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"North of 49" at Speed Week 2006

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photo by Walter Brooks

A long haul to 202.149

2006 found the North of 49 Crew back on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
We had given 2005 a rest, mostly due to finances. Our engine build caught us short on cash and time, which proved to be fortunate, the salt condition in 2005 was poor.
This year the salt was very good, and we were well prepared. At least we thought so!

Almost ready to goAugust 11 2006

We headed to Bonneville with a freshly dyno’d 815 horsepower. Our new 427 had been tested on July 19 and looked to be the strongest engine we’d ever had. Built by Walter Brooks the engine is a Chevrolet 427 truck (tall deck) block, equipped with a brand new set of AFR heads, Wilson intake, Wiseco pistons and numerous other features. We also made major upgrades to the cooling system with the addition of a Meziere front mounted water pump, and increased cooling tank capacity filled with Evans waterless coolant.

Staging line up August 12August 12 we got into the staging lanes looking forward to big numbers and finally seeing the top side of that elusive 200 mph mark.

The picture at left shows 1149 in a pretty normal state in the staging lanes. The grey lead is a power cable fed from a generator in the push truck. The generator recharges the batteries and provides power to the oil pan heaters.

August 12 2004

Reality bit us early. Don and Ted struggled against the salt, taking turns at the wheel in first four runs, Saturday through Monday with our best result a 190 mph pass by Ted. Our problem became pretty clear, as the trucks speed came into the 180 mph area the engine was closing on 7000 rpm and entering into its power band. Suddenly we had too much power, and the truck would become hard to handle, skating side to side down the track spinning wheels and seeking a claw hold on the track.

Moe snaps away as N49 leavesThe track was a bit slick in the middle miles, but that wasn’t the entire problem. One of our pit neighbors, Hooley Huffman had just added over 600 pounds to his Studebaker to conquer some 220 mph handling problems, our other pit neighbour, Scott Beairsto let us know that the swing arm on his motorcycle was heavier than the extra weight we were using to balance our truck, through discussions and observations with other racers we determined that our truck was too light! We set to work looking for additional weight.

Ted Runs Monday 14 AugAugust 14 2004
In the picture, Ted is about to depart on the fourth of our dissappointing early runs. Getting the truck to touch 190 was a chore on those first 4 runs.

Convinced that we’d be hard pressed to get close to our old top speeds in our current configuration Don gave up his turn behind the wheel to allow Mike a chance to make a B (175 – 200) license pass Monday afternoon. While waiting in the staging line we made contact with Jerry Lockhart of Lockhart enterprises in Salt Lake City. Jerry arranged to source 6 steel plates for us, each plate being 36 inches by 6 inches by one inch thick, and weighing in at about 65 pound each. I made my B license run turning in a 183 mph pass and then we set to work scrounging weight in the pits.
August 15, 2006
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