[TPR] Oh! that hurts.
Mad Dog Antenucci
teampantera at yahoo.com
Mon May 30 10:33:35 PDT 2011
AutoX is work man.....don't you have a job? ;-)
Seriously agree with your suggestion.....anything that helps you as a driver
experience at what points you are bringing the ass end of the Pantera or any car
around and driving with your rear view mirror is a good thing. A man has got to
know his limits ;-)>
No doubt Michael's driving skills in Circle Track competition is worth
listening to carefully.....but on handling my Pantera the best and cheapest
'seat of the pants' improvement to handling was adding Drenske's offset delrin
bushings and getting 3-4 degrees of added caster (5 total) to front end and
going back to a narrow 285 wide tire (aka; less surprises on hard
turns)..........a close second improvement would be loosening up the front end
with a smaller (stock) sway bar and lighter springs and slowing down over dips
on H-318 (aka bending rear quarter panels and blowing out shocks) ;-)
Mad Dawg Antenucci
Team Pantera Racing
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing
www.teampanteraracing.com
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From: David in Durango <adin at frontier.net>
To: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>; tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Sent: Sun, May 29, 2011 7:50:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TPR] Oh! that hurts.
All,
I seem to remember the collective thoughts for order of upgrades was: tires,
shocks/springs/alignment?
I've always liked big sway bars - necessary for autox and don't hurt in other
venues.
Your level of enjoyment should go up as the car gets closer to the magic
"dialed in" setup.
IMO, autox is the hardest to master . . .maybe you are smarter than *ahemcough*
others.
One tip: try to keep it on the black part.
RSD (rubber side down)
----- Original Message -----
>From: Asa Jay Laughton
>To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
>Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 8:20 AM
>Subject: Re: [TPR] Oh! that hurts.
>
>Agreed.
>I have a line on some new shocks, I just need to wait a little longer for the
>budget money. Unfortunately I'm not living a "stimulus plan" kind of life.
>:) Once I have those, I have a local shop who offered to help set up the
>corner weighting and new alignment. Feedback on here has also indicated a 1"
>sway bar both front and rear might benefit me, but those will be farther into
>the future. What I have now works pretty well, even if not optimum.
>
>Asa Jay
>
>
>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired & Shelley Marie Spokane, WA
>****************************** http://www.racingagainstautism.com
>http://www.teampanteraracing.com http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>On 5/29/2011 3:28 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com wrote:
>what I meant was, is that any little thing cause lead to problems that get
>much bigger when you add in all the physics of speed, Momentum, weight
>transfer, etc
>>Just having cold tires didn't put you in the ditch all by themselves.
>>I always get a kick out of watching some well meaning racer try to fix a
>>problem by adjusting ten things at once. to solve an issue. How do you
>>know which thing was the problem if you do it that way? change adjustments
>>one at a time and if what you just did doesn't fix it, put it back where it
>>was and change something else.
>>not remembering if You braked or not is good I think, you were in the
>>moment and I'm sure you did, otherwise the damage would have been worse.
>>sounds like you were trying to save it the whole way, unlike some novice
>>who might have braked hard, been rear ended, stirred up a lot of debris
>>and used stiffened arms to brace themselves for a nice big thud.
>>nothing wrong with trying to drive it of trouble until the bitter end.
>>I personally like a car that is "loose" with maybe 52% rear weight bias,
>>that way you can usually induce a slide with a little extra throttle if you
>>meed too. nothing gives me the willies more than being a passenger when a
>>car is tight or pushes so hard that driver input is meaningless, it like
>>just being along for the ride, except your * gets real tight and eventually
>>your wallet gets real loose.
>>
>>it didn't get real cold often in NC where i grew up, but when we did have
>>ice storms, i used to find big empty parking lots to play on to try and
>>learn car control, that was fun.
>>
>>aside from letting the tires warm up, I'd look into some adjustable shocks
>>and get your weights set up, it will feel like another car.
>>thanks for sharing.
>>michael
>>
>>
>>
>>On May 29, 2011 12:26 AM, "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>>> On 5/28/2011 6:33 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> glad that you and the car faired so well. sounds like min damage
>>>> that could have been much worse.
>>>>
>>>> can we surmise the cause?
>>>>
>>> Yes, it was a loose nut between the steering wheel and the seat.
>>>>
>>>> you drove in nose first, was that by choice?
>>>>
>>> No, however if I had been thinking faster, maybe 10 times faster, I
>>> could have cranked the front to the opposite lock and perhaps swung the
>>> ass end enough to stay on the track.
>>>>
>>>> understeer or "push" involved?
>>>>
>>> probably some trailing throttle oversteer, brought the ass end around on
>
>>> me and I couldn't correct myself back into line.
>>>>
>>>> did your brakes do all that they could?
>>>>
>>> Funny I can't even remember using the brakes until I knew I was going
>>> off the track.
>>>>
>>>> sand on the track?
>>>>
>>> Nope.
>>>>
>>>> cold tires?
>>>>
>>> Most definately.
>>>>
>>>> wrong pressures?
>>>>
>>> No
>>>>
>>>> what size sway bars front and rear?
>>>>
>>> Front = stock (3/4" I think)
>>> Rear = 7/8"
>>>>
>>>> ride height front and rear?
>>>>
>>> That's anybody's guess with my wacked shocks.
>>>>
>>>> have you done your corner weights ( with the car wet and your weight
>>>> in the drivers seat?
>>>>
>>> Nope
>>>>
>>>> what ties at what if any tread depth?
>>>>
>>> Toyo Proxes R888, one season already on them, I'm between a 1/16" and
>>> 1/8" from the wear bars.
>>>>
>>>> every boo-boo is an opportunity to learn, some lessons ( like broken
>>>> rockers sometimes) just cost more than others.
>>>>
>>> This one had to do with getting excited early in the morning on a cold
>>> track. I was -not- the first to spin on the track today. They were
>>> even warning all the drivers to take the first run slow. I thought I
>>> was until I got to that one cone.
>>>>
>>>> I was reading about Senna again today, gone too soon, killed by
>>>> suspension parts directly, but all caused by a broken steering
>>>> column. Every little part counts, they're all ultimately connected to
>>>> each other.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Now you lost me.
>>> Asa Jay
>>>>
>>>> Michael Shortt
>>>>
>>>> On May 28, 2011 8:48 PM, "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com
>>>> <mailto:asajay at asajay.com>> wrote:
>>>> > Autocross today at Spokane County Raceway, not the usual course at
>>>>Deer
>>>> > Park airport. They've just finished re-routing the road course and
>our
>>>> > local autocross club managed to get a big chunk of it today for us
to
>>>> > try out our driver skills. This makes for a faster course as all the
>>>> > autocross elements are laid out in-line with the road coarse.
>>>> >
>>>> > This can also be deceptive, challenging and dangerous if you're not
>>>> > paying attention. Such unlucky fortune found it my way today.
>>>> >
>>>> > First run of the day, cold track, cold tires. Didn't take it easy
>>>> > enough. Ran OFF track and nosed my Pantera into a ditch when I
failed
>>>> > to negotiate a slalom. The previously dented front valance now is
>>>> > dented severely to include new creases. Well, I -was- going to
>>>>replace
>>>> > that anyway. And as further luck would have it, as I inspected and
>>>> > hammered it out just a tad, I found where that funny warm coolant
>odor
>>>> > was coming from. <sigh> Looks like the Fluidyne radiator is weeping
>>>> > just a tad on the drivers side from some tube (I haven't found
>exactly
>>>> > where yet). Not enough to leave drops on the garage floor yet,
>>but
>>>> > we'll need to get that fixed.
>>>> >
>>>> > Second and third runs went much better and by the end of the day we
>>>> were
>>>> > spanking the course pretty darn hard.
>>>> >
>>>> > Sooo....
>>>> >
>>>> > - Glad I've not started a restoration project yet
>>>> > - She's still pulling hard and driving fine (though the driver needs
>a
>>>> > bit more experience)
>>>> > - Having fun despite the tiny setbacks.
>>>> >
>>>> > :)
>>>> > Asa Jay
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>>>> > & Shelley Marie
>>>> > Spokane, WA
>>>> > ******************************
>>>> > http://www.racingagainstautism.com
>>>> > http://www.teampanteraracing.com
>>>> > http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
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