Fifty shades of Jade

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Wed Oct 02, 13 9:07 pm

Wondered how this was going Will.
Seems like your getting your head round it.
Look forward to updates

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Thu Oct 03, 13 6:33 am

In the clip you can just about make out the attachment he used to direct the exhaust onto the slick during the burnout.....Ingenious! Always loved that bike.

db · Post by db » Fri Oct 04, 13 10:00 am

Coming along well!
This is the most exciting build-up since Marks monster

db · Post by db » Tue Oct 08, 13 7:53 pm

Top quality

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Nov 13, 13 12:24 pm

Why don't you solid mount the axle so you know it is square and put a slipper tesnsioner on the non-drive side?

Saves a lot of wheel-alignment arsing about.......

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Nov 13, 13 1:01 pm

autofetish wrote: ....Just want a 9.99sec 1/4

Blimey, that's aiming slow, I have done better than that in a crappy Doorslammer with a Tax disc..........

db · Post by db » Wed Nov 13, 13 4:36 pm

A few HP would be soaked up by an idler tensioner, enough to matter?

Post by **TyreFryer** » Wed Nov 13, 13 6:58 pm

Pete wrote:
TyreFryer wrote:In which case you'd be better ditching the chain and using a belt maybe?
I bet you would never get one that long or the right length....check out what the Supertwins use......

Rob and Stu are running a drag bike!?!?

Post by **TyreFryer** » Wed Nov 13, 13 7:13 pm

I think they make these up to 3.6 m (off the shelf):

"If you thought roller chain was your only drive option, think again. Gates new Poly Chain® GT® Carbon™ belt is part of a powerful synchronous belt drive system that outperforms roller chain in even the most demanding high-torque applications."

http://www.gates.com/brochure.cfm?broch ... n_id=11347

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Thu Nov 28, 13 9:09 am

Thanks Martin some great info there.

Decided to go chain and what we know

not very pioneering but will keep cost down

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Steve · Post by **Steve** » Thu Nov 28, 13 10:43 pm

Very impressive built....you madman!!!

Great planning and engineering mate. Best of luck and a great thread!

Cheers Steve

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Fri Dec 13, 13 9:49 pm

Just seen this Will and thought of you, its not Jade this was Wild Thing a 1300cc Ford powered machine

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Fri Dec 13, 13 10:10 pm

FFS look as his lid

....... they let em race like that, unbelievable

Jerry Smith · Post by **Jerry Smith** » Sat Dec 14, 13 10:44 am

Roy still owns wild thing, it's hung up in his cellar apparently, him and his son Julian run the split second jet dragster now

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Dec 18, 13 8:33 pm

Flat on your belly with your face so low at 200mph is probably a lot less intimidating than leaning over this at full throttle.

He is probably going to get his beard sucked into the injectors.