[TPR] Maddog's Pantera

[DENNIS ANTENUCCI]

Both Mike Cook, Junior Wilson and Bobby Byers all made similar mods to bottom of the car...I added two different side skirts....1st heavy industrial belt rubber (too much deflection) and forget the material we used next but it a semi hard plastic and that seemed to help some...the biggest improvements came from "front-end mods (cow catcher) and opening up the hood with the decklid that Mark now has...all to decrease lift... felt some seat of the pants improvements but the most improvement just came from modified Feont A arms for more caster...that was huge improvement.

Also race decals on the sides of the pantera😉

MD

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> On Aug 27, 2017, at 6:55 AM, Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
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> Dear Dennis,
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>                So……no mention of sealing the rear of the Pantera under the engine bay?  …..or  was that included in the Diffuser technique??
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>                                  Curious,  Chuck Engles
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> From: DENNIS ANTENUCCI [mailto:TEAMPANTERA at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2017 12:16 AM
> To: mark skwarek
> Cc: Charles Engles; tpr at teampanteraracing.com
> Subject: Re: [TPR] Maddog's Pantera
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> Mike Drew introduced me to Brock Yates many years ago who had many suggestions on how to improve aerodynamics on the Pantera to get to that elusive 200 MPH.
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> Yes adding the diffuser was one of Brock's suggestions and the other was a rear spoiler running straight off the back of the deck lid 12-18"
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> Running 140-175 speeds on a 2-lane road is so f'ing insane. I honestly was afraid to do anything that would make it seem easier to go faster.
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> MD
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> On Aug 26, 2017, at 6:48 PM, mark skwarek via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
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> Chuck,
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> I've smoothed the bottom somewhat. It's a start. Will let you know how things perform.
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> Mark
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> On ‎Saturday‎, ‎August‎ ‎26‎, ‎2017‎ ‎09‎:‎42‎:‎39‎ ‎PM, Charles Engles via TPR <tpr at teampanteraracing.com> wrote:
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>                 I just read Bob Riley’s biographical book:   The Art of Race Car Design.     I highly recommend it.   Among other things, he would often improve the downforce on various racing cars with the simple expedient of a flat piece of sheet metal that sealed and smoothed the airflow beneath the car.  (He also created much more effective and complicated under body shapes that improve downforce). 
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>                Back in your salad days with the Brazilian Bikini Team and various ORR wins in the high speed classes, I recall that you did have some aero mods on your Pantera.   Did you have the underside sealed and smoothed?  
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