Eddie Hill

[FourFather]

Here is the 44 second video I did on the Ariel Atom I have for sale. A startup, couple circles and then a zero to 50 in my driveway.

 

 

 

And this current picture shows one of the reasons I am offering one of my Ariels for sale- "My cup runneth over"

 

http://imgtree.net/files/jax4cuj9el4lsim58erk.jpg

 

Cheers,

 

Eddie FourFather JHill :flag:

[FourFather]

My new ride- My sweet bride Baby Cakes bought it for me for my 81st birthday!

 

http://imgtree.net/files/1b655tthf7n46b30ol43.jpg

 

http://imgtree.net/files/3gdw4t5syfbuevf1uade.jpg

 

http://imgtree.net/files/g56tjcjtin0eq7synsx2.jpg

 

http://imgtree.net/files/6srvqe0ok3x3dittniub.jpg

 

She's a keeper!

 

I mean Baby Cakes. (Car is cool, too, though, 1:18's first time out at Hallett)

 

Eddie

[Kitcat]

Car looks great (so do you, are you sure u r 81?). What is the new race car?

[yellowss7]

I'm guessing an F2000. Tom

[ErnieMo]

Awesome pics FourFather. Blue and white is my favorite color combo. Thanks for sharing!

[FourFather]

Car looks great (so do you, are you sure u r 81?). What is the new race car?

 

Thanks, Kitcat. I was actually born on March 6, 1936, the exact 100th anniversary of the battle of the Alamo- The Alamo was March 6, 1836. BabyCakes feeds me healthy food and makes sure I take my vitamins.

 

My new ride is a Pro Formula Mazda. 1070 pounds, with a Mazda Renesis rotary (like out of an RX-8) with 265hp at 8,100 rpm. Six-speed sequential with NO-LIFT- NO CLUTCH UPSHIFT ! Yee-ha! Driver blip no clutch downshift, like you can see on this printout. One minute and 18 seconds already, at Hallett. Big Fun.

 

Cheers,

 

Eddie

[FourFather]

Today is the thirtieth anniversary of my, and the world's, first four second quarter mile run. We ran 4.990 at 288.55 mph on 4/9/1988, the day that seemed to demand it.

 

Quite a change from what things were like thirty years before that, in 1958, like this picture with me in the lower right of the picture, with the Cushman motorscooter front wheels, Pontiac v-eight engine.

 

1958

 

http://imgtree.net/files/dhknm77z3nf8kfw5cxp2.jpg

 

 

1988 First in the Fours--Hence my handle FourFather

 

http://imgtree.net/files/l4xi0nwjp83sx6hsu1av.jpg

 

 

2018 Now after a lifetime of going straight, I'm trying to learn to turn corners.

http://imgtree.net/files/0ddfa3iqo7ytgmipf2j7.jpg

 

Cheers,

 

Eddie

Edited April 10, 2018 by FourFather

[slngsht]

Eddie, I tried very hard to come visit you the week before last, but alas weather did not cooperate. I took off from Houston hoping Wichita Falls visibility would improve, but the clouds didn't budge and I headed back to Houston. Perhaps one of these days I'll make it to your shop.

[scannon]

Did that 4.990 second run take place at a strip near Erie, Colorado? It appears your engine was naturally aspirated which makes it even more impressive.

[FourFather]

Well, we do have our weather. And winter is not going down without a struggle! Come on when you can--

 

Eddie

[FourFather]

Update on my Pro Formula Mazda open wheel road racer. Over the winter I installed a turbocharger on the Mazda Renesis rotary engine, and converted it to 100% methanol fuel, and indications are that I gained about 135 or so horsepower from stock - about 400 now at the flywheel, measured 334 HP at the tires. Stock weight was 1070, and it is a bit heavier now, and I have to carry more than twice as much fuel. It now uses about a gallon and a quarter PER LAP! But I was fastest overall at the last race, #1 qualifier and won the open wheel final.

I had a 1:16.2 in the final! Tickeled me to tears!

 

Thanks for listening and looking, guys!

 

Cheers,

 

Eddie