What a summer in Victoria. At 5252 Motorsports' Tour de Rock Car show and dyno competition we hit 811 Hp.....not 1000 yet but we'll get there.
Blaine and his Pantera were in the media as Driver of the Week with Black Press and Blaine raced the car at Thunder in the Valley. Thunder in the Valley was great fun and if Blaine hit third gear it would have been that much better. There is a steep learning curve to driving the Beast.
The Pantera also made an appearance at the Torque Masters Auto Extravaganza! Next summer will be better and we hope to be at even more events. Keep an eye out for the Pantera who may be getting a "little Italian sister!"
Cheers
Janis
5252 Motorsports
Where Torque and Horsepower Meet
1974 DeTomaso Pantera
Blaine Carmena's 1974 DeTomaso Pantera is sponsored by 5252 Motorsports which is owned by Blaine and Chris McCrimmon. Come in and visit us. We are located on Vancouver Island and have a full chassis dyno in a state of the art dyno cell.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Winter Fun in Victoria??
So the weather has been a bit crazy here on the Island and Blaine is enjoying it with the Pantera - it may need snow tires if this keeps up.
Janis
5252 Motorsports
Where Torque and Horsepower Meet
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It's Still Alive - and KICKING!
The purple beast made its way to the shop this month with the intention of installing a boost control solenoid to up the boost. With me it seems that jobs always get bigger than originally anticipated. While the car was in the shop I decided to re-tune the ECU in VE mode. From past experience this tuning strategy with the Haltech ECU’s seems to result in better drive-ability on cars equipped with overly large injectors. After installing the boost control solenoid the tuning began. After 4 hours or so of tuning it seemed like the car was hitting a rev limiter at 4500 RPM or so. Data logs confirmed that injector duty cycle was dropping down to 0% as would happen in a fuel cut situation. At this point tuning was halted until we could figure out what is going on. Stay tuned, 1000HP to come.
Blaine
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
5252 MOTORSPORTS IS OPEN!!!
It's been a long time coming but we are finally OPEN! The dyno is up and running, the lifts are going and we are now able to assist you with all your automotive goals.
Come in for a visit when you get a chance. We would love to meet you and your vehicle. Keep an eye on Youtube and our blogs for updates about what we are up to.
Hope to see you soon
Chris and Blaine
5252 Motorsports
Where Torque and Horsepower Meet
Come in for a visit when you get a chance. We would love to meet you and your vehicle. Keep an eye on Youtube and our blogs for updates about what we are up to.
Hope to see you soon
Chris and Blaine
5252 Motorsports
Where Torque and Horsepower Meet
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
Summer Car Shows
What a great summer this was in Victoria. Even though we were extremely busy building the shop and dyno cell we did make some time for some local car shows. We were honoured to win "Kid's Choice" at the Queen Alexandra Hospital Car show - my guess is it's because the Pantera looks like a Hot Wheels! Enjoy the pictures and if you require parts, advice, tuning or anything else car-related, don't hesitate to give us a call.
Blaine and Chris
5252 Motorsports
Where Torque and Horsepower Meet
Blaine and Chris
5252 Motorsports
Where Torque and Horsepower Meet
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