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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia>Hide you daughters, warn your sisters, and lock up the
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<A title=asajay@asajay.com href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com">Asa Jay
Laughton</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 26, 2012 1:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [TPR] Cherry Poppin'
Daddies</DIV>
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& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism">http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism</A></PRE><BR>On
8/26/2012 10:02 AM, Teampantera wrote:
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<P>Keep us out of trouble?<BR>TIGGGA PLEEEEAZE....we're gonnabe popping his
cherry</P>
<P>bob Radefeld <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:bob@radefeld.com"><bob@radefeld.com></A> wrote:</P>
<P>>Way to go Asa, you're really cook'in with gas now!! BTW, I did Jack's
two<BR>>piece conversion on my car a few years back & yea, it was a
PIA project! If<BR>>you run into any problems with mounting the bubble
back on to the engine<BR>>cover feel free to e-mail or give me a shout
& I'll try & help if I can. In<BR>>the meanwhile, keep plugging
away so you can be @ SSCC to keep Dawgy &<BR>>the boys out of
trouble!! :o))<BR>><BR>>Rowdy<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>On Sat,
Aug 25, 2012 at 11:06 PM, B Hower <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:b.hower3400@yahoo.com"><b.hower3400@yahoo.com></A>
wrote:<BR>><BR>>> Glad to here it is going well -------
I know you put in lots of effort<BR>>> and
hours.<BR>>><BR>>> Bud #3400<BR>>><BR>>> --- On
*Sat, 8/25/12, Asa Jay Laughton <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com"><asajay@asajay.com></A>*
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> From: Asa Jay Laughton <A
class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com"><asajay@asajay.com></A><BR>>>
Subject: [TPR] ... and it's another Saturday in the history
books.<BR>>> To: <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</A><BR>>>
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 11:00
PM<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Today, I took the plunge of
hacking up my perfectly good (well not<BR>>> -perfectly- good, but you
get the idea) firewall cover. Using the<BR>>> instructions
provided by Jack DeRyke in the POCA newsletter, January 2006<BR>>>
edition, I cut the bubble out of my firewall cover.
<gasp><BR>>><BR>>> Well, I -had- planned on keeping it in
one piece for posterity, but being<BR>>> a bit cheap these days
decided to go ahead and try for a two-piece. If I<BR>>> ever
want to have a one piece again... I'll buy one
later.<BR>>><BR>>> It was -not- as easy as Jack made it out to
be. In my case, I had to<BR>>> remove the entire surround trim
that goes up one side, across the top and<BR>>> down the other
side. There was no way for me to remove the vinyl at the<BR>>>
top of the bubble without doing so. -That- is a pain in the ass
job.<BR>>><BR>>> Once I got that off, the rest went pretty
easy. I hope I got it cut in<BR>>> the right place, because it's
a done deal now. I've not tried it in the<BR>>> car yet; it's
after quitting time for today. I got the trim back on the<BR>>>
main panel and tried to glue the vinyl wrapped on the backside.
Tomorrow<BR>>> I'll wrap and glue the bubble, then try it all out for
size.<BR>>><BR>>> I also drilled the shoulder bolt holes in the
rear hoop of my cage.<BR>>> I also picked up a 10" air cleaner from
Napa, cheap, and will run it until<BR>>> I can get the proper
sized/shaped one from K&N. Oh, and with that, Shelley<BR>>>
and I put the deck lid on too.<BR>>><BR>>> Monday, I start
driving it to work daily to get the engine broken
in.<BR>>><BR>>> Asa Jay<BR>>><BR>>> Asa Jay
Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired<BR>>> & Shelley Marie<BR>>>
Spokane, WA<BR>>>
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On 8/24/2012 9:04 PM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>
Shelley, Sam and I just got back from a three day vacation in the
woods<BR>>> near the south end of Lake Coeur d' Alene, at Heyburn
State Park. A small<BR>>> 12'x12' cabin, one room, bunk
beds. Out door flushless toilet (read that<BR>>> as *Outhouse*),
no showers, but luckily a standpipe with cool clear fresh<BR>>>
water.<BR>>><BR>>> It's all good, we've had our showers now that
we're home. :)<BR>>><BR>>> Back to the
Pantera.<BR>>> It suddenly hit me sometime yesterday. I can't
put my deck lid on,<BR>>> because the air cleaner is now too
high. It's not a matter of wanting to<BR>>> put the engine
screen on, no... it's a matter of the 14" air filter sticks<BR>>> out
past the deck lid line by about an inch and a half. When I had
the<BR>>> stock manifold on it was no problem, the air filter fit
tight -under- the<BR>>> decklid. Now with the aluminum
dual-plane FPP-4145 plus a half-inch<BR>>> spacer, the whole thing is
too tall by about an inch.<BR>>><BR>>>
DRAT!<BR>>><BR>>> It's always something isn't it?
heheheh<BR>>> Three options come readily to mind. (not to
mention the dogbone air<BR>>> cleaner which I honestly just don't like
the looks of).<BR>>> Option 1, offset base plate for the air filter,
also the least expensive,<BR>>> and possibly can be sourced
locally:<BR>>> <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-85-3540/?rtype=10">http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-85-3540/?rtype=10</A><BR>>><BR>>>
Option 2, Triangular K&N filter assembly, 14" diameter but we all know
how<BR>>> the geometry of a triangle works, right? We'd simply
point this toward the<BR>>> window, leaving the flat edge parallel to
and a half inch or so from the<BR>>> leading edge of the deck
lid:<BR>>> <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-60-1470/?rtype=10">http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-60-1470/?rtype=10</A><BR>>><BR>>>
Option 3, an oval air cleaner, mount it sideways, valve cover to
valve<BR>>> cover. I don't know this option has as much CFM
capacity though:<BR>>> <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-66-1510/?rtype=10">http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-66-1510/?rtype=10</A><BR>>><BR>>>
I'll be calling around Spokane tomorrow to see if I can source the
offset<BR>>> base; cheapest and easiest. Then, I'll begin work
on turning my one-piece<BR>>> firewall cover into a two-piece firewall
cover. I have no reason to<BR>>> believe that won't go well, so
then the next item will be to get the roll<BR>>> cage rear hoop in
place, drill the holes for the shoulder bolts (the stock<BR>>> attach
point) and maybe bolt it in place. I say maybe because if I can
get<BR>>> a friend to help fix the drivers side hoop connection holes,
maybe I'll<BR>>> take it all in for powder coating and install the
whole thing. I also need<BR>>> to look at sourcing some roll bar
padding. I guess I better start looking<BR>>> that up now.
:)<BR>>><BR>>> I think vacation is over.<BR>>> Asa
Jay<BR>>><BR>>> --<BR>>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR,
Retired<BR>>> & Shelley Marie<BR>>> Spokane, WA<BR>>>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Way to go Asa, you're really cook'in with gas now!! BTW, I
did Jack's two piece conversion on my car a few years back & yea, it was
a PIA project! If you run into any problems with mounting the bubble back on
to the engine cover feel free to e-mail or give me a shout & I'll try
& help if I can. In the meanwhile, keep plugging away so you can be @
SSCC to keep Dawgy & the boys out of trouble!! :o))</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:06 PM, B Hower <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:b.hower3400@yahoo.com" target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">b.hower3400@yahoo.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>Glad to here it is going well ------- I know you put in lots of
effort and hours.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bud #3400<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 8/25/12, Asa Jay Laughton
<I><<A href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com" target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">asajay@asajay.com</A>></I></B>
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Asa Jay Laughton <<A href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com"
target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">asajay@asajay.com</A>><BR>Subject: [TPR]
... and it's another Saturday in the history books.<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com" target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</A><BR>Date:
Saturday, August 25, 2012, 11:00 PM
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<DIV>Today, I took the plunge of hacking up my perfectly good
(well not -perfectly- good, but you get the idea) firewall
cover. Using the instructions provided by Jack DeRyke in the
POCA newsletter, January 2006 edition, I cut the bubble out of my
firewall cover. <gasp><BR><BR>Well, I -had- planned on
keeping it in one piece for posterity, but being a bit cheap these
days decided to go ahead and try for a two-piece. If I ever
want to have a one piece again... I'll buy one later.<BR><BR>It
was -not- as easy as Jack made it out to be. In my case, I
had to remove the entire surround trim that goes up one side,
across the top and down the other side. There was no way for
me to remove the vinyl at the top of the bubble without doing
so. -That- is a pain in the ass job.<BR><BR>Once I got that
off, the rest went pretty easy. I hope I got it cut in the
right place, because it's a done deal now. I've not tried it
in the car yet; it's after quitting time for today. I got
the trim back on the main panel and tried to glue the vinyl
wrapped on the backside. Tomorrow I'll wrap and glue the
bubble, then try it all out for size.<BR><BR>I also drilled the
shoulder bolt holes in the rear hoop of my cage.<BR>I also picked
up a 10" air cleaner from Napa, cheap, and will run it until I can
get the proper sized/shaped one from K&N. Oh, and with
that, Shelley and I put the deck lid on too.<BR><BR>Monday, I
start driving it to work daily to get the engine broken
in.<BR><BR>Asa Jay<BR><PRE>Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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8/24/2012 9:04 PM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Shelley, Sam and I just got back from a
three day vacation in the woods near the south end of Lake Coeur
d' Alene, at Heyburn State Park. A small 12'x12' cabin,
one room, bunk beds. Out door flushless toilet (read that
as <U><I>Outhouse</I></U>), no showers, but luckily a standpipe
with cool clear fresh water.<BR><BR>It's all good, we've had our
showers now that we're home. :)<BR><BR>Back to the
Pantera.<BR>It suddenly hit me sometime yesterday. I can't
put my deck lid on, because the air cleaner is now too
high. It's not a matter of wanting to put the engine
screen on, no... it's a matter of the 14" air filter sticks out
past the deck lid line by about an inch and a half. When I
had the stock manifold on it was no problem, the air filter fit
tight -under- the decklid. Now with the aluminum
dual-plane FPP-4145 plus a half-inch spacer, the whole thing is
too tall by about an inch.<BR><BR>DRAT!<BR><BR>It's always
something isn't it? heheheh<BR>Three options come readily
to mind. (not to mention the dogbone air cleaner which I
honestly just don't like the looks of).<BR>Option 1, offset base
plate for the air filter, also the least expensive, and possibly
can be sourced locally:<BR><A
href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-85-3540/?rtype=10"
rel=nofollow target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-85-3540/?rtype=10</A><BR><BR>Option
2, Triangular K&N filter assembly, 14" diameter but we all
know how the geometry of a triangle works, right? We'd
simply point this toward the window, leaving the flat edge
parallel to and a half inch or so from the leading edge of the
deck lid:<BR><A
href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-60-1470/?rtype=10"
rel=nofollow target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-60-1470/?rtype=10</A><BR><BR>Option
3, an oval air cleaner, mount it sideways, valve cover to valve
cover. I don't know this option has as much CFM capacity
though:<BR><A
href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-66-1510/?rtype=10"
rel=nofollow target=_blank
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-66-1510/?rtype=10</A><BR><BR>I'll
be calling around Spokane tomorrow to see if I can source the
offset base; cheapest and easiest. Then, I'll begin work
on turning my one-piece firewall cover into a two-piece firewall
cover. I have no reason to believe that won't go well, so
then the next item will be to get the roll cage rear hoop in
place, drill the holes for the shoulder bolts (the stock attach
point) and maybe bolt it in place. I say maybe because if
I can get a friend to help fix the drivers side hoop connection
holes, maybe I'll take it all in for powder coating and install
the whole thing. I also need to look at sourcing some roll
bar padding. I guess I better start looking that up
now. :)<BR><BR>I think vacation is over.<BR>Asa Jay<BR><PRE>--
Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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