Shakedown went extremely well.
No problems with any of the participants.
We went about 120 miles, evaluating all functions, both at "regular highway speeds" and at "extended cruising speeds".
Great ride - Beautiful scenery, awesome driving.
Southern AZ Panteras - Shakedown Cruise!
Rocky
Seeing the photos you post makes me yearn to move West! Beutiful scenery and open roads!
on the techincial side of a photo;
what is the towel wrapped hoses?
another, My car did not have that "caution" sticker
(I'm thinking a plaque above the window switches)
on the techincial side of a photo;
what is the towel wrapped hoses?
another, My car did not have that "caution" sticker
(I'm thinking a plaque above the window switches)
The towel is to protect the paint from the cable running to the Innovate Motorsports LM-2 Digital Fuel/Air Ratio meter. One of the pictures shows the O2 Sensor in the exhaust.
Since there was some interest, I posted some of my Fuel / Air Ratio data in a separate thread....
#5357 Fuel / Air Ratio Analysis
Thanks -
Rocky
Since there was some interest, I posted some of my Fuel / Air Ratio data in a separate thread....
#5357 Fuel / Air Ratio Analysis
Thanks -
Rocky
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Dinner & "Informal" POCA Meeting
Time: Meet at ~5:00 PM, Dinner before ~6:00 PM
Meet up for dinner with some Pantera Caravan travelers to the POCA Fun Rally at "Hot Rods Old Vail" in East Tucson.
Please plan to arrive about 5:00 and grab a libation. Our travelers are on the road, so please make allowances for their travel schedule!
Hotrods Old Vail
10500 E. Old Vail Rd
Tucson, AZ 85747
(520) 202-0987
Hot Rod's Web-Site (Map on Contact Page)
Very easy to get to, just north of I-10 on Houghton Road (about 1 Mile).
Here was our last meet...
Time: Meet at ~5:00 PM, Dinner before ~6:00 PM
Meet up for dinner with some Pantera Caravan travelers to the POCA Fun Rally at "Hot Rods Old Vail" in East Tucson.
Please plan to arrive about 5:00 and grab a libation. Our travelers are on the road, so please make allowances for their travel schedule!
Hotrods Old Vail
10500 E. Old Vail Rd
Tucson, AZ 85747
(520) 202-0987
Hot Rod's Web-Site (Map on Contact Page)
Very easy to get to, just north of I-10 on Houghton Road (about 1 Mile).
Here was our last meet...
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And another RSVP! This might be a good one!
Up to 3 "Cats" caravanning
Chuck '73 Pantera
Jack & Ruth '74 Pantera
Wade '72 Pantera
Andy & TJ Pantera
Gil Mares Pantera
Jim Fusco Pantera
Dave & Shelly FIAT Club
Should be fun!
Chuck
Up to 3 "Cats" caravanning
Chuck '73 Pantera
Jack & Ruth '74 Pantera
Wade '72 Pantera
Andy & TJ Pantera
Gil Mares Pantera
Jim Fusco Pantera
Dave & Shelly FIAT Club
Should be fun!
Chuck
Another Great AZ Event.....
We had a great turnout, and a nice time. This was the greatest convocation of YELLOW Panteras in the history of Tucson.... EVER!
Slide Show - Fun Rally Send-Off (05-11-2015)
I am sluggish today, as I am getting ready to head out for the Fun Rally, so therefore, I am going to link up pictures in this thread. I know it is against policy... I hope our benevolent moderator doesn't ban me.
We had:
- John and Cathy Buckman (AZ Panteras)
- Dale and Monique Erickson (LA Area) * Yellow Pantera "L" *
- Larry Finch (PCNC)
- Jim Fusco (AZ Panteras)
- Chuck & Linda Huber (AZ Panteras) * Yellow Pantera "L" *
- Gil Mares (AZ Panteras)
- Wade Musil (AZ Panteras) * Brown / Orange Pantera "Pre-L" *
- Andy Pieh (AZ Panteras) * Yellow Pantera "Pre-L" *
- Steve Ram (AZ Panteras)
- Dave & Shelly Knawa (FIAT Club)
After a little false start at Hot Rods (closed on Mondays!), we all headed up the street to Chuy's Mesquite Broiler. We all had a nice time, and got some good food, and some well-deserved hydrating beverages.
The big winner at the AZ POCA Meeting (Southern Chapter) was the Buckmans, and Kathy took home a "medium" 2012 POCA Fun Rally T-Shirt!
We all had lots of fun, and we wished the travelers a "Bon Voyage"! Next time we will bring ticker-tape and confetti!
See you in Houston!
Rocky
We had a great turnout, and a nice time. This was the greatest convocation of YELLOW Panteras in the history of Tucson.... EVER!
Slide Show - Fun Rally Send-Off (05-11-2015)
I am sluggish today, as I am getting ready to head out for the Fun Rally, so therefore, I am going to link up pictures in this thread. I know it is against policy... I hope our benevolent moderator doesn't ban me.
We had:
- John and Cathy Buckman (AZ Panteras)
- Dale and Monique Erickson (LA Area) * Yellow Pantera "L" *
- Larry Finch (PCNC)
- Jim Fusco (AZ Panteras)
- Chuck & Linda Huber (AZ Panteras) * Yellow Pantera "L" *
- Gil Mares (AZ Panteras)
- Wade Musil (AZ Panteras) * Brown / Orange Pantera "Pre-L" *
- Andy Pieh (AZ Panteras) * Yellow Pantera "Pre-L" *
- Steve Ram (AZ Panteras)
- Dave & Shelly Knawa (FIAT Club)
After a little false start at Hot Rods (closed on Mondays!), we all headed up the street to Chuy's Mesquite Broiler. We all had a nice time, and got some good food, and some well-deserved hydrating beverages.
The big winner at the AZ POCA Meeting (Southern Chapter) was the Buckmans, and Kathy took home a "medium" 2012 POCA Fun Rally T-Shirt!
We all had lots of fun, and we wished the travelers a "Bon Voyage"! Next time we will bring ticker-tape and confetti!
See you in Houston!
Rocky
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Fun Rally 15-19 May (What More Need Be Said?) & Mount Lemmon Hill Climb (Sat. 13 June)
Watch this space for details......
* Link to Fun Rally Event
* More information on our Mount Lemmon event.
FIAT Club Mt. Lemmon Video
Watch this space for details......
* Link to Fun Rally Event
* More information on our Mount Lemmon event.
FIAT Club Mt. Lemmon Video
quote:Originally posted by Rocky:
Fun Rally 15-19 May (What More Need Be Said?) & Mount Lemmon Hill Climb (Sat. 13 June)
Watch this space for details......
* Link to Fun Rally Event
* More information on our Mount Lemmon event.
FIAT Club Mt. Lemmon Video
Some of our Poca members had a chance to tour the Inde Motorsports Ranch track located in Willcox Arizona today. John Mabry the track's operations manager showed our members the facility then did a lead follow around the track. He then took some of our members on a hot lap around the track using their 2014 Porsche Cayman. I believe that there will be talk about this place at the rally in Texas!
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Update on the Inde Track Event....
P.S. Note the car's color. You will recall from one of the recent threads that this will boost the HP by at least 60 over the 500 HP that the owner would claim if the car were for sale!
quote:This is the Inde Track's Cayman. It was bought new and they run the crap out of it.
P.S. Note the car's color. You will recall from one of the recent threads that this will boost the HP by at least 60 over the 500 HP that the owner would claim if the car were for sale!
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The Fun Rally is "In The Books".
Read about it HERE (<<-- This is a Link)
Get your car ready for the Southern AZ Pantera June Hill Climb up Mount Lemmon!
Read about it HERE (<<-- This is a Link)
Get your car ready for the Southern AZ Pantera June Hill Climb up Mount Lemmon!
Details on the Mt. Lemmon Hill Climb Run.... (13 June, 2015)
We plan to meet at "Cars and Coffee" at La Encantada, in Tucson, starting about 0700 AM. We hope to have an "Italian Corral"
2805 E Skyline Dr.
Tucson, Arizona
Cars and Coffee Facebook Site
Our plan is that the Pantera Club and the FIAT Club (and those exclusive guests also invited to participate) will get their briefing instructions, and we will pull out as a group at 0830.
We also plan to stop at the intersection (Southwest Corner) of Catalina Highway and Snyder Road at 0900 - 0915 and we can join anyone from the East Side who can't meet us at Cars and Coffee.
Then up Mount Lemmon - to be at the top before 11:00 (Leaving at 0830 will give us an hour for photo shoots at Geology Vista Point, Aspen and maybe all the way at the top.
Lunch will be from 11:00 – 12:00 (at either the Iron Door or the Sawmill) – I will get reservations based on the number of RSVPs we receive. Then we return.
This event is being coordinated in association with the Fun Italian Automobiles of Tucson (FIAT) Club.
Any and all classic cars are welcome to attend. Please post up here to RSVP.
Rocky
Option: On the way home from the Hill Climb...
After the run up Mt. Lemmon, we will have the option to visit the students at the U of A college of engineering.
The students are packing up a Grand Prix car they built for a race in Nebraska. They are interested in seeing cars that are not run of the mill.
We can stop by any time after 1 pm, they will be working until later that night.
We plan to meet at "Cars and Coffee" at La Encantada, in Tucson, starting about 0700 AM. We hope to have an "Italian Corral"
2805 E Skyline Dr.
Tucson, Arizona
Cars and Coffee Facebook Site
Our plan is that the Pantera Club and the FIAT Club (and those exclusive guests also invited to participate) will get their briefing instructions, and we will pull out as a group at 0830.
We also plan to stop at the intersection (Southwest Corner) of Catalina Highway and Snyder Road at 0900 - 0915 and we can join anyone from the East Side who can't meet us at Cars and Coffee.
Then up Mount Lemmon - to be at the top before 11:00 (Leaving at 0830 will give us an hour for photo shoots at Geology Vista Point, Aspen and maybe all the way at the top.
Lunch will be from 11:00 – 12:00 (at either the Iron Door or the Sawmill) – I will get reservations based on the number of RSVPs we receive. Then we return.
This event is being coordinated in association with the Fun Italian Automobiles of Tucson (FIAT) Club.
Any and all classic cars are welcome to attend. Please post up here to RSVP.
Rocky
Option: On the way home from the Hill Climb...
After the run up Mt. Lemmon, we will have the option to visit the students at the U of A college of engineering.
The students are packing up a Grand Prix car they built for a race in Nebraska. They are interested in seeing cars that are not run of the mill.
We can stop by any time after 1 pm, they will be working until later that night.
Really great news from our Phoenix Chapter!
ARIZONA POCA SWAP MEET AND DYNO DAY (Sat., 27 June)
(Some might say....) With the summer rolling in AZ POCA doesn't have a lot of drives planned or activities like other POCA chapters........ NOT TRUE!
ARIZONA POCA SWAP MEET AND DYNO DAY!!!!
WHEN: SATURDAY JUNE 27th
WHERE: AMP PERFORMANCE CENTER
4346 E University Dr.,
Phoenix, AZ 85034
TIME: 8:00AM - 2:00PM
FREE LUNCH! AZ POCA will provide a barbecue lunch with appetizers and all beverages (yeah - the other ones too) for AZ POCA Members.
We will have pop-up canopies and you will have the chance to meet and greet the staff of AMP Performance - and hang out with your POCA friends.
If you bring your Pantera you can get it strapped up to AMP's DYNOMETER and find out what's really going to the rear wheels ( Free! I say again.. Free!!).
Tom Thompson from AMP will hand out a trophy for the "Best Pantera" that he will select.
PARTS SWAP MEET Do yourself a favor and use this opportunity to clean out your garage of those spare parts that are taking up space and put some cash back in your wallet.
• Got a part you don't need? Spare starter, fuel pump, filters, air cleaners, heads, valve covers, water bottles, slave or primary cylinders, brake rotors or calipers, distributors? BRING 'EM.
• Anything like spare electric, pneumatic, or mechanical TOOLS, a tool box? Extra power washer, drills, sanders, polishers, buffers, grinders, saws? BRING 'EM.
Tom Thompson and his crew from AMP PERFORMANCE (Specialist in FORD) are looking forward to meeting us and showing what they have to offer as a provider of service and also helping us promote and serve our cars.
The leadership of AZ POCA look forward to seeing all of you there. Even if your Pantera can't come, please load up the truck with parts and come to see your friends. Joe Stockett is bringing LaBellizza, Chuck Huber is bringing "The Big Cat".
Please post up for an RSVP - and thanks for being a AZ POCA member!
Joe Stockett
President AZ POCA
P.S. The Tucson Club will be organizing a "Cat Caravan" to the event from Tucson. Stay tuned!
ARIZONA POCA SWAP MEET AND DYNO DAY (Sat., 27 June)
(Some might say....) With the summer rolling in AZ POCA doesn't have a lot of drives planned or activities like other POCA chapters........ NOT TRUE!
ARIZONA POCA SWAP MEET AND DYNO DAY!!!!
WHEN: SATURDAY JUNE 27th
WHERE: AMP PERFORMANCE CENTER
4346 E University Dr.,
Phoenix, AZ 85034
TIME: 8:00AM - 2:00PM
FREE LUNCH! AZ POCA will provide a barbecue lunch with appetizers and all beverages (yeah - the other ones too) for AZ POCA Members.
We will have pop-up canopies and you will have the chance to meet and greet the staff of AMP Performance - and hang out with your POCA friends.
If you bring your Pantera you can get it strapped up to AMP's DYNOMETER and find out what's really going to the rear wheels ( Free! I say again.. Free!!).
Tom Thompson from AMP will hand out a trophy for the "Best Pantera" that he will select.
PARTS SWAP MEET Do yourself a favor and use this opportunity to clean out your garage of those spare parts that are taking up space and put some cash back in your wallet.
• Got a part you don't need? Spare starter, fuel pump, filters, air cleaners, heads, valve covers, water bottles, slave or primary cylinders, brake rotors or calipers, distributors? BRING 'EM.
• Anything like spare electric, pneumatic, or mechanical TOOLS, a tool box? Extra power washer, drills, sanders, polishers, buffers, grinders, saws? BRING 'EM.
Tom Thompson and his crew from AMP PERFORMANCE (Specialist in FORD) are looking forward to meeting us and showing what they have to offer as a provider of service and also helping us promote and serve our cars.
The leadership of AZ POCA look forward to seeing all of you there. Even if your Pantera can't come, please load up the truck with parts and come to see your friends. Joe Stockett is bringing LaBellizza, Chuck Huber is bringing "The Big Cat".
Please post up for an RSVP - and thanks for being a AZ POCA member!
Joe Stockett
President AZ POCA
P.S. The Tucson Club will be organizing a "Cat Caravan" to the event from Tucson. Stay tuned!
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Here's a link to our Mount Lemmon Hill Climb travel summary - I hope you enjoy it!
Rocky
Link to AZ Pantera / FIAT Club "Mount Lemmon Hill Climb" Event
Rocky
Link to AZ Pantera / FIAT Club "Mount Lemmon Hill Climb" Event
As a heads-up for this- my favorite type of tech session, dyno operators say the two most common malfunctions on older performance cars are -1- bad spark plug wires or over-age plugs and -2- poor carb performance from dirty air cleaners and misadjusted throttle linkage. Spend a Saturday before the session on a tune-up and get better results!
You wouldn't believe the gains we have gotten over the years from plugs and linkage adjustments! Have fun guys!
I am going up for the day and bringing the following parts:
72L engine screen
Both swaybars and brackets
2 72L stock seats
bulkhead cover(steel) and panel
Stock air compressor and condensor
4 15" Centerline Convo Pro rims
2 rear brake calipers stock
1 water bottle with temp sensor
1 alternator stock amperage(maybe a bit more)
1 never used Ford GT multi disc clutch and flywheel
Regards, David
72L engine screen
Both swaybars and brackets
2 72L stock seats
bulkhead cover(steel) and panel
Stock air compressor and condensor
4 15" Centerline Convo Pro rims
2 rear brake calipers stock
1 water bottle with temp sensor
1 alternator stock amperage(maybe a bit more)
1 never used Ford GT multi disc clutch and flywheel
Regards, David
Good time with the AZ POCA crew, although our President got an early pull on their dyno (before the rest of us arrived to witness it) and shredded it!
Nevertheless, even without the dyno pulls, we had a great time, we had a great turnout of cars, and lots of parts changed hands.
Dave Andresen won the AMP Performance trophy for best car! Congrats, Dave!
You can read about the event at the POCA Forum (It was an AZ POCA Event, after all) at the following link.... We have a lot of pictures, and even Quad Copter Video!
AZ POCA / AMP Performance Car Show
Nevertheless, even without the dyno pulls, we had a great time, we had a great turnout of cars, and lots of parts changed hands.
Dave Andresen won the AMP Performance trophy for best car! Congrats, Dave!
You can read about the event at the POCA Forum (It was an AZ POCA Event, after all) at the following link.... We have a lot of pictures, and even Quad Copter Video!
AZ POCA / AMP Performance Car Show
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