KDBA Thunder On The Green

[LakesOnly]

If any east coaster's are going....
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m62/lemevans/KDBASmall.jpg
...I'll be there around the aluminum Fords (black shirt):
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/5657ReddogAndPaul.jpg
Stop by and say hello!
LO

[ME-678]

I should be there if I can
get some help driving to
the in and out ramps.
Look for me boat #678.
Paul

[adjones419]

Don't think we'll make it since we have Evansville this weekend and Litchfield the weekend after. Good luck to you guys.

[River Rat 005]

adjones, I think you're missing a weekend. In Drag Boat Review, Aug. 11-12 Evansville, Aug. 17-18 Livermore, Aug 25-26 Litchfield.

[adjones419]

adjones, I think you're missing a weekend. In Drag Boat Review, Aug. 11-12 Evansville, Aug. 17-18 Livermore, Aug 25-26 Litchfield.
I meant Evansville the weekend before Livermore and then Litchfield the weekend after Livermore. We have too much stuff to get ready for the hometown race.

[LakesOnly]

I should be there if I can
get some help driving to
the in and out ramps.
Look for me boat #678.
PaulPaul,
Good to meeet you today; see ya 'round over the w/e.
Decent weather for the races; I know a couple more of you plan on attending, see you there.
LO

[ME-678]

Paul
I'm glad you came over to my
pit, enjoyed talking with you.
I may try to go to New Athens,
since I won a little money this
week end.

[LakesOnly]

This year's TOTG was set up as a 1000-ft course so that those going to Georgia could take advantage and set up for their boats for the 1000-ft $25,000 race. Here are a couple o' pics from the KDBA races:
KenF towed in from Missouri and ran his brand new Cheyenne Tunnel with a 502 Ford.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/5657KenF_01.jpg
This was KenF's first time racing at a KDBA event and invested time exploring his setup. He made the finals, then changed out a shoe moments befoe the final round which brought him another whopping 5 mph inside of 1000 feet...but lost by just a nose.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/5657KenF_02.jpg
Ken adjusting valves on his engine, by the way this 502 Ford is a pump gas engine and dyno'd at 715HP.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/5657KenF_03.jpg
Below ME678 gets some passes in. This Poncho-based Donovan really hauls the mail and the entire combo is well sorted.
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/5657DonPonch_02.jpg
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/5657DonPonch_01.jpg
Hey ME678, refresh my memory: Was the girl below part of your pit crew...or the guys pitted next to you: ;)
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/5657PitCrew_1.jpg
J/k buddy...these KDBA races are always good times.
LO

[ME-678]

Paul, that lady was to good looking
to be with me, she was Bob Baker's
crew chief, she didn't have much
to say, she just hung around.
Thanks for the kind words about
my boat, I have had a lot of
help from really nice people, my
first pass in it was a 10.57@ 94 mph
it's came a long way.
Paul

[Liquid Invader]

The truth is, that is Pauls girlfriend. I see her hanging around every time I go to his house. I tried to get her to go out with me but couldn't get her to say much. I guess she is a girl of action not words.Thats the way Paul likes them. I also bet the tight (sob) won't even give her a cookie.:sqeyes: Good job at Livermore Paul, watch out for those rookie hydro drivers.:)
ceya 383

[cyclone]

Hey Ken in the first pic your boat looks like its taken a great set. looks nice and dry and running good.
the second pic the nose is way up there.
what was the ride plate angle, nozzle angle and type of shoe you ran in photo one and what were all those parameters set at in photo two?
it's a pretty dramatic change the height of the roost looks similiar so i'm assuming your nozzle angle didnt change. Is the second photo from the start of the course or the end?
I understand if you dont want to divulge the info. I"m just curious because we have similar hulls. thanks.
-mike

[Cs19]

what kind of times does this one turn? Looks like a mean motor in there..
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/5657ReddogAndPaul.jpg

[Ken F]

Cyclone,
I had problems all day sunday with the boat hopping on the big end.
What you are seeing in that pic is one of the hops....:eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvksroVJlWg
Ken

[cyclone]

Cyclone,
I had problems all day sunday with the boat hopping on the big end.
What you are seeing in that pic is one of the hops....:eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvksroVJlWg
Ken
in the video the nose looks to be about where it is in the photo-real high. i'm sure it got higher with the hop but its still pretty high beforehand. I'm not knocking you i'm just curious what the hardware is set at for it to run that high.

[Ken F]

Cyclone,
Not to avoid your question, but It is totally differtnt now, and was nowhere near right at the time. Duane and Brian went to work on it as soon as I got back, and we have been testing with the DataAquisition computer all week. It's perfect now.
I believe at that point I was running 9 or 10 degrees of wedge, and a flat shoe by mistake. I had meant to grab a back-cut shoe out of the toolbox, and grabbed the wrong one. (In the heat to get the shoes changed between rounds)
The boat runs it's best with a back-cut shoe. We've tried flat, tapered, at all different settings and that's what it likes best. My engine is set quite a ways back if you notice because it was built as a lake boat, and I normally run a back seat. The engine also dynoed only 710hp on 93 octane this spring when it was cool, so in 100 degree heat, who knows? I'm way short on HP to make the hull really work right.
Ken F

[cyclone]

Cyclone,
Not to avoid your question, but It is totally differtnt now, and was nowhere near right at the time. Duane and Brian went to work on it as soon as I got back, and we have been testing with the DataAquisition computer all week. It's perfect now.
I believe at that point I was running 9 or 10 degrees of wedge, and a flat shoe by mistake. I had meant to grab a back-cut shoe out of the toolbox, and grabbed the wrong one. (In the heat to get the shoes changed between rounds)
The boat runs it's best with a back-cut shoe. We've tried flat, tapered, at all different settings and that's what it likes best. My engine is set quite a ways back if you notice because it was built as a lake boat, and I normally run a back seat. The engine also dynoed only 710hp on 93 octane this spring when it was cool, so in 100 degree heat, who knows? I'm way short on HP to make the hull really work right.
Ken F
that's cool.
9 or 10 degrees up?
where was the nozzle angle set at?
what was the ride plate at?

[LakesOnly]

what kind of times does this one turn? Looks like a mean motor in there..
http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/500/5657ReddogAndPaul.jpgThat particular engine is a 665 cubic inch deal. It is no longer in the boat (pic is from last year's event). The boat and engine were owned by Lem Evans, who held down both ends of the APBA Pro Gas Jet World record in the early nineties (not by the above boat/engine).
Lem pulled and sold the 665 engine and the boat belongs to another KDBA member, and now has a 533 cube engine in it.
It ran in the 9-second class back then and was regularly the boat to beat.
LO