ORR DAWG MODS....was; Re: [DeTomaso] Stoker kit??

Sun Mar 5 21:08:38 EST 2006

Pedro,

  Wot?!  Are you watching the Acadamy Awards with her tonight?! ;-]

  The tires and mods for Silver State?  Will be running new 17/18" Wilkinson forged Campy's with new BFG G-Force T/A KDW-2's that are 245/40YR-17's in front and 285/40YR-18's in rear. The final 4-corner ride height adjustments and alignment will follow in a couple weeks when everything else is complete.

  Probably the biggest mod to the Pantera is to the cooling system. Ron Davis NASCAR single pass 'big-sombeitch" radiator. We ran it for the first time today for 20 minutes. Got the water up to 180F and oil temp to 210F which was perfect....it takes a loooong time to warm up!  On start-up, no leaks, no belching water..it ran perfectly.  Next up is a serious road test.

  On the cooling system Dick Drenske eliminated the stock bottles and water lines. He also hand fabricated larger water lines.  About 35% of the stock hoses and hose clamps were eliminated simply because he fabricated and welded his own SS lines from the custom  thermostat housing Dick designed through to the Fluidyne heat exchanger (oil cooler) and radiator. His system follows the mods that Dave Bell and JT previously wrote about. He's added a single 15" 2900cfm sucker fan to the back side in case its needed in traffic because first and foremost this is a street driven Pantera.   

  The removeable modified Byers Precision Pro-Formance provided air dam now drops down an additional 3" inches and has a 2" tapering spliter on the bottom. Ducts are glassed in. Bottom will have an additional  small 1-2" piece of 'sacrificial'  rubber trim on the bottom. Sides of the Pantera will also have 4" piece of heavy belt that will be zeus fitted for easy R&R.

  The carbon fibre hood with flush mounted hardware is an all new design again by Dick Drenske.... it should be ready by the end of next week. It will have a gunctional radiused Gurney flap to vacate air out of the back of the radiator.  

  Drenske has already modified the suspension...triple adjustable Alden billet gas shocks, aftermarket springs, etc.  Caster is now 5.5 degrees on front end. No rear wing....Other minor changes is a battery kill switch mounted in front wiper gill, new Auto Meter Ultra-Lite (oil temp, oil pressure and water temp) gauges on stacked pods on roll cage by window pillar... 

  Also got the re-coated ceremic 180 headers and new Taylor 10.4mm plug wires back on the Pantera this weekend...everything is allot closer. It's all most ready to drive to the beach and I am hoping I may be ready for Texas in April for a little shake down cruise before Silver State in May.

  MD
  P.S.  Picking up a re-charged Deist fire bottle next week! ;-] 

PEDRO MARTINI <martinipd at hotmail.com> wrote:
  MD you crazy.

I flew in to meet Jane who flew in from Honolulu.

If you are still planning to run that fast at Silver State what tires are 
you planning to run?
What aero mods did you add to the Pantera?
Fire suppression? ;~)

PM

>From: Mad Dog Antenucci 
>To: PEDRO MARTINI , Donnylee63 at aol.com, 
>JDeRyke at aol.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Stoker kit??
>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 23:39:21 -0800 (PST)
>
>Are you in L.A. this weekend? Go up to Willow Springs and watch Matt and 
>the boyz do battle with Ferrari. Jim Saxton does a great job of putting on 
>one hellva good track event. I'll be down at Dick Drenske's shop in 
>Huntington Beach working on my ride. The new hood with the Gurney flap 
>should be done by next week.
>
> Also go see "The Worlds Fastest Indian" with Anthony Hopkins. Its about 
>an old dude obsessed with being the fastest human alive on a motorcyle. Its 
>really about living out your dreams. I like to bust Donny's chops but he 
>drives his fat boy in traffic in Portland when its raining. Now THAT takes 
>balls! Driving the Pantera at 200 MPH is nothing thats why I am only 
>planning to go 180 during the ORR. Depending on how our road tests go with 
>the new aero mods I may try and pull 200 in the One Mile Shoot-Out!
> Hoping the half Polish guy and the Canadian contingent will show up and 
>sprinkle some mojo on my ride!
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing - Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa
> "Racing is life. . .everything that happens before or after is just 
>waiting."
>PEDRO MARTINI wrote:
> Dawg,
>
>I got the word from Erik today you are registered in the 180 Mph group.
>Without Curt, JB or I there to keep you out of jail or the Green Lantern I
>can only hope the rookies can keep up with you. ;~)
>
>And one last thing.
>
>Remember that the throttle goes in two different directions. You don't need
>to prove anything.
>You're an old dawg but the only dawg we got.
>
>
>PM
>
>
>
> >From: Mad Dog Antenucci
> >To: Donnylee63 at aol.com, JDeRyke at aol.com, detomaso at realbig.com
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Stoker kit??
> >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:56:48 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Brokeback Donny,
> >
> > I agree with you. There's nothing sweeter then turning a Cleveland to 7
> >grand unless its to 8! Still, a stoked and poked Cleveland is a beautiful
> >thing! ;-]
> >
> > Most of these you guys will never spin a tire unless its knocking over
> >their neighbors mailbox at 3am after the bars close.
> >
> > MD
> >Donnylee63 at aol.com wrote:
> > I highly respect the strokers, but I have to also share there is nothing
> >at
> >all wrong either with a good ole 351 Cleveland that is built right. They
> >run
> >mighty fine stroked stock. Mine will spin 7K and make excellent power up
> >there
> >for the cubic inch. It just depends in the characteristic you want. I may
> >be a tad soft on the small end, but not any worse then a stocker....On 
>the
> >big
> >end from 3200 to 7200 the pull is breathtaking and the music belched out 
>is
> >unbeleavable! No side loads, no custom pistons, no headaches a good bore 
>to
> >stroke ratio....... Remember more is not always better....just different 
>in
> >the
> >power band. I am certain this 351 is very close to 500HP at the crank on 
>a
> >single carb as the simulator suggested before it was built....
> >
> >Pistons were setup for a 200 shot of nitrous, and with the new Oregon
> >laws...As it is now I cannot even not row it through third gear without
> >passing the
> >loose your licence law we have now (100MPH)..... Its plenty fast without
> >the
> >laughing gas! With it, I am thinking it would be one hairy E ticket ride!
> >At
> >least until the bottle ran dry...
> >
> >Think about why you want a stroker before you stroke it.... I am thinking
> >why
> >did I want a bottle of nitrous? This 351 passed my expectation without
> >it....Trust me its strong running for a street ride!
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