RC PERFORMANCE - DYNO SHOPRe: [DeTomaso] Dyno Shop In The OC / NewEngine for The Winged Warrior

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Slacker Art,
Don't forget the pipe...you couldn't own a Jag without owning a pipe.

md

Art Stephens <artstephens at charter.net> wrote:      Your Jag was kind of a girly man's car wasn't it?  (not that there is 
anything wrong with that)  Didn't I see you wearing a turtleneck and some 
suede loafers while you were racing it?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mad Dog Antenucci" 
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Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:07 AM
Subject: RC PERFORMANCE - DYNO SHOPRe: [DeTomaso] Dyno Shop In The OC / 
NewEngine for The Winged Warrior


> Dan,
>
> There is a shop in Huntington Beach that has dedicated an engine dyno. 
> I've had some work done by them in the past (and was satisfied) but have 
> not used their engine dyno.
>
> Fwiw, I was impressed with the owner and his chief wrench.  Got some good 
> feedback from a few other racers around HB and the OC.  But a couple words 
> of advise;
>
> 1.  Don't even consider going unless you have a Webers guy with parts "ON 
> SITE" when you do your dyno pulls....... otherwise you are wasting time 
> and $$$ money. Richard charges $800 for a full day which is reasonable 
> when you get as many pulls as you can make in 8 hours but he expects if he 
> didn't build the engine that the end user (YOU) to have his engine builder 
> and/or tuner ON SITE.
>
> 2.  Bring your engine specs, etc.
>
> 3.  You might want to FIRST have Dick Drenske or someone else do a leak 
> down test 1st on the engine. Also check with Dennis Daly in OC who has 
> Webers on his Pantera on who he or others may still be using for parts and 
> tuning. As the owner RC Performance told me earlier he hasn't had an 
> engine with Webers in his shop for YEARS.
>
> Finally, I'll say I totally love Webers....they look and perform great 
> once they are properly dialed in....I had them on a Jag before but also 
> went through 2-3 shops with tuners who told me (or others told me) that 
> they were Guru's with Webers and knew how to dial the webers in....they 
> did not....I finally found a guy around the corner from my brother in the 
> old neighborhood in Seattle who worked out of his garage who got the 
> Webers dialed in after a couple hours work and I NEVER had another problem 
> with them...ran them on the Jag for another 3 years or so in competition, 
> on the street, etc....beautiful.
>
> MD
>
>
>
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
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