quote:Originally posted by JTpantera:
I drove a Pantera with Webers and it drove very nicely. No hestation, no backfires, smooth acceleration, sounded great.
A decade ago it was the poster child for every conversation on the POCA forum when people said they were a PIA, difficult to tune, and unstreetable. The owner tuned them w/o a doctorate in Webers. Pantera ran great w/o issue. Whether he was maximizing the engine's potential, I couldn't tell you. Located in Texas, the owner was William King and the car was Seafoam Green. Eventually, he tired of fighting the naysayers, who said it wasn't possible based on their personal experience or what they had heard,and gave up defending the Weber installation. Unfortunately, his son passed away and Will disengaged. I do not know where he or the Pantera is today.
I guess we are all guilty of proselytizing with conviction our own experiences on these Forums despite others experiences to the contrary. But while a worthy dialogue, that's probably a different thread.
They are very street able and tunable but should be considered a "special needs" setup.
The issue really is that many people don't know what to expect from them and probably were over their heads with anything but a box stock car to begin with.
You don't normally start out with even an undergraduate degree but if you dial them in yourself successfully you will certainly be entitled to advanced degree credits at least.
It is interesting to compare the cam that George speced here to the special "Weber cam" recommended by many for the set up.
It isn't identical, but it is close enough to consider it the same cam.