Surprised it doesn't fit?

Surprised it doesn't fit?

It was no surprise that the car 32 feet plus only goes half way into Werner's shop!

But the landing gear make it easy to move in and out .

Proud BIRD New Tail Feathers

There is a little work to be done yet but it looks great. Thanks to Kevin Werner and Darryl Murphy. Next is the body shop to do the prep and paint. See you all at COLLISION PLUS!

Harry is PEAK DIESEL PERFORMANCE

Harry Kelleher is our "main to go guy for performance and standard parts." Harry knows what we need and more importantly where to get it fast and at a reasonable price.

I took this photo of him while he was patiently trying to explain what it is we need for the exhaust pipe flange. Peak is moving to new digs at the end of the month but there will be no interruption of the service,

so click on the link

Collision Plus Consultant Frank Vaski

Kevin Knox (www.kevinknox.com )and Collision Plus Consultant, Frank Vaski discuss the preparation of the Murphy Aircraft Manufacture built tail.

Barklee is not interested in cars if they are not giving him a ride. watches for the cat!

Collision Plus a new sponsor.

Frank Vaski and the whole team at Collision Plus group are excited to be part of the Bonneville Goldenhawk Project. Collision Plus is BC wide and growing fast. Check their website to learn more. http://www.collisionplus.ca/

Watch the blog for more about Collision Plus as we start to do the body and paint.

Culpit is caught in the act!

Werner has caught the tail plucker! It is no surprise it is Kevin. Busy replacing the tail with the F-86 scaled tail he designed and Darryl Murphy built. Here he is cutting the spine of the hawk to fit the vertical stabilizer brackets he also designed.

Who plucked the tail feathers from the hawk??

Could it be vandals?

Who would want to be cruel to a bird??

Werner has planned all the equipment to be easy to remove should he need to have service anything. From left to right you can see the COOL-IT Hiway Services supplied a/c condenser, right under it is the two 12 volt batteries from FEDERAL BATTERY. (Thanks Chris!) Next is the a/c compressor and drive 115 volt motor supplied by Doug Menges of LINE ONE GAS Service in Vancouver. Doug is a very good friend and Alana's father (Remember the girls on bikes to Bonneville, see her blog link on this site ), and is the official wine maker for the driver! Thanks Doug

The large red tank is the accumulator for the air lift system built by "Sir Roland" at AGGRESSIVE TUBE BENDING. The sharp eyed folks will note that it is in fact a recycled propane bottle from my BBQ. The Nitrous Express 600 HP diesel nitrous oxide system will replace the brand X bottles used only for mock up. The Red bottle upper right is the cockpit fire bottle supplied by Acme Fire And Safety Co. Ltd.

Acme Fire And Safety Co. Ltd.

Acme Fire And Safety Co. Ltd. is our sponsor of choice for all our fire prevention/suppression needs. Maybe you don't have a racer that uses the exotic systems like we use but of all our homes and businesses need the protection and Mike Tonolli and his people are the best! They have been serving the people of the BC since 1972!
Werner is planning the mounting bracketry right behind the cockpit.


The engine bay also gets a special fire bottle . This too was supplied by Acme Fire And Safety Co. Ltd.

Thanks for the support! I will feel better knowing fire is not going to be a problem in this car.

Zoltan's Porting Heads and Flowing Carbs!

Genius at work on a 6BT Cummins head.
This is the Goldenhawk's 3.9litre 4BT.
Thanks again for the great job. Mr.Zoltan Bod

Zoltan has ported and polished the head

Here is a copy of the Flow sheets.

They indicate an increase of approx 40CFM.

Fantastic increase!!

Zoltan and Werner playing with the exhaust maniford

that was ported by yours truly.

Although it is improved by 50% over stock ,

it also killed about half the gain made by porting.

I think we will try a different header!

Nitrous EXpress chosen as best diesel nitrous system.

Check out the web site and the great deals.

More on these guys soon!

You can order from Chief Chassis in Langley.

John's number is 604-888-2588 and he is located at 8618-217A Street

Waterborne Paint andCollision Plus join GOLDENHAWK Project

An email to BASF was answered by Louis McCaughan Regional manager for BASF, that lead to Darryl Tippe Sales manager for the paint distributor, White and Peters Ltd. and his leader by Mort. Now, Mort's not your average drag race fan but he has been following the Bonneville Salt Flats and Speedweek since he was a child.
So what's this got to do with body work and paint? Well it seems that a large auto body group is has commenced the application of water borne and environmental friendly finishes! After a Performance Group of Collision PLUS convention at the RIVER ROCK Casino in Richmond,BC, we unveiled the car in all it white ABS replete with the accumulated dings and flaws of the primary crafting of the custom body for the attendees to witness. The comments from the group of owners and technicians were kind and the the common question was "How fast will it go? and "How straight do you want it panels." We explained that the panel will have some waves in them sitting still but will change shape has it complies with the pressures that surround it at 330 mph.
After some discussions, over the next week they have agreed to handle the body and paint. The logistics of the sponsorship have been left to the corporate COLLISION CONSULTANT. His name is Frank Vaski. WELCOME COLLISION PLUS!

Fan Rides with Jesse's Gang

Here's a pic of our 51 with our 3 boys and daughter.
"They think your car is coool"

Jesse Terry and family
Their names left to right are

Parker, Cash, Rivers and Jesse 2

I'm sure the kids will love it, send me an email if you have time when you can and I'll show them all

Thank you for your kind return

Drive shaft design change!

Trevor Jewkes of PAT'S DRIVELINE and Ben of OTT INDUSTRIES conferred and deduced that at 10,000+ rpm the drive shaft needed to be different from originally planned. Therefore Trevor stopped by the shop and remeasured to make sure all the lengths were correct.

Tire Sponsors TIRELIFE & GOODYEAR

It is my pleasure to announce that Fuller Bros. and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, by way of COMPETITION TIRE Canada are suppling the tires for the Goldenhawk.

Thank You!

Murphy Aircraft Manufacturing

Darryl Murphy is a very versatile individual and his companies are also. They have huge manufacturing capability plus the largest Laser Cutter I have ever saw. Click on the link to check out their stuff!!

This is the F-86 Sabre tail, scaled down, designed by Kevin Knox and built and donated by Murphy, that is shown here just before completion.

Peek at PEAK for Parts

Check out their website

PEAK DIESEL PERFORMANCE http://www.peakdiesel.com/ for all your parts needs from twin turbos to special injectors or complete engines.

Harry Kelleher is your go to guy!

The Goldenhawk team always calls PEAK DIESEL PERFORMANCE at

604-532-5700 local calls or 1-877-858-7325 toll free for high performance parts.

Mother's Day Monster?

PIERS HARRY'S

"BIG MUTHER

Salt Flat

SPECIAL"

(note:photo of similar custom engine)

Cummins BT3.9L Twin Holset Turbocharged

Peak Diesel Performance Special High Performance Parts Provide source & logistics to the project.

Colt Cams, Dynomite injectors, ARP fasteners, Zoltan ported heads, Special race pistons, O-ringed block, Hamilton Diesel valve springs, NW FUEL INJECTION prepped race pump, Balanced and blueprinted with NX 600hp Nitrous Express system, maybe 1000-1200 ponies?

Your mommy would love it, but it doesn't impress Jack the Dog!

Big blower needs small bulge

This shows the single HOLSET HX40 turbo mounted on the ported cast 4/2/1 exhaust manifold. It will require a small bump in the hood. However, wait til you see the KILLER dual set that

PIERS (max hp ) Harry has designed for the 300mph motor.

Check the blog tomorrow and remember it's MOTHERS DAY!

The maid!

First they called me the imagineer. then the driver, the promoter, the planner, the pr guy, the gopher, but today they called me the maid!

Fitting the H2O tank

The best laid plans of mice and men, yata yata ya..,

you know the rest. Well the cooling water /ballast tank fits perfectly as designed, however, on the side of caution we have decided to give the tires more clearance so the tank was raised 1.5 inches. This caused the removal of the foam above the tank.

Custom built alloy intake

The intake manifold fits nice and will just need to be anodized!

Jay passed the extreme welders test!

Congratulations Jay!

The landing gear passed the extreme test when we off loaded the car by picking the rear up with all the weight on the "jeep" your holding. The welds are strong and the team, especially Kevin, is thankful for a professional welding job. (It would seem that Mr.Diversions is less confident in his design/engineering skills than the rest of us) Good work you guys, it is a blessing to have you on board as friends and volunteer crew.

Many thanks from Randy.

Stress of test is over!

The ugly duckling tale pops into my mind as I see the Hawk take its first steps on its new legs. Our newest sponsor is a body shop chain and paint company so the the looks will change soon!

Landing gear test#1

This is how the landing gear is used to load and unload the car from a trailer. It is set at approx half of its total lift height. It wasn't pretty but it worked. So we will tweak it some to improve it.

California Fan is Fierce!

Neil Finegold's new ride says it all! What do you think he sells, Hummer stuff maybe?

New lathe is working

Kevin Has a new lathe and Goldenhawk has much machine work to be done. Here is Kevin turning out pieces for the "landing gear "

Tinkerbell is apprentice to Kevin

Whaaaat!

Kevin plays the Milling machine

Mr.Knox loves his big toys! He is milling the plate for the intake.

Pierce Pierces Plate.

Randy making plate for intake at Diversions well equipped machine shop.
Need something special, call Kevin 604-930-2120
To contact Kevin visit www.kevinknox.com

More exhausting labour

Back in my drag racing days (Oh, no, not another old story) I used to port and polish my small block Chevy heads using a pattern I got from none other than the famous (late) SMOKEY YUNICK . They were as effective as any of the contemporary heads and the little 327 Chevy would pull hard out of the hole breathe fire on the top end.
So I thought I would try the same with the little Cummins 3.9 litre.
Starting with the stock casting,exhaust gaskets and a high speed grinder equipped with a new carbide tool. Place the gasket on the turbo end as shown and mark out the shape to be made. Then grind and grind and grind and check the sizes and grind and grind and grind some more until the gaskets and the ports match and then enlarge the whole passage until it is the same size and shape.

Lifes just a GRIND!
This may look less impressive but a flow test before and after showed 50% reduction of restriction or 100% more flow! It is a matter of how you do the math. We will start the dyno testing using this cast iron "TRI Y" four into two into one as it enters the turbocharger. It is centred on the ports and very short so should retain more heat than the fabricated headers like the PYTHON 4BTX. The cost with the labour factor of 8 hrs @ $50.=$400.00 is less than the custom fabricated @ $1250.00