Vents look great Rick - I am very impressed!
Johnny
Thanks for the info. I didn't remember any access in my old system for fresh air. but it's hard to remember all the details. I guess the system should work OK then.
Rick
Rick
quote:Originally posted by andriyko:
Rick,
The fresh air intake from the front (windshield valance) grills was available on early cars (roughly under s/n 2000) and late cars (roughly above s/n 6500). There was no fresh air intake for the mid S/N numbered cars (roughly 4000 vehicles).
HTH
B.G.
Johnny
Thanks alot. the vents are one of my favorite changes also.
Rick
Thanks alot. the vents are one of my favorite changes also.
Rick
quote:Originally posted by Johnny Woods:
Vents look great Rick - I am very impressed!
Johnny
That car looks amazing.
Robert
Robert
Rick,
I was going thru the pics and I just noticed it looks like you shaved off the drip rail on the car. Is that correct, or am I looking at it wrong?
If you did can I ask how you did that? I was always under the impression that the roof was attached via the drip rail seem.
Dave
I was going thru the pics and I just noticed it looks like you shaved off the drip rail on the car. Is that correct, or am I looking at it wrong?
If you did can I ask how you did that? I was always under the impression that the roof was attached via the drip rail seem.
Dave
nice racing stripes!
I just noticed it looks like you shaved off the drip rail on the car. Is that correct
Dave[/QUOTE]
I did cut off the driprails to smooth out the car a little. That is where the roof attaches to the car. After cutting them off I just welded all the steel together and made sure everything was made solid again. I wish I had cleaned up the window trim on the doors also. I would like to make the window frames flush up with the roof and pillar line so they flow into the body like newer cars do. I'm not sure if the frame should be black or blue to match the rest of the body. I guess I could still do it without messing with the rest of the car since it is completly seperate.
Dave[/QUOTE]
I did cut off the driprails to smooth out the car a little. That is where the roof attaches to the car. After cutting them off I just welded all the steel together and made sure everything was made solid again. I wish I had cleaned up the window trim on the doors also. I would like to make the window frames flush up with the roof and pillar line so they flow into the body like newer cars do. I'm not sure if the frame should be black or blue to match the rest of the body. I guess I could still do it without messing with the rest of the car since it is completly seperate.
Awesome Job!
WOW! I love the work and attention to detail. I llike the work done to the hood /windshield area.
Howard
Howard
Thanks. I haven't ever seen this done to a Pantera before but I think it looks like it belongs on the car.
Rick
Rick
I absolutely LOVE the car!!! The only things I don't like are the front bumper and the rear wing. The tail lights and "gills" look spectacular!
Nice work!
Ron
Nice work!
Ron
Rick,
Great looking car, some really novel aspects that work extremely well.
What mirrors are you using, they appear to have a good extension to see over the flares.
I assume the headlights are the Hella 50mm version? If so I looked at these a couple times in preference to the usual 75mm ones used on Pantera's as they'd be easier to fit and lower profile. They appear to give good light qualities too, which was my only worry with such a small unit, so now I'm convinced!
Great looking car, some really novel aspects that work extremely well.
What mirrors are you using, they appear to have a good extension to see over the flares.
I assume the headlights are the Hella 50mm version? If so I looked at these a couple times in preference to the usual 75mm ones used on Pantera's as they'd be easier to fit and lower profile. They appear to give good light qualities too, which was my only worry with such a small unit, so now I'm convinced!
Ron
When I set this wing on my car the first time, I fell in love with it. I know alot of guys don't like them. I don't like the big airplane wing look but this one just seemed to fit my car. One thing I like about it is that it dosen't block the rear view at all. The bottom of the wing is just barely visable in my rear view mirror. It also gives me a third break light thats kinda high up so people can see me better. As for the front bumper, I put it on a long time ago. Lately I've been thinking about redoing the front end without it but that is a whole different project.
QUOTE]Originally posted by r mccall:
I absolutely LOVE the car!!! The only things I don't like are the front bumper and the rear wing. The tail lights and "gills" look spectacular!
Nice work!
Ron[/QUOTE]
When I set this wing on my car the first time, I fell in love with it. I know alot of guys don't like them. I don't like the big airplane wing look but this one just seemed to fit my car. One thing I like about it is that it dosen't block the rear view at all. The bottom of the wing is just barely visable in my rear view mirror. It also gives me a third break light thats kinda high up so people can see me better. As for the front bumper, I put it on a long time ago. Lately I've been thinking about redoing the front end without it but that is a whole different project.
QUOTE]Originally posted by r mccall:
I absolutely LOVE the car!!! The only things I don't like are the front bumper and the rear wing. The tail lights and "gills" look spectacular!
Nice work!
Ron[/QUOTE]
Julian
I am using 93 Testarosa mirrors. They do let me see really well. My old mirrors had a pretty big blind spot but with these whatever is just leaving my center rear view mirror is just starting to come into my side mirrors so I don't have a blind spot anymore.
As for the headlights they are the Hella 50mm projectors and are both HID Xenon. I called them about a year and a half ago telling them what I was doing and they said they made these for custom applications. They seem to put out great light and they are the lowest profile light I've seen.
Here is a link to SusquehannaMotor Sports where I got them. This is a picture of the lights with thier frame and the angled bracket I made to mount them in my buckets. I still need to make a shroud to cover the guts and make it look nice when they are in the up position.
http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=1797
I am using 93 Testarosa mirrors. They do let me see really well. My old mirrors had a pretty big blind spot but with these whatever is just leaving my center rear view mirror is just starting to come into my side mirrors so I don't have a blind spot anymore.
As for the headlights they are the Hella 50mm projectors and are both HID Xenon. I called them about a year and a half ago telling them what I was doing and they said they made these for custom applications. They seem to put out great light and they are the lowest profile light I've seen.
Here is a link to SusquehannaMotor Sports where I got them. This is a picture of the lights with thier frame and the angled bracket I made to mount them in my buckets. I still need to make a shroud to cover the guts and make it look nice when they are in the up position.
http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=1797
quote:Originally posted by Joules5:
Rick,
Great looking car, some really novel aspects that work extremely well.
What mirrors are you using, they appear to have a good extension to see over the flares.
I assume the headlights are the Hella 50mm version? If so I looked at these a couple times in preference to the usual 75mm ones used on Pantera's as they'd be easier to fit and lower profile. They appear to give good light qualities too, which was my only worry with such a small unit, so now I'm convinced!
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Trust me guys, as good as this looks in the pictures, it looks way better in person. Our beloved "Herbie" (the car even had a personalized plate with that name at one time) has gone through many years of customizing at the hands of this master craftsman. The more you look, the more details you find. Like the rear transaxle mounts being shaped by hand out of a couple of solid blocks of billet aluminum.... look closely at the shape of them and think of the time!
Rick, do you have a copy of the dyno sheet you can post? I know you don't like to brag, but those are fairly impressive curves, especially for a driver engine.
Rick, do you have a copy of the dyno sheet you can post? I know you don't like to brag, but those are fairly impressive curves, especially for a driver engine.
Dave
Thanks for telling everyone my car was called Herbie. It is kinda funny. My Herbie lisence plate is still on my garage wall.
Here is the dyno sheet. This is the RWHP for the engine. They said it is probably 670 hp at the crank. The max torque is 532ft lbs but the thing that is so crazy about this engine is that at 2500 RPM it already has 460 ft lbs of torque. That makes it really fun to drive.
Rick
Thanks for telling everyone my car was called Herbie. It is kinda funny. My Herbie lisence plate is still on my garage wall.
Here is the dyno sheet. This is the RWHP for the engine. They said it is probably 670 hp at the crank. The max torque is 532ft lbs but the thing that is so crazy about this engine is that at 2500 RPM it already has 460 ft lbs of torque. That makes it really fun to drive.
Rick
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Rick, do you have a copy of the dyno sheet you can post? I know you don't like to brag, but those are fairly impressive curves, especially for a driver engine.
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