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Oh heck no! I had a hard time trying to keep the Pantera near 130
last time. I don't think she'll do 150 with the present engine. I
would also want to put an oil cooler in place and possibly do
another cooling mod. The car is definitely not set up for 150. But
if I have all the equipment to -tech- for a higher speed class, then
I can push it harder in the measured speed trap to see what it's
capable of. It's kind of a test section for me.<br>
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Asa Jay<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 8/16/2015 3:22 AM, B Hower via TPR wrote:
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#3400 ( Drive it like there is no tomorrow -- for there may
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Asa
Jay Laughton via TPR <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tpr@teampanteraracing.com"><tpr@teampanteraracing.com></a> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Sunday, August 16, 2015 3:31 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [TPR] Asa's Roll Cage progress<br>
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Great job Asa.<br>
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Asa Jay Laughton via TPR <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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>After taking the Pantera for a spirited run, and after
emailing you all <br>
>the last time, I went back out and began work on
securing the front legs <br>
>of the roll cage.<br>
><br>
>I had been very reluctant to cut the carpet. Why?
Well that's a darn <br>
>good question considering it's the original stock
carpet and already has <br>
>holes through it to the jute underlayment on the
driver's side. Once I <br>
>took the floor mats out and was reminded of what was
actually -under- <br>
>them... I took knife in hand and had at it.<br>
><br>
>The first photo (or last depending on how they were
attached), shows how <br>
>I bench-fueled the rebuilt carb and leveled the
floats. Using a <br>
>handheld vacuum/pressure pump with the jar attached
full of gas and <br>
>attached to the fuel log inlet, just pump until the
floats stop coming <br>
>up. You can see the sight plug is removed on the left
fuel bowl (it was <br>
>on the right as well but you can't see it. I had set
up the car as <br>
>level as I could right-to-left (width-wise) and at
about the same front <br>
>to back angle as it would be on the car. It worked
pretty well.<br>
><br>
>Next, there are a series of four photos showing what I
did to finish <br>
>attaching the roll cage in the front. I first cut the
carpet and peeled <br>
>it back for access to the rocker. Using a hole saw, I
carefully cut a <br>
>hole near the roll cage mounting pad. This gave me
rear-access to run <br>
>the bolts and washers up through. Then I had to
insert a wrench to hold <br>
>the inside while I tightened the outside. I then
tightened a second nut <br>
>on top the first to lock them in place.<br>
><br>
>One photo shows the hole cut in the driver's side.
The other three show <br>
>the passenger side which has the battery cables
running through it. I <br>
>first drilled the pilot hole for the hole saw. I did
this by setting <br>
>the pilot bit in the hold saw so that only about an
1/8" was protruding, <br>
>that way the hole saw edge would stop me quickly.<br>
><br>
>I then ran a piece of stiff wire into the hole and
felt around for the <br>
>cables and the immediate back side of the rocker I
needed to drill <br>
>through. The cables felt like they were well out of
the way so I <br>
>proceeded. You can see the cables after I got the
hole cut. The last <br>
>photo shows the nuts and second nuts in place.<br>
><br>
>For now, I'm just flopping the carpet back in place.
I'm hoping to buy <br>
>an oil temp gauge this week and I might need to run
more stuff through <br>
>the rockers. Once I'm finished completely I'll tack
the carpet back <br>
>down with some 3M Super Trim Adhesive.<br>
><br>
>I tightened all the roll cage bolts all around and we
are done. The <br>
>roll cage is completely installed. All I really have
left to do on it <br>
>is attach the padding.<br>
><br>
>I briefly spoke with my friend a couple doors down who
has all the <br>
>welding equipment. We weren't able to get together
today, but we will <br>
>tomorrow in order to weld in the O2 sensor bung. I'll
have to run those <br>
>wires through the driver's side rocker; another good
reason not to glue <br>
>the carpet back down yet. :)<br>
><br>
>Alright, I'm off to a barbecue at our Pastor's house,
and then later <br>
>tonight I'll probable be putting in another order at
Summit for gear <br>
>oil, oil temp gauge and pod and probably spark plug
wires (I don't <br>
>recall how old these are).<br>
><br>
>Getting closer,<br>
>Asa Jay<br>
><br>
>-- <br>
>Asa Jay Laughton - W7TSC, MSgt, USAFR, Retired<br>
>& Shelley Marie<br>
>Spokane, WA<br>
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