[TPR] Houston we have a problem
Asa Jay Laughton
asajay at asajay.com
Fri Sep 9 14:13:51 PDT 2016
Well, maybe not the best way to spend your Saturday, but if it gets
the job done, awesome.
T-minus 5 days and counting down.
By the way... when does Mark leave?
Asa Jay
Quoting Mad Dog Antenucci via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>:
> The TPR gods are shining on us today.....think I saw a rainbow
> too...yea its California.Peace Love AND Give Me a hug brother.
> So Richard Clewett who is in LA agreed to fix my problem if it is as
> we believe it is the EFI tune.So loading up tonight and leaving
> O'dark hours in the morning to his shop. Should be there by 9 if I
> leave by 4.
> Richard is the guy who originally tuned the IR-EFI after Mike Trusty
> set it up....For 8 years it has been golden.So hoping to share good
> news tomorrow
> MD
>
> From: Chuck Engles via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
> To: teampantera at yahoo.com
> Cc: pmenyhart at msn.com; tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> Sent: Friday, September 9, 2016 6:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [TPR] Houston we have a problem
>
> Dear Dennis,
>
>
> The Pantera Gods favor these characteristics in their
> followers:
>
> 1) a calm and competent demeanor in the face of adversity
>
> 2) an incredible capability for eleventh hour frenzied wrenching
>
> 3) having a Plan B
>
>
> I think you're covered!
>
>
> Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 8:35 AM, Mad Dog Antenucci via TPR wrote:
>
>> Thanks guys......I still have time.....if we don't have it right by
>> Tuesday going old school again will work.
>>
>> From: Peter Menyhart via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
>> To: team pantera racing <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> Sent: Friday,
>> September 9, 2016 5:37 AM
>> Subject: [TPR] Houston we have a problem
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>> I can bring the Roush Hi rise and Holly,that came off the Dawgs car
>>
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>> check out our website at: www.whitehorseranch.com
>> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 11:55:34 +0000
>> To: asajay at asajay.com; tpr at teampanteraracing.com
>> Subject: Re: [TPR] Houston we have a problem
>> From: tpr at teampanteraracing.com
>>
>> Asa,Bring a carb and I'll bring a strip dominator manifold and we'll
>> get it running better than ever.Mark
>> On Friday, September 9, 2016 12:55 AM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR
>> <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dennis,
>> What are the symptoms of the engine running? What prompted you to
>> have the EFI checked? Does it "feel" bad in some way?
>>
>> Have you talked with Mike Trusty? Has he given any idea what might be
>> a cause of being out of sync?
>> Dick had it tuned pretty sweet, so it could be something benign like a
>> fuel filter or FOD in a fuel log leading to one bank.
>>
>> If all else fails, if Mike can give me a good idea of what to do, we
>> may be able to do it in Ely. Though honestly I -don't- want to be
>> compared to the guy tuning the carbs on his ancient Jaguar a few ago
>> and who (I think) never even started the race.
>>
>> We might need a special tool or two. If so, we have half a snowballs
>> chance of getting what we need prior to flight.
>>
>> Don't give up. We can make this happen. After all, we can't let Paul
>> run and not you. ;)
>>
>> By the way, did you get Paul a waiver from Rookie school?
>>
>> Asa Jay
>>
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>> On 9/8/2016 9:23 PM, DENNIS ANTENUCCI via TPR wrote:
>>> The performance shop I found here in Fresno whose fuel injection
>>> expert had a personal crisis and has went AWOL for a week and half is
>>> still AWOL and the shop where the Pantera was at waiting for this guy
>>> to come back to work just called me to say they have given up on the
>>> guy and fired him...I quess assuming they can find him. They have 2
>>> other pissed off customers who have also been waiting a week plus for
>>> this loser to show up. Bad news for all involved....and I thought
>>> painters were bad. This beats the cake. Yea like you say John, "ya
>>> just can't trust people".
>>>
>>> So tomorrow morning I will call 2-3 other guys recommended to me
>>> tonight who all do IR-EFI Kinsler etc tuning in Sacramento and back
>>> down in LA plus the tuner who did work for MikeT originally who is
>>> also in LA.
>>>
>>> Either way I figure if Mark can drive all the way from the right
>>> coast to get here I can drive where ever it takes to get the FI
>>> tuned. Again issue is TB's are out of sync and one bank is too rich
>>> and the other is lean.
>>>
>>> Quess I gotta count my blessings that this is the only time in 9
>>> years I have even had a FI problem serious enough that I couldn't run
>>> the Pantera.
>>>
>>> So praying to the TPR gods tonight...
>>> Road trip either tomorrow after work or Saturday morning or Monday to
>>> wherever I need to go to get it done
>>>
>>> MD
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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