[DeTomaso] SN 5533 Racing Next Weekend - June 9-11 -- at Portland

Mike & Elizabeth Thomas mbefthomas at comcast.net
Tue Jun 6 21:12:41 EDT 2017


Best of luck.  Let us know how things come out.  Steve, where are you from?  I don't find you on the PNW roster at all.

Mike Thomas
Pres., Panteras Northwest
206-795-3302
Yellow ’74 #6328
www.panterasnorthwest.com



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Sorry all - the link for photo sharing was wrong:

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   https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8l5rUbcj5zjUEhMMnFYeE0wZEU?usp=sharing


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On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Steve Lisa <stevelisa at patentit.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> I am taking another shot next weekend at the Portland SCCA Vintage 
> event at PIR June 9-11 with SN 5533 (Asa Jay's Pantera).  My 
> son-in-law Dan will be running the Friday Night Track event on Friday 
> evening June 9, and I hope to be running the vintage race in VP3 on 
> Saturday (the 10th) and Sunday (if all goes well).  I have attached a pdf of the schedule.
>
> Last time was fun but ended early with brake failure.  We also had 
> some electrical/coil gremlins.  Thanks to all those that tried to help!
>
> I am still relatively new to this project, and would welcome 
> knowledgeable Pantera owners out to give us some advice.  If any of 
> the Portland group are looking for something to do, we would love to see you out there!
>  10-day forecast says rain most of the weekend (we have full rain tires).
>
> Hopefully it won't be a fire drill, but it is only the second race 
> event for the car - call my cell to make sure we are running before 
> you make a long trip (312-320-5888 <(312)%20320-5888>).
>
> Since our last event we have:
>
>    1. Put the new brake booster on (went to the upgraded one for safety
>    reasons after the original failed at the end of PIR straightaway);
>    2. added the vented rotors front and rear (thanks Mike!);
>    3. Changed to full race pads;
>    4. fabricated ducts on the backing plates and properly ducted the
>    still stock brake calipers;
>    5. Stripped and cleaned up the front trunk area;
>    6. Added some better shrouding around the radiator to force air
>    through it rather than over it;
>    7. rewired the kill switch and added a larger engine ground (we were
>    for some reason killing the coil, and finally added a resistor to cut the
>    voltage to the coil, which seemed to work -- fingers crossed!);
>    8. made the window nets SCCA legal.
>    9. Did our usual race prep.
>
> We previously:
>
>    1. Made the roll cage removable but still full race legal - tons of
>    work - backing plates, adding side impact bars, and rear bars to rear shock
>    towers.
>    2. Removed rear window and replaced with Lexan.
>    3. Lowered the seats,
>    4. removed all carpeting and stripped and cleaned up the floor
>    5. removed the AC system
>    6. removed the bumpers and related hardware
>    7. removed the radio and adding cover plates
>    8. added a full race fire extinguisher system
>    9. added cut off switch in the original radiator location
>    10. added front driving lights
>    11. added race seats.
>    12. Had custom Bassett wheels made and fitted for Hoosier TDS vintage
>    race tires.  [Currently running 10 inch rears and 8 inch front wheels, but
>    also had some 7 inch made to eventually go back to FIA Group 3 legal for
>    12/31/72 (which requires 7" front and 8" rear).]
>
> Of course, ASA Jay had already done a lot to SN5533 before I bought it.
>
> Asa Jay - you and are son are welcome to come out - if you can make 
> it, I will try to get your son some time in the passenger seat.
>
> I will be sure to get some pictures and video this time around to upload.
> In the meantime I have shared some photos of the build at the 
> following
> link:
>
>    - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8l5rUbcj5zjZzVBVkExNWtxd1k/
>    view?usp=sharing
>
> When reviewing and suggesting, keep in mind we are trying to keep this 
> FIA Group 3 legal with a date of 12/31/72.  That means the car needs 
> to remain the equivalent of a show room stock racer.  So, we will 
> still need to backdate some things, as some of the mods are NOT FIA Group 3 legal as of
> 12/3172.   Right now, I am focusing on making it race worthy and safe, with
> limited mods to run in SVRA/HSR Group 5. Then, once it is running 
> reliably, I will need to "go back" to an original period-correct 
> engine, carb, wheels etc.  All in good time!
>
> Regards,
>
>
>



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