<p>We will get decals for SSCC in August...right now we were in a crunch to support Rowdy, Mark, Bud, and Frank who are all set to go.</p>
<p>Hoping (yea I must be on crack) beyond hope that we will still see 1-2 rookies show up at SilverState but right now it is is the gang of 3 ((Mark, you and MD)....MAYBE Laurie but I will be forced to change her oil and we all know well JB's and Peter's sage advise</p>
<p>"NEVER EVER LET THE DAWG TOUCH ANY TOOLS"</p>
<p>I BELIEVE Laurie thinks I can fix her Pantera and I KNOW I can...yes I will get others to do it for me! HAHAHA</p>
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I will need a set. I'll probably have to take off the Round Table
Pizza decals to find room for them. I didn't run last year so I
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<div>I just had lunch with Paul Katchadorian who is president of
Katch Environmental and he is again offering his sponsorship for
us this year.</div>
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<div>Okay, I may have offered more then Laurie is willing to do
here for the team (as in take onen for the team).. but I said
she will either be in her Pantera or mine...sorry Laurie but now
we are all on the hook! I will be there for protection☺</div>
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<div>Paul also wants to tow your Pantera Laurie and will make sure
you ride shotgun in his tow truck. Alao asked if you could cook
Armenian and I said,</div>
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<div>He asked about JB and Peter and of course I lied and said
they were also coming...just didn't say what they were driving.
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<div>Right now ROWDY I need to know how many KATCH ENVIRONMENTAL
decals for SORC are needed as thst is coming up quick!</div>
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<div>Paul's Graphics supplier will send decals direct to you
ROWDY.</div>
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<div>Ps you can all thank me later</div>
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Subject: Re: [TPR] Ferrari Steering Rack Comparison<br>
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share your or Marks view on comparing the
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Ah contrair mon frair, <br clear="none">
What we are doing is taking a Ferrari rack
and -modifying- it, so it is <br
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-better- than a Ferrari rack, thereby making
it (nearly) a stock <br clear="none">
DeTomaso Pantera rack. <br clear="none">
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Don't make me make Bullet hurt you. <br
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Asa Jay <br clear="none">
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On 7/25/2015 11:32 PM, TeamPantera via TPR
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> A Ferrari rack? <br clear="none">
> Are you kidding....your not stock
anymore...and Mark got one too? <br
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> Not even stock now huh..what CHEATERS
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> Asa Jay Laughton via TPR< <a
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>> My apologies, some of you will get
this twice (once as POCA and once as TPR) <br
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>> Hi all, <br clear="none">
>> Since I've not seen another real
comparison yet, I figured I'd pop in <br
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>> here. Attached are all the photos
that accompany this comparison. <br
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>> I recently needed a steering rack
to do a comparison with the one <br
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>> installed in my Pantera. This was
because a friend drove the car and <br
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>> said he felt the rack was dangerous
and should be fixed or replaced. <br
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>> The easiest thing to do was to make
a comparison. <br clear="none">
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>> Peter (The German) Menyhart of The
Whitehorse Ranch, fellow Pantera <br
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>> owner and racer, just happened to
have one of the ebay Ferrari steering <br
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>> racks everyone has been talking
about. He graciously shipped it to me <br
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>> so I could do my comparison. Peter
is in the midst of a restoration <br
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for a while. <br clear="none">
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>> The rack is very well packaged in
an oversize box. It does not come <br
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>> with tie-rod ends installed. The
boots are a big larger than stock <br
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>> DeTomaso, and they are clamped on
with those funny one-time use on the <br
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>> large end and a friction/spring on
the small end. <br clear="none">
>> <br clear="none">
>> The movement of the rack feels
rather stiff, not as hard as the one out <br
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>> of my car but still not quite "like
butter." However, you'll note from <br
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>> the photos the tension can be
adjusted without the use of shims. I will <br
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>> work with that later. So far, one
plus for this rack. <br clear="none">
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>> I took measurements of the tube
diameter in the mounting bracket areas. <br
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>> The two tubes are within .005" at
each location. The overall length is <br
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>> the same as my Pantera rack. The
big difference, as has been mentioned, <br
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>> is in the drivers side bracket area
which contains raised ribs for <br
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>> Now, here is where I discovered
something interesting. I was having a <br
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reading with my inside calipers of <br
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>> that area. The bracket was easy to
measure at 0.624" outside dimension <br
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>> but the space on both racks
measured at about 0.555" in width and that <br
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>> Well, I had to put my grandpa
glassed on, but found the reason. Nearly <br
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rack has a shoulder on it, that goes <br
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> >from about 0.055" at the bottom
against the tube, to just under 0.624" <br
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>> at the outermost edge. Looking at
the photos of the bracket you'll note <br
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>> it too has a bevel cut into the
semi-circle. In my case the brackets <br
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Pantera rack. <br clear="none">
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>> The brackets -don't- fit the
Ferrari rack at all. You'll note from the <br
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isn't any bevel to it at all; it's <br
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>> nearly 0.555" from tube to outer
edge. In order to get this to the <br
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>> 0.624" it needs to be to accept the
brackets, I'll need to machine about <br
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>> .070" split more or less equally on
both sides of the channel. <br clear="none">
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>> The last thing to note is that the
tie-rods are a bit beefier. However, <br
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>> they -are- cut with the same
diameter and thread as the Pantera rack. <br
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>> In the photo of the tie-rod ends,
you see the Pantera rack with the lock <br
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>> nut on the tie-rod end, and a
used/spare/old Pantera tie rod threaded <br
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>> So there you have it. The rack is
nearly identical with the exception <br
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adjustable tension adjust (good <br
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channel (bad thing but workable). <br
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>> Mark Skwarek recently did one of
these for his Pantera as well and used <br
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>> an end mill with the rack mounted
in a vise, cutting a path, turning the <br
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all the way around. That's probably <br
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>> The best thing would be to
completely disassemble the rack and chuck it
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>> up on a lathe, but I really don't
want to take it apart; after all, it's <br
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>> not really my rack. :) <br
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>> There, any questions? <br
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