Re: [Chrysler300] Dry Lake Racing

[Gary Barker <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK Alex,  How fast was that Caddy?         Gary Barker

Krikhaar, Alex wrote:

>Just a quick caveat for those of you wanting to take their 300's on the
>Bonneville Salt Flats. I did this once with my '67 Cadillac, and it was
>fantastic fun. But beware - I ended up with a 2" thick layer of (moist) salt
>sprayed over the entire underside of my car. Took me a whole day to get it
>off, and the Caddie survived. Knowing the legendary rust resistance (or
>rather, lack thereof) of our fine Chrysler products, I wouldn't do this to
>my 300F.
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>Best luck to those of you who will though - you'll have some great pictures
>to remember your car by.   
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>Alex Krikhaar, 300F Chicago
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Owen & Jo Grigg [mailto:ram300@xxxxxxxxxx] 
>Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 6:42 PM
>To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Thomas Miller
>Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Dry Lake Racing
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>I'd definitely recommend latching/securing the hood down better, when I had
>my C up to reasonable speed, around 115mph the hood started to "balloon" up,
>real scary!!
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>True story.......went on a local hotrod run recently , took friends '65
>Corvette with a fairly serious powerhouse in it.Also on the outing was a '56
>DeSoto "modified" to 300 like specs, 392 hemi, dual carbs, full leather
>interior, nice car, anyway.....the run started out fairly quietly as we
>headed out of town but once on the country roads the speed and car to car
>gaps increased. It so happened that the DeSoto was behind us,  down shifted
>the Vette(4-speed), started to scream out the side pipes, we hit 100mph,
>looked out the back window, heck that old DeSoto was still there. I had
>great joy in informing my friend of this, he put the hammer down further, I
>watched his speedo hit 115mph but his back window was still full of Desoto!
>We ran out of road and we eased off....but it sure made my day!
>Owen
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>So, my question to the group:
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>Anybody every done this with a lettercar?  If so, please share the
>experience.
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>There's not much chance for all out top end crusing here in Ohio.
>Although I've had the 300C to 115 or so (indicated MPH probably reading
>on the high side....) so 130 actual MPH is still a bit on around the
>clock.  I'm surmising though that w' the stock 3.36:1 differential, 135
>- 140 MPH actual top speed is obtainable.  Inside of a mile though?  I
>dunno.  I'm looking for input here, and seriously considering taking the
>Brute to the Salt Flats this fall.  Any input, advise, or tall tales
>would be much appreciated.  Thanks everybody!
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>Best Regards to all,
>
>Thomas F. Miller
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