[DeTomaso] Rain Water Ingestion in Velocity Stacks

[Will Kooiman]

The filters on the Hall website are the ones I was talking about.  That's
what you need.

--
Will





On 1/29/13 1:48 PM, "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
>In a message dated 1/29/13 7 48 23, jkossup at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> Hi all:  new to the list here....going down to pick up my "new" Pantera
>> on
>> the 5th.  I'll post more details after I have it safe and sound at home.
>> At any rate..I'm sure this question has been posted and has many
>>possible
>> replies however here goes.  I live in southern Ontario Canada and we
>>get a
>> fair bit of rain in the summers.  My Pantera is running the Weber's ( 48
>> IDA's I believe)  Of course the last two protrude past the roofline.
>>What
>> do people do to prevent rain water ingestion ( besides not drive it in
>>the
>> rain:))))   Have looked around on the net a fair bit and can't find
>> anything that I think is feasable.  I considered mocking up a plexi
>>cover
>> but would be concerned about modifying the lean/rich mixture.  Thanks
>>for
>> any response.
>> 
>
>>>>Well, the first question is, are you running any air filters?   If
>>>>not, 
>that's a huge problem right there.   For driving on the street, there is
>no 
>reasonable argument for running open velocity stacks.
>
>The Pantera vendors sell beautiful billet aluminum air filters which use
>a 
>pair of oval K*N filters.   Here it is on Hall Pantera's site:
>
>http://hallpantera.com/cgi-bin/p/awtp-product.cgi?d=hallpantera-inc&
>item=22776
>
>FWIW the Gr4 race Panteras used open velocity stacks, and De Tomaso
>fabricated a metal cover which bolted to the underside of the roof and
>extended 
>back over the top of the rear stacks.   This was probably done (as on the
>GT40) 
>to balance airflow, as at high speed, there is a low pressure area over
>the 
>decklid and presumably the rear cylinders could go lean.   There was an
>air 
>scoop in the left rocker panel (sill) with a flexible hose that led up to
>a 
>fitting on the left side of this cover, to duct fresh air to the
>neighborhood of the carb inlets.   I will send a photo of that to you
>seperately.
>
>Mike
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