[TPR] Houston we have a problem

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Fri Sep 9 15:51:37 PDT 2016


PS.  We want photos of the road trip.  ;)

Asa  Jay



Quoting John Bentley via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>:

> Sweet. You can do it. Don't take no for an answer :)
> JB
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 9, 2016, at 2:05 PM, Mad Dog Antenucci via TPR  
>> <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> > Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>> > &  Shelley Marie
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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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