[DeTomaso] Gearing

[adin at frontier.net]

IMHO and myopic view of the world I would say this

As we can see, Mr. Drew still has not pulled his head out to take a  
realistic look at the world, if you catch my meaning. (Mike and I have  
very different OPINIONS on this subject.)

Fuel economy?  maybe better.

"A real dog" - a stock (most)Pantera is a "real dog" with performance  
not near the appearance.  One might need to select a lower gear for  
the job, but the cruising (hiway, not burger king) advantages are more  
realistic.  I'll never understand why anyone would think a cleveland  
should have to run @ 3500rpm in a cross country situation.  The  
Cleveland is, by most standards, just a little gurly-man motor - but  
still has sufficient "oomph" to have reasonable gearing.  By "real  
dog" Mike must mean it won't do wheelies.

Considering the aero of the Pantera, and given reasonable cruising  
rpm, a 200+ top speed isn't ridiculous at all.  Unusable on the  
street? Perhaps, but remember this:  by the time you shift into third  
gear you've probably broken every speed limit on the continent -  
should we just convoy to Las Vegas in 2nd gear?

OK, the rant is over.  Back to your regular program . . .

David, ran Nebraska ORR entirely in fifth gear (yawn)



Quoting MikeLDrew at aol.com:

>
> In a message dated 12/30/07 18 14 4, wdemelo at cogeco.ca writes:
>
>
>> My new Pantera that I haven't driven yet due to winter conditions has 3:73
>> rear gears with a .655 fifth gear. Can anyone tell me what to   
>> expect compared
>> to stock with these gearing mods?
>>
>
> Excellent fuel economy.   Ridiculous top speed potential (200+) but only IF
> you have 600 hp or more.
>
> Tom Todak has this combination (by the way, it's 3.77, not 3.73) in his
> Pantera, and with a stock Cleveland it turned the car into a real dog.   He
> eventually put a 427 stroker Windsor in there and that fixed it right up! :>)
>
> Mike
>
>
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