Just checking to see who else may be joining
rustomatic and myself for the Laguna event on Sunday
My tire guy who is also Otec was telling me Viper club is
going to be there.. I see a lot of them signed up
Pantera is pretty much ready to go.. just a test ride tonight
and then change the exhaust to the 4" straight pipes and load
her up tomorrow.. hopefully my buddy will bring his go-pro and
we can shoot a few videos... one other Pantera running but
in another group
New carb, new oil lines, new fuel lines, new tires
so hopefully she will be good all day
It was cool seeing your Pantera out there, Bob--I'd take it over the Maclarens and Vipers any day! I thought your Firebird was nice, but the Pantera is definitely in another league!
My luck wasn't so great, but I had a good time--how can you not do this when being allowed to race your car around Laguna Seca?
I made it through two sessions. On the last lap of my second session, my alternator exploded, sending shrapnel into my upper radiator hose. Simultaneously, I boiled my brakes, which resulted in no pedal pressure, so I was removed from the track via flatbed. At least it was my last lap, and there was at least one guy I'd passed twice...
In my row in the pits, there were three guys whose engines tanked, two of whom had broken cranks--the Fairmont guy Bob already mentioned, something to do with pistons and valves contacting. There was indeed some interesting carnage, but I guess I was lucky overall. What was cool was that the guy with the worst damage, the black TCP fastback, was letting me cannibalize radiator hose components off of his car. Another guy threw me an alternator and a hose, along with a pile of wire and a stripper. I tried, but failed; I overheated in the staging area trying to get out for the fourth session. It was my fault for either not burping the cooling system or not noticing a failed water pump. I learned some stuff...
Last edited by rustomatic; 06-10-2018 at 04:16 PM.
I saw Kevin's car broke the alternator bracket. Not sure if that took out the dry sump belt which killed the motor or what... Didn't look pretty though!
Rustomatic,
sorry to hear about the car... at least it was not
an engine like the others... I only ran 3 runs as I needed
to get on the road as my elect brakes on my trailer were
messed up and locking one.. I drove all the way down in
the morning (dark) with no trialer lights.. decided it was
better to leave early before the lights were needed
It was a great day and not bending or blowing up
motors is always a good day and not that expensive
I have lunched 8 motors in the Pontiac, one in my
mustang and none so far in the Pantera... as I stated
before I just changed all the fuel and oil lines after my
recent fire and was checking that stuff all day and hoping
to not have a bon fire
Good to see you again
Just signed up for the Thunderhill event in October with CFRA
which is the Monday after Shelby club.. trying to get a
few more Panteras there
358 Mustang,
I talked to Kevin and yes the bracket broke
things got tangled and it also broke the crank
His drysump was also hanging there so it
was a mess.. too bad as that car is fun to watch
really fast and smooth.... he can drive and the car
is well sorted
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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