<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439692259183_6257" dir="ltr">I just drove Lolita over home roads today ( 160 mi. .) the new rack makes a world of difference.......very happy with it. It did well in Ne. but now over roads I travel a lot I know things are great.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439692259183_6061"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439692259183_6063"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439692259183_6065" class="signature">Bud #3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may not be ! )</div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439692259183_6070" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439692259183_6069" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439692259183_6068" dir="ltr"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1439692259183_6067" size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <tpr@teampanteraracing.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tpr@teampanteraracing.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 15, 2015 12:41 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TPR] Asa's progress<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv2945856932"><div>
Alright!<br clear="none">
The carb has been tested and no additional tuning has been made at
this time. It runs to 6,000 rpm sustained in 2nd gear (which give
me about 70 MPH). It will make the engine rev easily to the rev
limiter (set at about 6,300), and pretty smoothly too.<br clear="none">
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Vacuum at idle in the driveway after a high speed run in second gear
shows 13", so I'm confident the power valves are sized correctly at
this point.<br clear="none">
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I had to make an adjustment to the linkage as I found I was only
getting about 3/4 of WOT. After my adjustment, I now get WOT and it
comes fast. The vacuum secondaries seem to be coming in just fine.<br clear="none">
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With this and the steering rack I have a lot more confidence in the
car. Now left on the list is:<br clear="none">
- Cut access in rockers to finish attaching roll cage (I'm really
dreading this one because I have to cut the carpet to do it)<br clear="none">
- Change ZF fluid (I still have to order that yet)<br clear="none">
- Change oil in the engine<br clear="none">
- Get new tires mounted<br clear="none">
- Get the O2 sensor bung installed and the wires run<br clear="none">
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No pressure.<br clear="none">
Asa Jay<br clear="none">
<pre class="yiv2945856932moz-signature">Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
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On 8/14/2015 10:24 AM, Mad Dog Antenucci via TPR wrote:
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Mad Dog Antenucci <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2945856932moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" ymailto="mailto:teampantera@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:teampantera@yahoo.com"><teampantera@yahoo.com></a>; mark
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Mad Dog Antenucci
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Asa Jay Laughton
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Friday, August 14, 2015 10:14 AM<br clear="none">
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<div id="yiv2945856932yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_9292"><span id="yiv2945856932yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_9304">Good input
Irish.....being rich is better at
SS and plenty of stories of those
who liened out who went for the
power dyno (lean) Hp pull down at
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Steven Donegan via TPR
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<div id="yiv2945856932yui_3_16_0_1_1439572148815_9298">A
reading from the book
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carbs are calibrated
for sea level
operation and an inlet
air temperature of 70
degrees Fahrenheit.
Once you know the
correct stock jetting
for your particular
Holley carb, you can
determine whether you
live or race at an
altitude above sea
level. For every 2000
foot increase in
altitude, you can
reduce the jet size by
one size. If you had a
carb which has a stock
jet size of 80 and you
live or race at 2000
feet above sea level,
then you would use a
#79 Holley jet in the
carb. Similarly, a
change in the carb's
inlet air temperature
may require a change
in the jet size from
the stock calibration.
Many racers go a step
further by combining
all of the weather
varibles, temperature,
barometric pressure,
dewpoint and humidity
with the altitude of
the track they are
racing at to determine
the "density
altitude". This is a
"corrected" altitude
above sea level. From
there they can
determine whether a
jet change is
necessary to maintain
performance or whether
to change their "dial
in" (if they are
bracket drag racers).
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<div dir="ltr" id="yiv2945856932yui_3_16_0_1_1439384791588_157439">So
assuming you don't
care if you run lean
at sea level, your
optimal jet size for
6000 ft is likely 3
sizes smaller than
optimal at sea level.
Now if you don't want
to be changing jets
then assume you will
run rich during the
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- the ATIS information
at Ely airport would
give you all the info
you need to calculate
density altitude if
you wanted to get
really picky :-)</div>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b>
Asa Jay
Laughton
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14, 2015 6:23
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<div><span>Glad
to hear about
your success.
You might want
to make sure
your jets are
for the higher
altitude in
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On Friday,
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2015 12:50 AM,
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Laughton via
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<div class="yiv2945856932y_msg_container">In
my best Gene
Wilder
voice...<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
ALIVE!....
ALIVE!....
IT'S ALIVE!!!<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
I forgot to
grab the extra
bits I needed
on the way
home, so after
<br clear="none">
dinner it was
back to Napa
and then to
Autozone to
get the
fittings for <br clear="none">
the fuel and
vacuum. Done
deal, I picked
up the brass
fuel fittings
<br clear="none">
from Napa
though I had
to do a
two-piece
kludge to get
90* and the
size <br clear="none">
I wanted for
the fuel line;
at Autozone I
picked up a
large variety
pack <br clear="none">
of vacuum
fittings and a
large variety
pack of vacuum
plugs.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Once home, I
fit the 90*
fitting onto
the fuel log,
an appropriate
size <br clear="none">
vacuum fitting
on the ported
vacuum port
and set about
final float <br clear="none">
adjustments.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
I'm beginning
to love this
little
hand-held
vacuum pump.
It came with a
<br clear="none">
reservoir so
you can either
suck fluid
without
getting it
into the pump,
<br clear="none">
or push fluid
out in a neat
manner. With
that in mind,
I used the
pump <br clear="none">
to get some
gas out of
Shelley's Jeep
(don't tell
her that). I
then <br clear="none">
reversed the
pump, attached
it to the fuel
log of the
Holley and
started <br clear="none">
pumping.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
With the sight
plugs removed,
I could see
the floats
rising until
they <br clear="none">
stopped. They
both stopped
short of the
sight holes so
I raised them
<br clear="none">
each about a
quarter to
half turn.
I'm sure glad
I did this on
the <br clear="none">
bench and not
on the car...
those
center-hung
fuel adjusters
for the <br clear="none">
needle and
seat can leak
like a mother
when you
loosen the
screw to <br clear="none">
adjust the
nut. Good
grief!<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Once the
floats were
adjusted I
installed the
sight plugs
and put the <br clear="none">
carb on the
engine. I
snugged
everything
down, routed
the fuel
lines, <br clear="none">
vacuum lines,
attached
linkage and
the 12V feed
to the choke.
After <br clear="none">
installing the
air cleaner, I
pulled the
Halon fire
extinguisher
out and <br clear="none">
set it on the
seat next to
me.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
For some
reason, I kept
thinking of
the next door
neighbor kid
when I <br clear="none">
was young. He
was 16 or 17
and had an
early 70's
Camaro. One
night he <br clear="none">
was messing
around with
the carb (not
that he was
the brightest
bulb in <br clear="none">
the box) and
he got a
backfire that
lit it on
fire... in the
garage.... <br clear="none">
under the
house.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
The house
burned
completely to
the ground.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
I figured if
mine caught
fire I'd throw
it into
reverse and
get it out <br clear="none">
of the garage,
then put out
the flames.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
One pump on
the pedal and
she fired on
the first
turn... and
idled <br clear="none">
smoothly
without
intervention.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
HoooHAAA!
She's alive
and purrs.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
I grabbed my
drop-light and
did an
inspection
around the
carb while <br clear="none">
running to
check for
leaks.
Finding none
after a bit of
engine
rumbling <br clear="none">
I shut it down
and quit for
the night. I
have to pick
up friends at
the <br clear="none">
airport in a
little while.
I'll monkey
with fine
tuning it all
tomorrow <br clear="none">
and this
weekend.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
But right
now... that
old Holley
3310-2
(modified)
from Mark is
working <br clear="none">
after about
$150 in parts
and some of my
evening time
over the last
week <br clear="none">
or two.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Fun times,<br clear="none">
Asa Jay<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">
Asa Jay
Laughton -
W7TSC, MSgt,
USAFR, Retired<br clear="none">
& Shelley
Marie<br clear="none">
Spokane, WA<br clear="none">
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On 8/12/2015
9:43 PM, Asa
Jay Laughton
via TPR wrote:<br clear="none">
> Just
about finished
the carb
tonight after
running into
some necessary
<br clear="none">
> changes;
all this prior
to mounting on
the car.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> I found
the choke fast
idle cam was
broken and
missing the <br clear="none">
>
bob-weight.
The one on my
current Holley
was fine. I
swapped the
cam <br clear="none">
> to the
rebuilt 3310.
Then I had
planned on
using my
existing choke
<br clear="none">
> cover
except that it
really should
have manifold
heat (it's not
<br clear="none">
>
electric), but
the passage in
the intake is
blocked
because the
heater <br clear="none">
> gizmo
didn't fit
properly when
I rebuilt the
engine. So I
thought <br clear="none">
> about
using the
electric that
came with the
3310, except
that it was <br clear="none">
> kind of
funky with a
hand soldered
connection on
one side; I
didn't <br clear="none">
> really
trust it.
Then my
long-term
memory kicked
in and I
scrounged <br clear="none">
> through
some old
drawers with
Mustang parts.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Aha! An
older
Motocraft
electric choke
cover in great
condition. It
<br clear="none">
> might not
be calibrated
for Holley but
it's
essentially
the same. So
<br clear="none">
> I put
that on. Oh,
but did I
mention I
don't really
have an
electric <br clear="none">
> supply to
the choke?
More on this
later.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Then I
noticed the
linkage wasn't
nearly the
same. I
thought it was
<br clear="none">
> close but
didn't worry
about it until
tonight.
Argh!<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> I thought
about swapping
the base
plates, but
the 3310 has
larger <br clear="none">
> bores;
that wouldn't
work.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> I thought
about swapping
throttle
shafts, but
the screws in
the <br clear="none">
> throttle
plates are
staked and
it's too much
work to swap;
that <br clear="none">
> wouldn't
work.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> As it
turned out,
the funky (I
actually think
it's GM) lever
on the <br clear="none">
> primaries
had a nice
hole in just
about the
right spot
where the <br clear="none">
> linkage
needs to hook
up. And it
just so
happened that
I had a spare
<br clear="none">
> ball post
that I could
mount there.
Nearly
perfect!
We'll check
the <br clear="none">
> entire
throttle throw
once we have
it mounted on
the car.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> However,
when I went to
swap the
electric
throttle
positioner
which <br clear="none">
> holds the
idle when the
car is running
and allows the
throttle
plates <br clear="none">
> to
-completely-
close when the
ignition is
switched off,
I found the <br clear="none">
>
accelerator
pump mechanism
is larger and
in-the-way of
mounting the <br clear="none">
> electric
positioner.
Argh!<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Well, I
-could- swap
the pump lever
from my
existing carb
but it's got <br clear="none">
> a lighter
spring
assembly and
I'm not sure
it would be
calibrated <br clear="none">
> correctly
(spring-tension-wise).
And I don't
-really- need
the <br clear="none">
> electric
positioner if
I dial the
idle in
correctly, so
let's just <br clear="none">
> leave it
off<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Well,
wouldn't you
know... that
leaves me a
12V source
that's only ON
<br clear="none">
> when the
ignition is
ON. Now where
could I
possibly use
that? OH! I
<br clear="none">
> know....
how about the
electric
choke? Yea,
that'll work.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> All
that's left is
to mount the
fuel lines, do
a final adjust
on the <br clear="none">
> floats
and hit the
road. But
before I get
that far I
have a couple
<br clear="none">
> more
parts to get.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> The
supply line on
the car is a
5/16" metal
tube, which
means I need a
<br clear="none">
> 5/16"
hose barb
fitting to
3/8" NPT
fitting to the
supply line on
the <br clear="none">
> carb. I
can pick one
up at Napa
tomorrow. The
ported vacuum
on my <br clear="none">
> present
Holley is the
small size,
same as the
vacuum advance
on the <br clear="none">
>
distributor.
The ported on
this 3310 is
about twice
the size so I
<br clear="none">
> need to
get a reducer
and some
hose. I'm
currently
running the
dual <br clear="none">
> diaphragm
vacuum
advance, and
no it's not
necessarily
been dialed in
<br clear="none">
>
properly. I
really need
someone with a
distributor
machine, or I
need <br clear="none">
> to cough
up the money
for a whizbang
electronic
distributor
with <br clear="none">
> computer
controlled
advance/retard.
But you
know... if I
go that far <br clear="none">
> I might
as well buy a
fuel injection
system that
can take
advantage of <br clear="none">
> that.
<sigh><br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
>
Everything
else seems to
be alright.
OH, one last
thing.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> I sighted
in the level
on the intake
pad, it' has a
slight forward
<br clear="none">
> tilt;
that's
expected on
the Pantera.
Some time ago
I purchased a
<br clear="none">
>
"wedge-plate"
to try and
level it up.
When I test
fit it tonight
and <br clear="none">
> checked
level, it had
about twice as
much tilt to
the rear as
the <br clear="none">
> manifold
did to the
front without
the wedge. So
I'm not going
to put <br clear="none">
> the wedge
on. What I
really need is
a wedge at
about half the
angle <br clear="none">
> this one
is.<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> My
thoughts are
to set final
float level on
the bench by
rigging the <br clear="none">
> base to
be at about
the same angle
as the intake
on the car,
then <br clear="none">
> priming
the fuel bowls
manually and
adjusting the
floats via the
sight <br clear="none">
> holes.
Since the
needle and
seats are at
the far ends
of the fuel <br clear="none">
> bowls and
the floats
nearer the
meter blocks,
I think I need
to set <br clear="none">
> the front
(primary) to
be just a
touch high,
and the rear
to be just a <br clear="none">
> touch
low. That
should give me
approximately
the same
amount of fuel
<br clear="none">
> in each.
Any thoughts
from other
experts?<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Alright,
enough of a
tome for
tonight, more
tomorrow.<br clear="none">
> Asa Jay<br clear="none">
><br clear="none">
> Asa Jay
Laughton -
W7TSC, MSgt,
USAFR, Retired<br clear="none">
> &
Shelley Marie<br clear="none">
> Spokane,
WA<br clear="none">
>
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