[TPR] Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Asa Jay Laughton
asajay at asajay.com
Sun Aug 26 12:41:42 PDT 2012
Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
******************************
http://www.racingagainstautism.com
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On 8/26/2012 10:02 AM, Teampantera wrote:
>
> Keep us out of trouble?
> TIGGGA PLEEEEAZE....we're gonnabe popping his cherry
>
> bob Radefeld <bob at radefeld.com> wrote:
>
> >Way to go Asa, you're really cook'in with gas now!! BTW, I did Jack's two
> >piece conversion on my car a few years back & yea, it was a PIA
> project! If
> >you run into any problems with mounting the bubble back on to the engine
> >cover feel free to e-mail or give me a shout & I'll try & help if I
> can. In
> >the meanwhile, keep plugging away so you can be @ SSCC to keep Dawgy &
> >the boys out of trouble!! :o))
> >
> >Rowdy
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:06 PM, B Hower <b.hower3400 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Glad to here it is going well ------- I know you put in lots of
> effort
> >> and hours.
> >>
> >> Bud #3400
> >>
> >> --- On *Sat, 8/25/12, Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>* wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
> >> Subject: [TPR] ... and it's another Saturday in the history books.
> >> To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> >> Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 11:00 PM
> >>
> >>
> >> Today, I took the plunge of hacking up my perfectly good (well not
> >> -perfectly- good, but you get the idea) firewall cover. Using the
> >> instructions provided by Jack DeRyke in the POCA newsletter,
> January 2006
> >> edition, I cut the bubble out of my firewall cover. <gasp>
> >>
> >> Well, I -had- planned on keeping it in one piece for posterity, but
> being
> >> a bit cheap these days decided to go ahead and try for a
> two-piece. If I
> >> ever want to have a one piece again... I'll buy one later.
> >>
> >> It was -not- as easy as Jack made it out to be. In my case, I had to
> >> remove the entire surround trim that goes up one side, across the
> top and
> >> down the other side. There was no way for me to remove the vinyl
> at the
> >> top of the bubble without doing so. -That- is a pain in the ass job.
> >>
> >> Once I got that off, the rest went pretty easy. I hope I got it cut in
> >> the right place, because it's a done deal now. I've not tried it
> in the
> >> car yet; it's after quitting time for today. I got the trim back
> on the
> >> main panel and tried to glue the vinyl wrapped on the backside.
> Tomorrow
> >> I'll wrap and glue the bubble, then try it all out for size.
> >>
> >> I also drilled the shoulder bolt holes in the rear hoop of my cage.
> >> I also picked up a 10" air cleaner from Napa, cheap, and will run
> it until
> >> I can get the proper sized/shaped one from K&N. Oh, and with that,
> Shelley
> >> and I put the deck lid on too.
> >>
> >> Monday, I start driving it to work daily to get the engine broken in.
> >>
> >> Asa Jay
> >>
> >> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> >> & Shelley Marie
> >> Spokane, WA
> >> ******************************
> http://www.racingagainstautism.comhttp://www.teampanteraracing.comhttp://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/24/2012 9:04 PM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
> >>
> >> Shelley, Sam and I just got back from a three day vacation in the woods
> >> near the south end of Lake Coeur d' Alene, at Heyburn State Park.
> A small
> >> 12'x12' cabin, one room, bunk beds. Out door flushless toilet
> (read that
> >> as *Outhouse*), no showers, but luckily a standpipe with cool clear
> fresh
> >> water.
> >>
> >> It's all good, we've had our showers now that we're home. :)
> >>
> >> Back to the Pantera.
> >> It suddenly hit me sometime yesterday. I can't put my deck lid on,
> >> because the air cleaner is now too high. It's not a matter of
> wanting to
> >> put the engine screen on, no... it's a matter of the 14" air filter
> sticks
> >> out past the deck lid line by about an inch and a half. When I had the
> >> stock manifold on it was no problem, the air filter fit tight
> -under- the
> >> decklid. Now with the aluminum dual-plane FPP-4145 plus a half-inch
> >> spacer, the whole thing is too tall by about an inch.
> >>
> >> DRAT!
> >>
> >> It's always something isn't it? heheheh
> >> Three options come readily to mind. (not to mention the dogbone air
> >> cleaner which I honestly just don't like the looks of).
> >> Option 1, offset base plate for the air filter, also the least
> expensive,
> >> and possibly can be sourced locally:
> >> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-85-3540/?rtype=10
> >>
> >> Option 2, Triangular K&N filter assembly, 14" diameter but we all
> know how
> >> the geometry of a triangle works, right? We'd simply point this
> toward the
> >> window, leaving the flat edge parallel to and a half inch or so
> from the
> >> leading edge of the deck lid:
> >> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-60-1470/?rtype=10
> >>
> >> Option 3, an oval air cleaner, mount it sideways, valve cover to valve
> >> cover. I don't know this option has as much CFM capacity though:
> >> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-66-1510/?rtype=10
> >>
> >> I'll be calling around Spokane tomorrow to see if I can source the
> offset
> >> base; cheapest and easiest. Then, I'll begin work on turning my
> one-piece
> >> firewall cover into a two-piece firewall cover. I have no reason to
> >> believe that won't go well, so then the next item will be to get
> the roll
> >> cage rear hoop in place, drill the holes for the shoulder bolts
> (the stock
> >> attach point) and maybe bolt it in place. I say maybe because if I
> can get
> >> a friend to help fix the drivers side hoop connection holes, maybe I'll
> >> take it all in for powder coating and install the whole thing. I
> also need
> >> to look at sourcing some roll bar padding. I guess I better start
> looking
> >> that up now. :)
> >>
> >> I think vacation is over.
> >> Asa Jay
> >>
> >> --
> >> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> >> & Shelley Marie
> >> Spokane, WA
> >> ******************************
> http://www.racingagainstautism.comhttp://www.teampanteraracing.comhttp://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
> >>
> >>
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> Way to go Asa, you're really cook'in with gas now!! BTW, I did Jack's
> two piece conversion on my car a few years back & yea, it was a PIA
> project! If you run into any problems with mounting the bubble back on
> to the engine cover feel free to e-mail or give me a shout & I'll try
> & help if I can. In the meanwhile, keep plugging away so you can be @
> SSCC to keep Dawgy & the boys out of trouble!! :o))
> Rowdy
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:06 PM, B Hower <b.hower3400 at yahoo.com
> <mailto:b.hower3400 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> Glad to here it is going well ------- I know you put in lots of
> effort and hours.
> Bud #3400
>
> --- On *Sat, 8/25/12, Asa Jay Laughton /<asajay at asajay.com
> <mailto:asajay at asajay.com>>/* wrote:
>
>
> From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com
> <mailto:asajay at asajay.com>>
> Subject: [TPR] ... and it's another Saturday in the history books.
> To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com <mailto:tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
> Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 11:00 PM
>
>
> Today, I took the plunge of hacking up my perfectly good (well
> not -perfectly- good, but you get the idea) firewall cover.
> Using the instructions provided by Jack DeRyke in the POCA
> newsletter, January 2006 edition, I cut the bubble out of my
> firewall cover. <gasp>
>
> Well, I -had- planned on keeping it in one piece for
> posterity, but being a bit cheap these days decided to go
> ahead and try for a two-piece. If I ever want to have a one
> piece again... I'll buy one later.
>
> It was -not- as easy as Jack made it out to be. In my case, I
> had to remove the entire surround trim that goes up one side,
> across the top and down the other side. There was no way for
> me to remove the vinyl at the top of the bubble without doing
> so. -That- is a pain in the ass job.
>
> Once I got that off, the rest went pretty easy. I hope I got
> it cut in the right place, because it's a done deal now. I've
> not tried it in the car yet; it's after quitting time for
> today. I got the trim back on the main panel and tried to
> glue the vinyl wrapped on the backside. Tomorrow I'll wrap
> and glue the bubble, then try it all out for size.
>
> I also drilled the shoulder bolt holes in the rear hoop of my
> cage.
> I also picked up a 10" air cleaner from Napa, cheap, and will
> run it until I can get the proper sized/shaped one from K&N.
> Oh, and with that, Shelley and I put the deck lid on too.
>
> Monday, I start driving it to work daily to get the engine
> broken in.
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
> ******************************
> http://www.racingagainstautism.com <http://www.racingagainstautism.com/>
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com <http://www.teampanteraracing.com/>
> http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>
>
> On 8/24/2012 9:04 PM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
>> Shelley, Sam and I just got back from a three day vacation in
>> the woods near the south end of Lake Coeur d' Alene, at
>> Heyburn State Park. A small 12'x12' cabin, one room, bunk
>> beds. Out door flushless toilet (read that as _/Outhouse/_),
>> no showers, but luckily a standpipe with cool clear fresh water.
>>
>> It's all good, we've had our showers now that we're home. :)
>>
>> Back to the Pantera.
>> It suddenly hit me sometime yesterday. I can't put my deck
>> lid on, because the air cleaner is now too high. It's not a
>> matter of wanting to put the engine screen on, no... it's a
>> matter of the 14" air filter sticks out past the deck lid
>> line by about an inch and a half. When I had the stock
>> manifold on it was no problem, the air filter fit tight
>> -under- the decklid. Now with the aluminum dual-plane
>> FPP-4145 plus a half-inch spacer, the whole thing is too tall
>> by about an inch.
>>
>> DRAT!
>>
>> It's always something isn't it? heheheh
>> Three options come readily to mind. (not to mention the
>> dogbone air cleaner which I honestly just don't like the
>> looks of).
>> Option 1, offset base plate for the air filter, also the
>> least expensive, and possibly can be sourced locally:
>> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-85-3540/?rtype=10
>>
>> Option 2, Triangular K&N filter assembly, 14" diameter but we
>> all know how the geometry of a triangle works, right? We'd
>> simply point this toward the window, leaving the flat edge
>> parallel to and a half inch or so from the leading edge of
>> the deck lid:
>> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-60-1470/?rtype=10
>>
>> Option 3, an oval air cleaner, mount it sideways, valve cover
>> to valve cover. I don't know this option has as much CFM
>> capacity though:
>> http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-66-1510/?rtype=10
>>
>> I'll be calling around Spokane tomorrow to see if I can
>> source the offset base; cheapest and easiest. Then, I'll
>> begin work on turning my one-piece firewall cover into a
>> two-piece firewall cover. I have no reason to believe that
>> won't go well, so then the next item will be to get the roll
>> cage rear hoop in place, drill the holes for the shoulder
>> bolts (the stock attach point) and maybe bolt it in place. I
>> say maybe because if I can get a friend to help fix the
>> drivers side hoop connection holes, maybe I'll take it all in
>> for powder coating and install the whole thing. I also need
>> to look at sourcing some roll bar padding. I guess I better
>> start looking that up now. :)
>>
>> I think vacation is over.
>> Asa Jay
>> --
>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>> & Shelley Marie
>> Spokane, WA
>> ******************************
>> http://www.racingagainstautism.com <http://www.racingagainstautism.com/>
>> http://www.teampanteraracing.com <http://www.teampanteraracing.com/>
>> http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>>
>>
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