[DeTomaso] Tri Power for 351C

[John Taphorn]

Perhaps someone has already mentioned this.  At the Fun Rally, Don Coleman 
spoke of his time at the factory when they were trying to get the Pantera 
performance numbers to meet or exceed the Ferrari 365GTB. They ultimately 
settled on the 3X2 bbl set up to max power.  I spoke to him about it 
afterwards and he stated they found 10 to 20 HP on the dyno with it verses a 
four barrel Holley.

Learning that, I was surprised that I had not heard of this approach 
previously.  Although, just as the new Ford GT was targeted to beat the 
Ferrari 360, I didn't know that Ford had set its sights on the 365GTB in the 
early 70s.  I suppose it makes perfect sense, they had the same attitude 
with the GT40 at LeMans.  It is too bad, the Pantera was denied more 
development.  In this case it seems Alessandro, and not Ford, was to blame.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ROBERT TIMMA TIMMA" <ddbt10 at msn.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>; <bobfluty at aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tri Power for 351C


>I have 3 X 2bbl setup on my Pantera. I'm using an Interchangeable manifold, 
>built the adaptor for the three Holley's on top. It's a tight fit but it 
>does fit. Bowl of the forward carb hangs over the distributor, and the air 
>box is less than a 1/4" away from the unmodified decklid. I have a 
>progressive linkage setup. I've only done some short runs so far. I need to 
>do some tuning, but the GRIN factor is high! snappy acceleration!
> Bob T.
> #3952
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: bobfluty at aol.com<mailto:bobfluty at aol.com>
>  To: detomaso at realbig.com<mailto:detomaso at realbig.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 12:43 PM
>  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tri Power for 351C
>
>
>  <<What do you all think of this? Any benefits from using 3 carbs?>>
>
>
>  Don't know about "real" performance benefits from the Tri-Power set up, 
> but on the Pantera you're going to have to think about the clearance 
> problem with the deck lid.  Bob Richards (San Diego Panteras) has a 
> factory tri-power set up on his Pantera and it required some modification 
> to the manifold to fit without trimming the deck lid.  I ran three 
> Rochester 2G's on my small block Chevy years ago and loved the 
> combination.  Ran on the middle carb and then kicked in the two outboard 
> carbs with progressive linkage.  I've seen the advertisements for the new 
> Barry Grant tri-power combinations...cool looking, but quite pricey.  Will 
> be interesting to see what the final bid is on eBAY for this 
> assembly....should be quite impressive..they're at $1,325 with five days 
> to go!
>
>  Good luck,
>
>  Bob
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