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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
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On 8/26/2012 10:02 AM, Teampantera wrote:
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cite="mid:hq6j8yjqpp13dcx5g3yj50rq.1346000546994@email.android.com"
type="cite">
<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><font size="4">Rowdy</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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:b.hower3400@yahoo.com" target="_blank">b.hower3400@yahoo.com</a>></span>
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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
moz-do-not-send="true"
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target="_blank">asajay@asajay.com</a>></i></b>
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From: Asa Jay Laughton <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com" target="_blank">asajay@asajay.com</a>><br>
Subject: [TPR] ... and it's another Saturday in the
history books.<br>
To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com"
target="_blank">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a><br>
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 11:00 PM
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<div class="h5"><br>
<br>
<div>
<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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On 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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-85-3540/?rtype=10"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-60-1470/?rtype=10"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-66-1510/?rtype=10"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank">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>
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& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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