RE: [Chrysler300] Dry Lake Racing

["Krikhaar, Alex" <akrikhaar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

Best luck to those of you who will though - you'll have some great pictures
to remember your car by.   

Alex Krikhaar, 300F Chicago


 


-----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

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!!

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

So, my question to the group:

Anybody every done this with a lettercar?  If so, please share the
experience.

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!

Best Regards to all,

Thomas F. Miller

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