[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 82, Issue 16-De Anza Autocross

Brent Stewart bjbstewart at yahoo.com
Mon May 16 12:31:27 EDT 2011


And the video of the run...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WYstrOTh1A 



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From: "RCBSONS1 at aol.com" <RCBSONS1 at aol.com>
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 82, Issue 16-De Anza Autocross

I was all set to run the Firebird at this years 41st De Anza Autocross
It is a fund raiser for the Auto Tech Department and also lets the kids
tech your cars and run their project cars

The Firebird has issues so I decided to run the Pantera
Needed to drop the oil- Penn Brand now... so I did that on Saturday
and also changed the collector gaskets as I think it
was causing an off idle stumble

Sunday morning it is sprinkling and by the time I decide
to go it is really raining.. so much for cleaning up the car
the night before... halfway there the car starts to stumble
I almost turned around.. decided to go to do tech etc
and then look at the car.. the collector gaskets- Alum were
leaking all over.. did not compress like the others

Called Rich my Pantera buddy and another set of gaskets
would be coming.. we changed them in the rain and a little
hail.. great day for an autocross... fired the car up and the stumble 
was gone....let it cool and retorqued

I found a window in between showers and get in line
then it starts to sprinkle again then rain.. but by the time
I run it is sunny and dry... car ran good.. driver a little rusty
as it has been five years since autocrossing

Ran the car in Vintage group with 22 cars.. second place not a first
but not bad.. one of my buddies told me a long time ago
to put those seconds and third place trophies in a drawer
Car pushed real bad the last time I ran with softer springs 
and lighter bars but is now neutral with the 550/750 springs
and 1" bars on both ends..yes I had the rear bar on it and it works
Got beat by a 911 Porch or Porshe

At awards ceremony my buddy Dennis states how I send my
registration in every year and say I am bringing the Firebird and
then when I actually show up I bring the Pantera 
then he says is there anybody here who did not know which
car was the Pantera.. gotta love those 180 headers
The De Anza guy passed by me and says its kinda loud
but then thanks me for bringing the car
Earlier the kid at registration asks what car I am running and I say
Pantera and he states not that nasty black one with the wing
that ran a few years back... I say yea... thats the one

Car did well and was well received and thankfully did not have
that stumble it was doing earlier..I thanked Joe at Custom Alignment
for letting me put the car in his booth and he says it always has
a crowd around it.. some know the Pantera and others ask
Thanks to my car buddies for helping out and giving support
As always I talked  to a few Pantera owners with cars not running
and few about the Pantera in the Fast 5 movie

Great day for the Detomaso name and a lot of fun.. better than my Saturday 
drive.... 
curbing two Kinesis wheels getting on the throttle in the wrong place

Bob Benson #3 Black Pantera
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