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Originally Posted by Aggressor
Rodney
It's now ~ 36,000+ miles. I have participated with the Rocket City Mustang Club in Huntsville Alabama twice which accounts for about 4,000 miles. I have attached images of my fan setup.
As previously mentioned in this thread, the fans on CSX3015 would not be as effective as reverse mounting them close to the radiator. As per the SuperSnake my oil filter is in the driverside grille area.
OnyxRider - I've had success correcting most of the inherent problems on CSX3015. Craig Conley helped me early in my car's build and have contacted many of the individuals associated with the original cars back in the day. I studied the car at great length in David Scaiff's collection when he owned it prior to Ron Pratt. I use my car virtually daily I mean even short hops to do banking, pickup groceries, ya know - Daily driver stuff. Craig asked me when I bought my Paxtons from him if I was going to set it up exactly like the original or did I want it to run right. My car doesn't foul plugs, overheat , spit and gag at red lights. Actually it will idle a bit lumpy but smoothly at 650 -675 RPM and 180 degrees temp which sounds like blasphemy to most FE guys. On the flip side flicking the throttle sharply - even a small amount - is something that a rational human being learns quickly not to do. Akin to driving a rail dragster on ice.
The problems you described are common to all who believe that a supercharged car must
run very rich with very late timing. This common “wisdom” gives a great ¼ mile ride but makes a lousy car for anything but ¼ mile strip driving. |
I'll pass the news on to BC. I was just talking to him the other weekend about his trip to Abu Dhabi. I'm trying to get him to attend the Kissimmee auction next month here in Florida and bring something cool. He's waiting for a few customs from SRT I was informed.
Getting back to the Ron Pratte auction I found this interesting reading on Hemmings blog. BC was writing about his Streamliner in the comments section. His Streamliner preceded the Futureliners and is only one known to exist.
Before the Futurliner: the Parade of Progress Streamliners | Hemmings Daily