Chad,
The SCTA (Southern California Timing Association) sponsors Bonneville Speed Week where cars run 200 MPH, 300 MPH and even 400+ MPH and has very extensive and conservative safety rules and inspections to enforce the rules. I've been there and seen the inspectors check every detail, no matter how small.
Here's what the SCTA rules say about spherical rod ends in suspension and steering applications:
http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,2688.0.html
In salt flats speed trials details matter not only for safety reasons but also because records are often raised by fractions of one MPH, it's that competitive.
Bonneville salt flats speed trials should be on every motor head's bucket list. Seeing those kinds of speeds is like nothing else on earth. Some truly amazing vehicles show up. An example is the Poteet and Main flathead Ford powered streamliner that set a record of over 300 MPH with true flathead power (one engine, no overhead valve conversion). Doing that required that the flathead deliver about 700 HP (without exploding) according to calculations I've seen. Doing that successfully sperates the talkers from the doers.
Last edited by yar; 04/11/2017 4:45 PM.
