[DeTomaso] Stalling on hard braking

[Sean Korb]

Awesome!  I'm so glad you found a good fix.  Now back to driving hard :)


On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I painted them Red and I have a computerized die cutter so I also made
> authentic looking brembo decals to finish the look of the "Big Reds".
> Hugh
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 5:53 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
> michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Nothing like good Ole American ingenuity.
> >
> > Congrats on solving the problem.
> >
> > Did you paint the calipers? What color?
> >
> >
> > Michael Shortt
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I had mentioned that since I installed my new Brembo Calipers ( the same
> >> ones used in the  996 model ) (2001 to 2005 911 Turbo) A perfect choice
> >> for
> >> the Pantera due to their similar weight and  weight distribution . Along
> >> with my dual CNC master cylinders, balance bar my and oversize  Coleman
> >> vented rotors with gas vents , my car stops so hard and fast that I risk
> >> having teeth fly out as a result of the negative g forces! Anyway ever
> >> since these brakes were installed I have had a problem with stalling
> under
> >> hard braking. I obtained and started reading the Holley 4150 double
> pumper
> >> manual in an effort to remedy this situation as well as improve my
> >> Carbperformance. I found out several interesting things. Apparently
> >>
> >> many people
> >> mistakenly buy a larger CFM carb in the mistaken belief that it will
> give
> >> them more gas and more power. The truth is a higher CFM carb will give
> >> more
> >> power ( to the correct engine ) ie: worked heads, High CI displacement,
> >> High compression pistons. radical cam , headers etc but a smaller CFM
> >> carbwill give much better throttle response and power off the line.
> >>
> >> Another
> >> interesting thing I read said that an engine with #%! CI displacement
> >> should have an air cleaner at least 14" in diameter and 4" high with a
> >> minimum of 3/4" clearance between the vents and the lid of the air
> >> cleaner.
> >> I was running a smaller air cleaner because I liked the way it looked so
> >> it
> >> was both to small in diameter and too narrow ( the vents were too close
> to
> >> the lid of the air cleaner. I reinstalled my dual plenum that uses two
> K&N
> >> style air filters that allows much greater cfm and has almost 4"
> clearance
> >> above the vents. The next thing ( although it should really be the first
> >> thing is to adjust the float levels so gas is just dribbling out of the
> >> sight holes. They also recommend vent whistles but since I didn't have a
> >> Holley rebuild kit or float gaskets I used a trick i found on the "Off
> >> Road" web sights. They recommend taking a piece of tubing and connecting
> >> the two vents. This prevents the gas in the float bowls from sloshing
> >> under
> >> hard braking and accelerating and causing a flooding situation. Since
> as i
> >> said I didn't have float bowl gaskets handy I couldn't install my new
> vent
> >> whistles so instead I took a round a 6" piece of gas line and attached
> it
> >> to the two vents and cut a small hole in the middle near the air cleaner
> >> mounting post. I also used some carb cleaner and gave everything the
> once
> >> over. So far it appears to have done the trick. I only tested it
> >> accelerating and braking up and down my block but so far it seems to be
> >> working.
> >> Boyd
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> > Michael L. Shortt
> > Savannah, Georgia
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> > michael at michaelshortt.com
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