Race the Runway '13

Your car looked awesome Will! How'd you do?

Are you going to the radundo montebello?

I ran a 12.08 in the 1/4 and 221kph at the 1/2 mile
No, Im not going to montebello

that sounds pretty good. how long was the runway?

Wish you were going, I'd love to see your car in person.

1/2 mile

Nice Job Will.
Isn't that 135 mph for us slow Yank's? I would have to bet that there is more that haven't seen that in thier Pantera's than have. Your car looks great as always. congratulations

Great time at this event. Here is a link to Will's first run, sorry for the quality.
http://youtu.be/ofYBjkuhRPk

the 180s sound awesome!!

Flat 12's!! Nice!! Your shift linkage must be set up just right for that first to second shift. Did it take a lot of engine work to get these numbers?

My shifts were quite slow as I make sure they are positive. Zf damage is the last thing I need.Pantera is definitely not a 1/4 mile car.
Motor makes 432hp and 444 ft to the wheels. 10:1 comp, hydraul roller 580ish lift, well worked iron CC heads.
Its a low 11 motor in a fox body mustang.
The first run I smoked the tires off and the second I dumped it at too low of an RPM and fell out of the power band. The hood was lifting on the first run as well so I let off early
Couldve been in 11's but I was 4.5 hrs away from home and didnt want to push my luck.

Will

432 at the treads is tough in any ones language and to get a lazy flat 12 is awesome. Those sort of numbers you would give even modern supercars something to think about.

Looked good to me, Will. Your Cat just keeps getting sicker and sicker ...

Will, its a LONG haul for Canadians, but each Fall at the Mojave Airport in east-central California, they run the 'Mojave Mile'. Same concept except the super-wide concrete runway is 1.0 mile in length plus another mile or so of runoff. Current 'record' for sorta-street-driven sporty cars is around 210, I think. Turbo-Vettes, Ford GTs, blown Vipers and Big Red the elephant-block '67 Camaro all run regularly, as well as some unbelievably fast bikes (and really brave riders).

The unofficial Pantera record for this standing mile is held by the current Prez of Nor-Cal Panteras at around 174 if I remember right. His street car has 545 big-block c.i. Love to see you there.

Here's the launch video from Will's run. Turn up your speakers!

RTR2013

Damn that thing is tough. Good to see a decent movie of a Pantera in action, most of the vids on youtube are pretty lame.

Great video, great sound. Funny, my car never spins its tires unless I deliberately want it to. Which there's no reason to do. Maybe it's because I have relatively little power below 3000 rpm?

Again, very inspirational. I want to drive my Pantera now!

Will and I had a great time at Race the Runway, this year we got to park on the apron where the exotics were (instead of the taxiway)

Race the Runway is a great event organised by Peter O'Blenis. The event has a maximum of 88 cars registered to race the 4000ft runway. Quarter mile time and 1/2 mile speed is recorded.
The beauty of this event is the camaraderie. Egos are left at home and participants all have fun cheering others and sharing improvements they have done to their cars. Even though rumour had it the Cobra guys, the Camaro guys and the Corvette guys had their own internal bets
The underdog was a Dodge Neon totally homebuilt by a 20 something pushing 500+ horsepower.
Profits generated go to charity

A fun day for all. This year a show and shine brought many intereting cars as well.

Sick video!