Spoke with Dennis Quella from Pantera Performance out of Denver, CO. What an impressive gentleman and a human encyclopedia when it comes to a Pantera. Found out he has been restoring Panteras full-time since 1979, owns two street Panteras, and owns a beast of race car Pantera. And a pleasant man to talk to. Loved this guy.
Anyway, after speaking to him at length, I am pretty sure I am just going to upgrade the brakes to Wilwood ones, which sounds to be a world of improvement over the stock brakes. While I have the whole thing out to replace the studs, might as well upgrade.
A couple of years ago I installed new shocks aluminum shock absorbers I purchased from Hall Pantera. Some folks on this site have suggested modifying the rear wheel bearings. What other suspension upgrades are folks suggesting I complete?
By the way, I purchased a new brake booster/master cylinder from Hall Pantera, new brake proportioning valve from Jerry at PI Motorsports (another great guy always willing to help over the phone), and new brake lines, all of which will be installed this weekend...hopefully.
Two weekends ago I had the front trunk carpets replaced. Looks awesome.