉😉
Love the content.
Stay safe team KSR
Sweet Nova in the background on the lift!!
Really interesting. Very Very interesting. I cannot wait for the car to come back with the results. ✌️🇬🇧✌️🇺🇸
Love the channel, and all the information you provide in your videos. Thanks
Made another comment on here but just have to say this about around 10:55 and prior...
Those are some crazy steps leading up to your chassis dyno! I imagine falling forward as anybody attempts to walk up them!
However I admire your setup the way you thought out where the dyno should be in the shop and having a real working wall between where you work and where you blow stuff up!
Flashing back to shipfittin' helpin'! Nice sound effects with earbuds full volume.
Mucho Gracias,
Kip
P.s. my KSR shirt looked most impressive yesterday. I brought it and wore a sweat T for the pre market setup things i do. Its hot. Leaves sweat coliration changes. Make my fave shirt, look bad.
MORE KSR RACECAR BUILDS is always a GOOD thing!!!
(If there is Honda, ill be waiting fir the Good Times to Roll in with Kawasaki.)
I ride bikes that stay rollin. I Don't follow the masses. (And my bike is loudest of the city. Twin carbed 1500 with easyrider style straightpipes. ALMOST properly jetted. But it works.
I'm a motorcyclist. Not a biker.)
Very interesting. The methodical approach to gains make you a great tuner Kevin.
Nice work Kevin.
You just have too like the ksr videos. Kevin comes across as such a likeable guy 👍🏻
Very cool video with motorsports that I don’t normally follow. Would be interested in knowing more about that nova next to the Dyno!!
This thing is awesome!!!
Kevin out here with the boss camera angles.
Thanks for the content and what a testament to your ability with them bringing this to you brother. Awesome.
Nice work sir! I loved watching the tire curl at the 33:18 mark in the video. the bottom right corner of the tire isn't quite perfectly round under boost.
Always a fine explanation of tuning 👌☮️
“Alot tuner just put in a tune and let the CL correction do the rest”
That’s kinda why you go to a tuner and not DIY? :D
Really love the content! All the technical stuff! Keep up the good videos!
Very interesting Kevin a lot more to keep in mind of what the engine will be doing for 5 miles.
That is so sweet cause if it does 300 then your name and your company is one to have your vehicle tuned I know your very good at what you do keep up the great work Kevin and Crew
Love the CRX, I miss mine lots!!
Awesome video man! That thing is sweet!
Excellent video
Does he intend to run closed loop when actually racing? Seems like a bad idea to me, but I haven't tuned an engine is quite a while. I really can't see any advantage, and a few possible downsides.
When I did the 1 Bonneville engine I've done, the final test was running it wide open on the engine dyno for just over a minute using the cars cooling sytem. Easily the most nerve wracking dyno run I've ever been a part of. Survived fine and when I took it apart it all looked excellent.
Land speed stuff is awesome, and the Bonneville experience is incredible.I wish the owner the best of luck.
Closed loop allows it to correct for changes in ambient temperature, etc, to make it a lot more consistent.
@@sqmotorsports9230 That's why there are pressure and temp sensors. O2 sensors, especially when run with leaded fuel, are prone to failure and can do weird things. Could be they have safeties set-up so the sensor can only add/subtract a small percentage so I guess it would be okay. While not important for a Bonneville car,the latency of response can be an issue as well on really high hp drag cars. Kevin is super smart and has a ton of experience, so there must be a reason he's doing it, I just can't figure it out.
@@bobqzzi yes, you can set maximum correction values as a failsafe. Modern efi computers can make multiple corrections per second, so no, latency isn't an issue. The standalone efi computers out there today are light years ahead of what was available even 10 years ago, to the point it makes me wonder how we ever used to do things in the 90s when I got started....
Best of Luck to the Driver.
The Driver could compare himself to the late Sir Campbell. If Water is an option
I appreciate including “all the data” in regards to fluid temps in addition to the tuning changes. I’m curious if you’ve noticed how not just intake air temps affect numbers but how the actual ambient air temp/quality affects them.
When I used to spray metallized coatings we had some booths that cycled air within the building and some that vented to the roof. Those booths coatings definitely caused inconsistency when we extremely humid or cold wintry precipitation days.
Love the explanation
Gawd this channel is awesome 👌 the different content is sooooo cool
A interesting video about land speed racing was done by Motor Trehd about 8 to 10 years ago with David Frieburger and Finnegan. Well worth the watch here on youtube and is about 40 minutes long.
As a kid, I was probably 12, I was friends with Gene and Tom Burkland. The same Burklands that were many time record holders at Bonneville. One of my favorite vids on YT is Tom's 457MPH pass in the 411 car. Just wicked.
When feel that need for speed, KSR is where you need to be.
Nothing like doing a mini salt flat run on the dyno 8 feet in the air just to keep it as safe as possible but if not Kevin gets to claim the first world record distance flown from a dyno through a shop door
Stay safe Kevin......I enjoy your videos too much
Weight is your friend at Bonneville. Very narrow tires.
When I was in high school having a 455 Olds engine machined at a local shop, a Bonneville racer gave me a forged crankshaft and paid to have my heads ported. I never knew who he was and never meet him but left a lasting impression.
You're a hard working dude Kevin
Dang Kevin sounding like cleet " eaghhh I'm just gona bump it up to 20 lbs of dome"
1 XL " Spank it with some Boost" tshirt if you're designing new ones. I love Kevin's dyno wording. The last one was... "Dang thats cool" I believe. Keep up the work Kevin, can't wait to see a KSR sticker at Bonneville.
That thing is almost as heavy as mullet!! 😂 That thing is awesome!
These videos are great, I like how you go into detail with everything without just showing numbers. Was kinda hoping for a 300mph run on the dyno hahahahahha
Sweet firebird!
Hope it runs great!!
Yes 2 in a row been missing some ksr
Just a pet peeve I have, if by chance you had a catastrophic failure, you are wearing a T-Shirt and Shorts 😁Pretty amazing car and a little insight on what they do for a land Speed vehicle.
See. I knew there was a reason for my earbuds to be at full volume other than a flashback to workin at 19 years old!
Love these videos!!!!!!
have you considered getting a thermal camera so you can see hot spots in the header while doing a pull
Got super excited when I saw chopped fingers on the back wing MCM representing 😎👍
Been landspeed racing my whole life. You should come join us. We could even get you in a car.
thanks Kevin...make me miss Bonneville even more than I already do...I will build and race another car out there. My personal goal is 250
Another point lots of people dont realize is were running on a STUPID narrow tire contact patch. We run 80 or so PSI in the tires, and racing at speed on the salt is like driving at speed on packed snow. the car is ALWAYS floating. youre not steering the car. you drive with the throttle. Its an awesome feeling keeping your foot buried in firewall and Frustrating as all hell watching that tach CREEP up on the top end, knowing you need a certain RPM to hit your goal
I was thinking you had a funny car in the shop, this thing is even cooler
That was pretty cool 😎 to see. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. More information on the Nova coming soon? Such sharp cars 🚗 👌 😍 😎 🙌 👍
I was just watching a Diesel Dyno competition and the glue they were using actually ended up becoming really slick it happened in that scenario
I see a pretty sweet little Nova sitting over there
I guess fluid temperature is more important than I originally thought. Definitely interesting to see a difference in power just from a heat soak. 300mph is crazy hope everything works out well!
Sweet ride!!! 😎🇺🇸🏁
I am always amazed by you guys. The amount of knowledge that's in your head is staggering. I didn't understand that 90% of what you said... But I do understand more horsepower equals better.
If you pull too much timing the EGT’s are gonna start rising up for sure. It’s a fine line some times between “safe” and over heating the exhaust valves and pipes.
@0:11 Looking at the license plate frame, it's pretty obvious what kind of work a person needs to do in order to afford this kind of roll cage. That line of work requires a lot of extra protection.
Wow you are a great guy Kevin, I think I now see why Mullet goes better when you are around, Dr who?! Let Kevin sort it,. Keep up the good work mate 🇳🇿👍🇱🇷💪
That Corvette in the background looks like it's getting ready to become a very fast car
Great Vid
What kind of wheels are on that Firebird? They look odd. And, is the 3/8 plate on the bottom secure enough to weld some temporary D rings on? Like, for strapping it down on the dyno?
It is that great time of the year where the salt intake goes way up.
Loved this in depth look, Those Land Speed guys and Gals are a lil different :-)
wild stuff
Like your show a lot brings back lots of memories with my Camaro but bro watch that finger you might poke someone’s eye out 😂😂keep your videos coming
This guy is impressed with even the IDEA of someone being able to tune on one gear ratio, for a car that will possibly be "spot on", with a higher ratio in actual performance.
So awesome. 300mph is scary I bet ahah
It's different I like it thanks for the videos
lol he just casually says " 2psi and only 540whp"... geez. Goals right there
Wow! That thing takes forever to rev. Does it just start on engine and ramp the boost in slowly to keep from spinning on the salt?