[DeTomaso] YET ONE MORE DREAM ....was; Hawaii's Yogi Bear Vs Hemi-Swede Vs Dawg Vs Norwegian Vikings at ORR in 2008
Mad Dog Antenucci
teampantera at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 5 14:42:24 EST 2008
I have "Na Moan Ya' so forgive my ramblings but I had another dream and all the people flased before my eyes who had told me since 1997 what they were going to do in ORR competition....here's the top 10 excuses many have been repeated but I think these are the best ones;
"Dawg I am all most ready to run Silverstate.....but
1. "I found the right high speed tires but I don't like the tread pattern very much"
2. "My wife said I couldn't go 200 mph so there's no point in going now"
3. "I know I said I would be back 4 years ago but I am so busy at work"
4. "I sold my Pantera and I bought a new Z06 Vette"
5. "JT told us about how guys tried to start fights with the Corvette guys"
6. "I know I only went 85 mph in 5th gear but I am coming back to go 200 in 2008"
7. "Wooot, I run between 100-110 to Vegas every year dodging civilians in minivans"
8. "Maybe I am too old now to run?"
9. "I haven't touched the Pantera in 6 months" (2 weeks before NORC)
10. "My wife is leaving me"
11. "My boss told me I had better get my priorites straight"
12. "Isn't that where you guys run over a 2-lane road and some guys get killed?"
13. "My engine is ready but my ZF isn't"
14. "My Pantera won't do 200 mph so what is the point in going"
15. "Is it really true JB caused a riot at the Green Lantern when he screamed "All Corvette owners are *** and **** ******and I will kick their ***** tomorrow when we run?"
16. Will my modified plywood and patio cushion race seat pass tech?"
17. The Tech guys HATE ME"
18, Why do we have to have speed rated tires? Mikey said that is wrong!
19. My engine has 750RWHP, is race prepared to beat Junior Wilsons record but..."
20. My son is going to be a professional race car driver so I don't have time to race anymore"
21. " I would go but I can't find high speed radials for my original Campy wheels"
22. "I just sold my Pantera on E-Bay!"
23. "I am too busy at work and don't have enough time to finish everything" (8 months out)
24. "I am too busy at home" (6 months out)
25. "Its too far to drive to Nebraska or Texas
26. "I had a dream I caught fire and burnt up"
27. "Part of the divorce settlement is SHE gets the Pantera
28. "Duuuude, I told you soon as I get the boat, the bike and the house done I will finish the Pantera!"
29. "Mikey told me I needed special tires and a full blown race motor"
30. "Laurie only ran 100 mph twice? Oh okay I know I can beat her time easy
......and the abslolute best excuse I have ever heard was;
31. "I don't drive the Pantera anymore it just sits in the garage"
Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:
Yeeeeeeeeea, I just woke up dreaming again where the ultimate ORR competition included
Dennis "Warrior" Yogi's rightous Pantera going up against Hemi-Swede, and the Norwegian Viking Bad Boys who are coming back again in 2008. woof-woof-woof-woof
WOOF
Mad Dawg
P.S. send the dawg some Portegese donuts
John Taphorn wrote:
Mike is correct. I rode in the Dennis Yogi's Hawaii 5-0 car was very
impressed with every aspect of it. I had no idea that the early cars were
so good. It had outstanding acceleration and the suspension operated
quietly and the car had no rattles. It was among the nicest riding Panteras
I had the pleasure to experience. I was very impressed. The power contrasts
sharply with the later cars - no comparison.
As most on the Forum are aware, Dennis owns another more aggressive Pantera
that was up on a lift parked above the 5-0 and an absolutely gorgeous
Mangusta that he has been cleaning up. Also, among the nicer Gooses that my
eyes have been treated to. All parked in a garage attached to a house on a
hill with a backyard porch that overlooks Pearl Harbor! If only I had
worked a little harder...... :^)
Dennis, also thanks for the sightseeing suggestions - we did find Leonard's
and the aquarium. Here, here for the Portuguese donuts.
JT
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Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 2:13 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Gearing
>
> In a message dated 1/4/08 13 08 0, adin at frontier.net writes:
>
>
>> "A real dog" - a stock (most)Pantera is a "real dog" with performance
>> not near the appearance.
>>
>>>>Actually, John Taphorn and I were just chatting about this on the phone
> the other day. He was in Hawaii and Dennis Yogi kindly let him drive the
> Hawaii 5-0 pushbutton, which is BONE stock. JT was shocked at how
> incredibly fast
> it was. The early cars with 310 hp really had performance to match their
> appearance--this was partially due to power, and partially to gearing.
>
> Tom Todak's car wouldn't pull the skin off a bowl of cooling butterscotch
> pudding. It had a low-compression 351C which was old, and tired, and
> then he
> put too-tall gears in the car (for that particular motor, which as I said
> generated something like 150-180 hp at the rear wheels on a chassis dyno).
> THAT
> car was a real dog, no doubt about it.
>
> Putting a 550 hp 427 stroker in it fixed the problem entirely. :>)
>
>
>> One might need to select a lower gear for
>> the job, but the cruising (hiway, not burger king) advantages are more
>> realistic. I'll never understand why anyone would think a cleveland
>> should have to run @ 3500rpm in a cross country situation.
>>
>>>>Panteras used for highway cruising (which is to say, virtually all of
> them) really benefit from a taller .655 or .642 fifth gear, which drops
> 500+ rpm
> at cruise.
>
> Depending on the cam profile and resultant torque curve, lower rpm doesn't
> automatically translate to better fuel ecoomy. Years ago I read some
> tests of
> non-Panteras, where they discovered that if a motor didn't have enough
> bottom-end torque, running with too-tall gears (too-low rpm) required a
> greater
> throttle opening to maintain cruising speed, and DECREASED fuel economy.
> In that
> article, one car in particular got better freeway mpg running in 4th gear
> rather than 5th. 'Lugging' an engine is never good for economy. But I
> agree,
> there's no need to spin it at 3500-4000 rpm on the freeway either!
>
>
>> The
>> Cleveland is, by most standards, just a little gurly-man motor - but
>> still has sufficient "oomph" to have reasonable gearing. By "real
>> dog" Mike must mean it won't do wheelies.
>>
>>>>I could probably have kicked the crap out of Tom's old Pantera setup
>>>>with
> my 85 hp Scirocco. Not anymore though!!!!!
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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