[DeTomaso] Bigger-Better-Heavy Duty Shocks for Silver State WOOPS - No Slacker Content

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Kid Eaton,
   
        Don't be a hater or I am talking to your mom again. My fire bottle weighs more then Nick!
   
  Plus your Pantera is jacked up like a monster truck....no wonder you didn't have any clearance issues Looks like JB's Pantera! ;-]>  
   
  I got some feedback from our fastest unlimited Pantera drivers (Junior & bobby) as well as a couple of the other Unlimited guys and all are using poly or rubber stops on shock shafts and also suggested like Eichbach and Aldan to go a bit more on spring weight... defiantely it feels as if I am already too low at these speeds with these springs on those dips at 150.
   
  Jason Eaton <jason.eaton at gmail.com> wrote:
  You can reduce the unsprung weight by cutting back on the beer and donuts!

We didnt have any problems with compression, but were only going 150
though there. Also I'm pretty sure we are running higher rate spring
then yours. lets compare notes.

On 9/25/07, Mad Dog Antenucci wrote:
> Off Roaders & JORN IN NORWAY:
>
> Bilstein and Aldan were wrong.....rebuilding the shocks for the Pantera with 25% more compression and rebound was not enough to stop full compression at the dips (at WOT) at Silver State in the Pantera....you couldn't have pulled a greased string out of my backside on the hardest hit so its back to the drawing board.;-]>
>
> In the last ORR I had another great run....engine although it had too much compression ;-]> ran great....the Pantera is handling better then it ever has.....but hitting full compression broke the ABS side skirts and bottom of the air dam in the dips. Shock mounts and chassis all look good and the Pantera stayed straight and true on full compression so no handling problem. Te ABS was meant to provide some added hi-speed stability which it did until it broke ;-]> but the ABS was also meant tobe the 'sacraficial lamb' which it also did but bottom line I still got full compression in dips above 145 mph
>
> So, as part of this winter's projects (MORE engine compression) ;-]> I need some customized shocks with added compression to handle these dips (aka WOOPS). I don't think there are any plans in 2008 to regrade the course dips so the challenge is to build shocks around the course conditions.
>
> No Col. I still can't afford those high tech $5 grand computerized units but a couple people I spoke too suggested adding a stop on top of springs to eliminate the 'full compression'.... the negative to that suggestion is others have suggested it could also cause wheel hop 'at speed' on full compression which could lead to loss of control and an off road 4x4 excursion. ;-]> So goal is to STOP full compression.
>
> If YOU have a contact name of anyone you have personally dealed with on customized shocks for off-road conditions send it to me. I gotta figure those guys who are running offroad at 150 mph can help where roundy-rounders can't.
>
> JORN, SEND ME contact infor on the VIKINGS that ran 200 MPH last week.
>
> MD
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> Mad Dawg Antenucci
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Mad Dawg Antenucci 
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