<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><div></div><div>Armchair Mechanics? Oh You must be talking about the DeTomaso List. ;-]></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks Russ but I am not on the DeTomaso List. I will share with the TPR group and hopefully someone will forward it to Dan and the List.<br> </div><div><strong><font color="#0000ff"><em>Mad Dawg Antenucci <br></em></font><font color="#ff0000">Team Pantera Racing</font></strong> </div> <div><em><strong>The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing <br></strong></em><font color="#0000ff"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.teampanteraracing.com">www.teampanteraracing.com</a></font></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times,
serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> russell fulp <musclebyrussell@hotmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Dennis Antenucci <teampantera@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sun, May 22, 2011 3:06:41 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Dan Courteny (oil smoke from breathers)<br></font><br>
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Hi Dennis:<br>
Could you please inform all of the armchair mechanics that if they don't know what they are talking about to please not stir the pot with their solutions. I will chime in and tell you that if the shop that assembled Dan's engine used (LOW TENSION OIL RINGS) it is highly possible for it to smoke out of the breathers at idle. That type of ring should never be used on the street. It should have standard tension rings in it. The reason they use that kind of ring is less friction on the cylinder wall for quick revs and it seals when the RPM is at 3500 or above resulting in more power.(AT LEAST THATS WHAT IT SAYS IN SMALL PRINT) Smile ! <br><br> <br><font size="5" face="Lucida Handwriting, Cursive"><em>Russ</em></font> <br><em><font face="Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif"><font size="3"><strong>B.L. Machine & </strong><strong>Russ Fulp Racing Engines</strong></font></font></em><br><font size="1">1100 E. Orangefair
Lane</font><br><font size="1">Unit E</font><br><font size="1">Anaheim, CA 92801</font><br>714-870-8570<br> <br><strong></strong> <br><br><br><br>
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