[TPR] Colorado Mile report

[David]

PS: drew told me I would "ruin" my car changing to a 3.2!  Sure, it needs another 300hp (who doesn't ? ) but its a cruiser now. I am 200-350 from the nearest large cities , comfy cruising is must. 

I am hoping sea level will give me the power to use fifth gear in the mile!

Sent from my handheld gizmo, please forgive my typing!

On Oct 2, 2015, at 11:29 AM, B Hower via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:

David,
Wondering what axle ratio, 4th ratio, and tire diameter do you run to get 145mph – 5000 rpm in 4th ??
 
Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! )

From: Bob Radefeld via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
To: David <adin at frontier.net>; TPR Forum <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> 
Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [TPR] Colorado Mile report

You done good David, especially @ that altitude! :o)) I thought that looked like Quella's car. Thanks.



On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 8:35 AM, David <adin at frontier.net> wrote:
Bob,
Just shy of 145mph – 5000 rpm in 4th!
 
Car in photo is Dennis Quella’s tube frame car with a NASCAR motor.
 
Cheers,
 
From: Bob Radefeld [mailto:bob at radefeld.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 7:32 AM
To: David; TPR Forum
Subject: Re: [TPR] Colorado Mile report
 
David,
 
Looks like it would be a fun event! Whose car is that in the picture? Must have a built engine & higher gearing in the transaxle? BTW, you didn't mention what your car ran? Having lived in Colorado while @ Fort Carson when in the Army I definitely found out how higher altitude effects a cars' performance!! :o(( Thanks for sharing your adventure with us......................
 
Rowdy
 
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 8:04 AM, David via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
Boys and girls:
 
Labor Day weekend found me at the Colorado Mile event east of Denver, hoping to have the fastest Pantera.  Sigh . . .
 
Had a nice chat with Adam Quella and met some other interesting Ford folks – how about a 200mph Ford GT with no turbos?
 
Seems the altitude sucked a lot of power out of the normally aspirated folks?  My friend Carl ( http://www.carsbycarl.com/ ) came by to help me out, with Carl’s encouragement we got an extra 3mph out of the old yellow car.
 
Car shown below ran a 186+, which I believe is the fastest Pantera mile?  Only a couple of mph over Darrell’s best run at Mojave.
 
Rubber side down!
 
 
http://www.teampanteraracing.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6856&g2_serialNumber=2
 
 

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