<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Peter welcome back! Haha</div><div>Thank you for your help...joe you can join us in September</div><div>And Asa let me know how I can help. I have allot of stuff like all most new Ceterforce Clutch...too long a list to list but let me know off line brother<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 18, 2015, at 5:45 PM, Asa Jay Laughton <<a href="mailto:asajay@asajay.com">asajay@asajay.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Peter,<br>
I spoke to Mark Skwarek who put one of those racks in his car
recently. He machined the groove about 0.050" until the brackets
fit. He says so far it works great.<br>
<br>
If you are willing to temporarily part with yours, I'll take it.
I'll do the machine work on the groove and then you won't have to
when you get it back. I can help pay for shipping as well, or get
Mad Dog to pay for it. :)<br>
<br>
UPS, FedEx or other ground carrier:<br>
<br>
Team Pantera Racing<br>
c/o Asa Jay Laughton<br>
612 N. Rambo Rd. Box 1204<br>
Medical Lake, WA 99022<br>
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I owe you, even if it turns out not to work, but I think it will. :)<br>
Asa Jay<br>
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On 7/18/2015 3:23 PM, Peter Menyhart wrote:
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<div dir="ltr"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3" color="#000000">AJ,<br>
thanks for putting me on this list(I thought since I raced
with TPR since 1999 I would be on??)<br>
Rack-----I bought one of those "Ferrari "racks.I have not even
taken it out of the box it came in.You know you have to
machine the drivers side mount,some.If you want to give it a
try I'll send it to you and you cankeep it until I need it(
probably 2020)<br>
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check out our website at: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.whitehorseranch.com" target="_blank">www.whitehorseranch.com</a>
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<hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 14:34:14 -0700<br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a><br>
Subject: Re: [TPR] Asa Jay - Pantera had news<br>
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com">tpr@teampanteraracing.com</a><br>
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Done with the troubleshoot for now.<br>
<br>
We put the Cat on a lift and began muscling the front
suspension. The good news seems to be that the suspension is
tight but squeaks badly because of the OEM style rubber a-arm
bushings. The bad news is that the rack apparently is doing
the -same- thing it did prior to me sending it to Pantera
Performance Center in 2013. I thought it felt "tighter" when
I got it back but still had a slightly noticeable "notchiness"
at center steering.<br>
<br>
Well, my buddy who owned the GT5 for year drove it and said
"this is dangerous." He referred both the notchiness at
center steering and how tight the rack was. How tight is it?
He put it into a full lock left turn in a cul-de-sac, let go
of the wheel and we slowly drove in a circle; it never went
back to center as it should. On the freeway, he illustrated
how he could slightly put pressure in one direction and then
the steering rack would "suddenly" notch-over and you'd have
to catch it.<br>
<br>
Mind you, these are all things I've become quite used to, and
after I got the rack back from Pantera Performance Center I
thought that's just the way things were. They were supposed
to have replaced both the rack gear and the pinion gear. Now
I'm not certain they did that, it might be they re-used my
gears and just tightened up the rack.<br>
<br>
Needless to say, I'll be pulling the rack again, and before I
send it off, I'll inspect the gear set again.<br>
<br>
I'll also be calling Becky on Monday to talk with them about
this and see what we might be able to work out. Either way I
slice it, according to my friend, he wouldn't race this car
with the rack currently in it; and he's raced both
rack-and-pinion cars as well as older sector-gear box cars.<br>
<br>
Alright, item number two; the carb.<br>
It definitely is stumbling at low speeds under 2,200 rpm.
Unfortunately, this also translating to stumbling at higher
rpms up to about 4,000. It's my friends opinion the carb is
causing my vibration at freeway speeds under load. I think
he might be right.<br>
<br>
He's recommending a new carb, a Quick Fuel. We looked at a
750 with electric choke and mechanical secondaries. This one
to be exact:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.summitracing.com/parts/qft-ss-750-an" target="_blank">http://www.summitracing.com/parts/qft-ss-750-an</a><br>
<br>
So, my expense sheet just went up several hundred dollars,
which I don't readily have.<br>
<br>
JB, would you consider loaning me your carb or do you have any
others laying around for the cause?<br>
Dawg, do you have any old four barrel carbs laying around?<br>
Anyone else?<br>
How about a spare steering rack? At this point I want a total
replacement so I can see if there really is a difference.<br>
<br>
Mind you, I have -never- driven another Pantera, except once
at a Tech Session at Roger Sharp's back in about 1998 and then
all we did was drive it around the block. I've not known
there should be a difference in how the steering should feel.<br>
<br>
So I need to get a line on a carb and steering rack before I
even think about ordering tires.<br>
That's the update from here.<br>
<br>
Asa Jay<br>
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& Shelley Marie
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On 7/18/2015 12:11 PM, Asa Jay Laughton via TPR wrote:
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<div>At my friends house. Test drive is done. Steering
is AFU. Same steering I've driven with for four years,
two after Adam Quella rebuilt rack. Friend say its
dangerous. Putting on lift now to look.</div>
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<div>Carb is shot too. I need a need new one. He's
recommending a Quick Fuel.</div>
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<div>More to come,</div>
<div>Asa Jay</div>
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