[TPR] Houston we have a problem
DENNIS ANTENUCCI
teampantera at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 11 14:01:28 PDT 2016
Hi Doc
Yes I have to say this 8-stacker that Mike Trusty built is amazingly reliable never had a problem with (again thanks MIKE) it in 8 years. Ok we changed a fuse and had to replace a Bosch fuel filter but Mike didn't make those..still like MD he is getting blamed.. haha😆
Then mad dawg touched a tool or something a month ago and next thing I knew it was lean on one bank and rich on the other....So what appears to have happened is MD adjusted a TB adjustment instead of the idle adjustment and as JB says
"DONT LET THE DAWG TOUCH THE TOOLS"
So Richard put his "synchro" gadget on each throttle body and within a half hour he had them purring beautifully again....
but checking engine out he found compression readings down which On right side and that is a engine wear issue (8 years) and while I am no brain surgeon I can feel power is down.
But fuel injection perfect😊
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> On Sep 11, 2016, at 6:26 AM, Charles Engles via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Dennis,
>
>
> I am curious about what Richard Clewett found when he evaluated your EFI. I am so dumb, that I think that I understand that short of a computer melt down the software is supposed to be terribly reliable and the failure modes are bad injectors, filters, and fuel pumps. So, it worked well for several years and then what happened-----gremlins???
>
>
> Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
>
> From: DENNIS ANTENUCCI [mailto:teampantera at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 12:06 AM
> To: Bob Radefeld
> Cc: ehpantera; pmenyhart at msn.com; cengles at cox.net; tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> Subject: Re: [TPR] Houston we have a problem
>
> This Richard Clewett guy is amazing.
>
> He has a small house and shop in Manhattan Beach. Former machinist by trade he now has loyal following among Kinsler etc 8-stack fuelers.
>
> Mike Trusty turned me on (thanks again Mike) to him back in 2008 and he was worth the 8 hour round trip.
>
> Charged me a $100 bucks!!
> And handed me some decals to put on cars😆
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 9, 2016, at 4:09 PM, Bob Radefeld via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
>
>
> Good Luck tomorrow Dawgy! Hoping you don't have to resort to Plan "B".........................
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 6:05 PM, ehpantera via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
> Congratulations!!!
>
> We knew you could do it.
>
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Mad Dog Antenucci via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com>
> Date: 9/9/16 5:05 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: cengles at cox.net
> Cc: pmenyhart at msn.com, tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> Subject: Re: [TPR] Houston we have a problem
>
> 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.<~WRD000.jpg>
>
> 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
> >>
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