I think that may be the uglyest Pantera I've ever seen


I own what ever page this is

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I getting a few things worked on the center console on #020


Sorry, crappy phone pic.

quote Originally posted by madcurl: From my knowledge the car isn't a replica, but the real deal.

It's called the DL10 "Predator", It is not a Pantera.

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A little chromed coil anyone ??

Ummm are those your coils??? Hope not.

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quote Originally posted by DIY_Stu: Ummm are those your coils??? Hope not.

Not mine, just posting the pictures for Curly.

quote Originally posted by exoticse: A little chromed coil anyone ??

What Stu said...I hope that's paint. Having a metalized coating connecting ground to 10's of thousands of volts sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Bob

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quote Originally posted by DIY_Stu: Ummm are those your coils??? Hope not.

It's fun watching people get all worked up.

I would imagine that it's Chrome paint. Notice the tape around the terminals & the orange peel along the top.

If it was real Chrome plating, I think that the Copper, Nickel, Chrome, rinse, solvent baths that are part of the Chroming process would have damaged the coil enough that it's not going to be pumping 10000 volts anywhere.

I would have thought that some people could have figured that out without someone having to explain it to you.

As soon as you realize that it's an ignition coil, you have to realize that it's only paint or it's a decoration.

Archie

quote Originally posted by Archie: It's fun watching people get all worked up. I would imagine that it's Chrome paint. Notice the tape around the terminals & the orange peel along the top. If it was real Chrome plating, I think that the Copper, Nickel, Chrome, rinse, solvent baths that are part of the Chroming process would have damaged the coil enough that it's not going to be pumping 10000 volts anywhere. I would have thought that some people could have figured that out without someone having to explain it to you. As soon as you realize that it's an ignition coil, you have to realize that it's only paint or it's a decoration. Archie

FWIW, I did not think it was chromed, and I'm certainly not worked up. If the coating is conductive, then it's a probllem. If not, then it looks great.

Bob

Sorry for the confusion, I thought everybody knew it was chrome paint and not actually a chromed dipped coil. Two pages back, I mentioned that Unique Chrome will perform all of the plastic chrome painting for my N*. Right now, they're test painting (chrome) one of the N* coils free of charge. As most know, the coils outer shell is made of plastic (non-conductive) so too is the chrome paint.

If it works, we'll continue painting the remaining 3-coil packs. If it doesn't.... we'll I'm out of 1-coil. No biggie. Oh yeah, the test coil is from #015 chop top. Other parts that are metal will be real chrome plated or like Troy did... polished with a clear coat.

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Archie you think the work up is over nothing eh? Well even you should know that silver based paint IS CONDUCTIVE. HELL Even WOOD IS CONDUCTIVE! Curly you will have arcing from that coil. You're next test should be to use a boot as a mask. This will yield you the same visual results since the boot will be over the paint you have on there now anyway. But the chrome paint wont be under the boot at all. Even by using a wire boot to mask with I still believe to be risky since it will still have a conductive coating close to the boot. If that's the look you want I believe that might be the safest route you can go with it. If you sand that paint off try not to scratch up the plastic under it. Don't think that a multimeter is going to be able to test the conductivity of the paint because it won't. but to 10's of thousands of volts you'd be amazed what the spark can cause to conduct.

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quote Originally posted by DIY_Stu: Curly you will have arcing from that coil. You're next test should be to use a boot as a mask. This will yield you the same visual results since the boot will be over the paint you have on there now anyway. But the chrome paint wont be under the boot at all. Even by using a wire boot to mask with I still believe to be risky since it will still have a conductive coating close to the boot. If that's the look you want I believe that might be the safest route you can go with it. If you sand that paint off try not to scratch up the plastic under it.

Thanks for your input. We'll check-it-out once the part comes back from the company. If it doesn't work or cause an issues, I'll sand off the paint or use a spare coil.

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Just reach over and touch the body of the coil with it running.... You'll see. Just make sure you empty your bladder before you touch it, because if it isn't, it will be soon.

Careful Stu, it doesn't matter if you know what your talking about or not, Archie and palls get but hurt easily.

quote Originally posted by Custom2M4: It's called the DL10 "Predator", It is not a Pantera.

no it's the real Pantera 2000..........the Predator is a replica of it.

quote Originally posted by jmbishop: Careful Stu.

I know. But Curl does listen to reason. He does expect a little proof to be told. As for others some believe they know it all. I could have been mean and just stayed quiet. But when someone spends the time to dress something up and you can help them do it right. Put feelings for associates aside and lend a helping hand.

Curl I just can't stand the "extra" cluster being in the car, Just looks like it needs a steering wheel over there too.

quote Originally posted by DIY_Stu: Curl I just can't stand the "extra" cluster being in the car, Just looks like it needs a steering wheel over there too.

Initially, on #011 I tried to mount the Caddy pod on the drivers side and it was too big and I didn't want to cut into the pod for possible additional room. Therefore, I had no other choice, but to mount it on the passenger side. In CA... it's the Smog law. However, it comes in handy for diagnosing code gremlins.

lol! they close the roads for that?

Must be an entirely different world. There's 8+ inches on the roads up here and never get closed.

quote Originally posted by InTheLead: lol! they close the roads for that? Must be an entirely different world. There's 8+ inches on the roads up here and never get closed.

Californians. We don't know how-to drive in the snow, so the government holds our hands.... even during a 1-inch snow storm.