Here’s the link to the video of Keith’s ‘560’ Bonneville car that I posted on FaceBook.  Just give a shout if you cannot access it and I’ll try this differently.

Keith Cornell 560 Roadster

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Thank you Ted.



Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Here’s a shot of the 371” M-E-L in Keith’s 560 roadster.
 

And here’s an action shot of Tim setting the valves on the Y in his 416 roadster.
 

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Here are pics of Tim McMaster after making a successful run down the course.  That’s quite an accomplishment after watching all the spin outs by the other drivers.

 

  

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Here are some Bonneville pictures.
   

 

 

 

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Keith’s ‘560’ roadster has a Ford 8” rear with a 2.78:1 gear.  The pinion shaft sheared at the front pinion bearing and even with the rear of the yoke. Keith thought it might have been the pinion angle but I’m thinking it’s just a 55 year old gear set with an unknown history. Looking at the time slip, the break looks to have happened somewhere just prior to the 2¼ mile mark.  If the spare 3.00 gears had been brought along, they likely would not have been put in assuming the driveshaft was still straight. It was already Wednesday when the rear broke and with only two days of running left and slippery salt, it was deemed to not have been worth the effort to fix on the salt.  Engine sounds good though.  For that first run, the jetting was on the rich side just to be safe.  I’ll try to post a video later showing the car leaving the starting line.
 

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

I think it is an 8".  I remember them talking about it at the '18 Y-Block shootout while loading the engine into Ted's truck.  I think the reasoning was that there is some performance advantage to the 8" and for the salt, strength wasn't suppose to be as critical as it would be for street or strip use.  I'm sure someone will confirm or deny that.

Facebook video links:
https://www.facebook.com/mctim64/videos/10220185118165182/
https://www.facebook.com/mctim64/videos/10220186892889549/
https://www.facebook.com/100009810758893/videos/900534500283567/



Lawrenceville, GA

MEL torque over-powered the 9 inch  LOL

I saw on Facebook, I think Tim got one run in, 163mph.  Keith ran but had a driveline failure, input shaft of the rear end.



Lawrenceville, GA

anyone one hear any updates on Bonneville?  Did Keith get to run?