[DeTomaso] top 10 performance upgrades for .99 cents

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Gops of money is relative....if you add up my mods to include mandatory bling it comes out to less then 99 cents TOTAL. 
   
  Here's the detailed list;
   
  Replace every nut & bolt & interior & new paint on Pantera  .39 cents
  550 HP Cleveland Stroker .29 cents
  Taller Gears for ORR  .12 cents
  NASCAR Cooling System - 06 cents
  All new Suspension & Safety Upgrades - 03 cents
  IR EFI - .10 cents  
   
  

Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
  Dear Dick,

I appreciate that. Here at the Pantera Research Institute, 
we have spent years proving that it really *does* take gobs of money to make 
profound changes in the Pantera's formidable powers! :-) We've also 
spent the same amount of time trying to conceal the true extent of the gobs 
of money from the wife........! Unfortunately, she is an accountant. 
Fortunately, she is a saint.


Happy New Year, Chuck Engles




----- Original Message ----- 
From: 
To: "Charles Engles" 
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] top 10 performance upgrades


> Chuck, I like your list, especially in reference to "gobs of money"
>
> Dick Koch - Atlanta
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Charles Engles 
>>Sent: Dec 31, 2006 6:02 PM
>>To: SEL 
>>Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] top 10 performance upgrades
>>
>>Dear Stephen,
>>
>> OK, I'll bite. Here are my favorites, which assume a rare 
>> bone
>>stock Pantera as a starting point for "most bang for the buck" upgrades:
>>
>> 1) Remove the little button plunger doot inside the shifter to
>>ease shifting. It is redundant. It causes mechanical drag and removal is
>>easy. Cost is Zero and if you don't like it, just replace it.
>>
>> 2) Replace the rubber brake lines with braided stainless 
>> steel.
>> 3) Replace the stock brake pads with a more street
>>conditions-friendly pad
>> 4) Remove the stock proportioning valve.
>> 5) Replace the stock master cylinder with Pantera Performance
>>Center's aftermarket stock master cylinder replacement
>> 6) Remove the suspension spacers to lower the car
>> 7) Four wheel alignment and specific maximum possible caster 
>> in
>>the front wheels.
>> 8) Lubricate the rear upright lower bolt
>> 9) Place shutoff valves on the heater hoses
>> 10) Go to a chassis dyno for a run and assessment by the local
>>wizard as to why the results were the way they were......
>>
>> 11) Take a gob of money: build new engine include new cooling
>>system for added BTU load
>> 12) Take another gob: place new suspension (bushings, 
>> springs,
>>shocks, brakes, rear upright Timken roller bearing conversion)
>> 13) Take another gob: buy new wheels and rubber.
>>
>>
>> Your mileage may possibly vary, Chuck Engles
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "SEL" 
>>To: 
>>Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:13 PM
>>Subject: [DeTomaso] top 10 performance upgrades
>>
>>
>>Hi All - hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and has a terrific new
>>year - for those of us that are new to the Pantera and have not very
>>modified cars - what would be your top 10 most bang for the buck 
>>performance
>>upgrades? - thanks! Stephen
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