[DeTomaso] Fw: SHE RUNS!!!!

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

FYI...see feedback from JB
 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: John Bentley <gndplne at yahoo.com>
To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sun, March 14, 2010 8:25:38 PM
Subject: Re: SHE RUNS!!!!


my experience is that once you pressurize the fuel rails you have to keep gas in them or the o-rings are a problem.  After the rails dry-out, the next time you put fuel in them they leak.   

The progress sounds great.

JB


--- On Sun, 3/14/10, Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:


>From: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
>Subject: SHE RUNS!!!!
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Cc: "russell fulp" <musclebyrussell at hotmail.com>, eb20erik at yahoo.com, "john bentley" <gndplne at yahoo.com>
>Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 6:05 PM
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>  
>Dick and I started and ran the Cleveland stroker in the Pantera for half an hour today.  Balanced TB's on EFI. Good news is the engine started up all most immediately. 
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>A couple challenges for next weekend :
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>1.    The Bosch efi fuel pump otherwise previous silent service started making  rattling noise - will replace next weekend - its 2 years old.
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>2.    Fuel sprays out of frame rail on initial engine start up - replaced O ring seals with new....leak stops....again 2 years old...;-O
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>3.   Replaced Canton filter element in 1-mic filter and could not original  element  'O-ring' ring back in place...replaced with new
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>3.      Will send some photo's of new 180 headers to AJ to post
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>Wondering if others (the ones who still drive their cars!) with high pressure fuel systems  have had similar short life on rubber O rings exposed to fuel?
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>NOTE TO SELF - REPLACE ALL O RING SEALS EXPOSED TO FUEL UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. 
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>Mad Dawg Antenucci 
>Team Pantera Racing 
>"No One Gets Out Alive" 
>www.teampanteraracing.com
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