[TPR] KATCH IS ON BOARD RE: can you do the alphabet backwards if asked?
Teampantera
teampantera at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 27 15:01:22 PDT 2015
Your awsome
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> On Jul 27, 2015, at 2:56 PM, mark skwarek via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
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> I still have his decal on since Sept. SSCC. He is getting a lot of mileage with it.
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> Mark
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> On Monday, July 27, 2015 4:21 PM, teampantera via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
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> Asa & TeamS,
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> I just had lunch with Paul Katchadorian who is president of Katch Environmental and he is again offering his sponsorship for us this year.
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> Okay, I may have offered more then Laurie is willing to do here for the team (as in take onen for the team).. but I said she will either be in her Pantera or mine...sorry Laurie but now we are all on the hook! I will be there for protection☺
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> Paul also wants to tow your Pantera Laurie and will make sure you ride shotgun in his tow truck. Alao asked if you could cook Armenian and I said,
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> "Of course she can...she cooks everything and JB has kitchen in the TPR Party Bus.
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> He asked about JB and Peter and of course I lied and said they were also coming...just didn't say what they were driving. 😅
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> Right now ROWDY I need to know how many KATCH ENVIRONMENTAL decals for SORC are needed as thst is coming up quick!
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> Paul's Graphics supplier will send decals direct to you ROWDY.
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> Good Times
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> Mad Dawg
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> Ps you can all thank me later
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: laurieferrari at aol.com
> Date:07/27/2015 11:36 AM (GMT-08:00)
> To: teampantera at yahoo.com, asajay at asajay.com, tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> Subject: can you do the alphabet backwards if asked?
>
> http://biggeekdad.com/2013/06/best-dui-stop-ever/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mad Dog Antenucci via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
> To: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>; tpr <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 26, 2015 2:21 pm
> Subject: Re: [TPR] Ferrari Steering Rack Comparison
>
> okay so share your or Marks view on comparing the stock POS rack with this new Ferrari rack
> And no jokes about Lauri Ferrari either.
>
> From: Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
> To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [TPR] Ferrari Steering Rack Comparison
>
> Ah contrair mon frair,
> What we are doing is taking a Ferrari rack and -modifying- it, so it is
> -better- than a Ferrari rack, thereby making it (nearly) a stock
> DeTomaso Pantera rack.
>
> Don't make me make Bullet hurt you.
> Asa Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
> ******************************
> http://www.racingagainstautism.com
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
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>
> On 7/25/2015 11:32 PM, TeamPantera via TPR wrote:
> > A Ferrari rack?
> > Are you kidding....your not stock anymore...and Mark got one too?
> >
> > Not even stock now huh..what CHEATERS ;-)
> >
> > Asa Jay Laughton via TPR< tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My apologies, some of you will get this twice (once as POCA and once as TPR)
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >> Since I've not seen another real comparison yet, I figured I'd pop in
> >> here. Attached are all the photos that accompany this comparison.
> >>
> >> I recently needed a steering rack to do a comparison with the one
> >> installed in my Pantera. This was because a friend drove the car and
> >> said he felt the rack was dangerous and should be fixed or replaced.
> >> The easiest thing to do was to make a comparison.
> >>
> >> Peter (The German) Menyhart of The Whitehorse Ranch, fellow Pantera
> >> owner and racer, just happened to have one of the ebay Ferrari steering
> >> racks everyone has been talking about. He graciously shipped it to me
> >> so I could do my comparison. Peter is in the midst of a restoration
> >> project and is able to part with it for a while.
> >>
> >> The rack is very well packaged in an oversize box. It does not come
> >> with tie-rod ends installed. The boots are a big larger than stock
> >> DeTomaso, and they are clamped on with those funny one-time use on the
> >> large end and a friction/spring on the small end.
> >>
> >> The movement of the rack feels rather stiff, not as hard as the one out
> >> of my car but still not quite "like butter." However, you'll note from
> >> the photos the tension can be adjusted without the use of shims. I will
> >> work with that later. So far, one plus for this rack.
> >>
> >> I took measurements of the tube diameter in the mounting bracket areas.
> >> The two tubes are within .005" at each location. The overall length is
> >> the same as my Pantera rack. The big difference, as has been mentioned,
> >> is in the drivers side bracket area which contains raised ribs for
> >> either side of the bracket.
> >>
> >> Now, here is where I discovered something interesting. I was having a
> >> very difficult time getting a good reading with my inside calipers of
> >> that area. The bracket was easy to measure at 0.624" outside dimension
> >> but the space on both racks measured at about 0.555" in width and that
> >> didn't make sense.
> >>
> >> Well, I had to put my grandpa glassed on, but found the reason. Nearly
> >> the entire ridge on the Pantera rack has a shoulder on it, that goes
> > >from about 0.055" at the bottom against the tube, to just under 0.624"
> >> at the outermost edge. Looking at the photos of the bracket you'll note
> >> it too has a bevel cut into the semi-circle. In my case the brackets
> >> still don't fit quite flush to the Pantera rack.
> >>
> >> The brackets -don't- fit the Ferrari rack at all. You'll note from the
> >> close-up of that rack, there really isn't any bevel to it at all; it's
> >> nearly 0.555" from tube to outer edge. In order to get this to the
> >> 0.624" it needs to be to accept the brackets, I'll need to machine about
> >> .070" split more or less equally on both sides of the channel.
> >>
> >> The last thing to note is that the tie-rods are a bit beefier. However,
> >> they -are- cut with the same diameter and thread as the Pantera rack.
> >> In the photo of the tie-rod ends, you see the Pantera rack with the lock
> >> nut on the tie-rod end, and a used/spare/old Pantera tie rod threaded
> >> onto the Ferrari rack.
> >>
> >> So there you have it. The rack is nearly identical with the exception
> >> of beefier tie-rods (good thing), adjustable tension adjust (good
> >> thing), and narrow mounting bracket channel (bad thing but workable).
> >>
> >> Mark Skwarek recently did one of these for his Pantera as well and used
> >> an end mill with the rack mounted in a vise, cutting a path, turning the
> >> rack and cutting again until he got all the way around. That's probably
> >> what I'll do as well.
> >>
> >> The best thing would be to completely disassemble the rack and chuck it
> >> up on a lathe, but I really don't want to take it apart; after all, it's
> >> not really my rack. :)
> >>
> >> There, any questions?
> >> Asa Jay
> >>
> >> --
> >> Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> >> & Shelley Marie
> >> Spokane, WA
> >> ******************************
> >> http://www.racingagainstautism.com
> >> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
> >> http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
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