[DeTomaso] Wanted, 71 or 72, Which To Buy?

clay willmott claywillmott at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 30 20:29:33 EDT 2008


Only 1st,3rd, and 4th are different.  The fifth gear and final drive are the same for Dash 1 and 2 so there should not be any difference at speed.
All ratios are listed on the RBT website.

Clay

> From: artstephens at charter.net
> To: eanderson at geotracinternational.com; garth_rodericks at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:33:29 -0700
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wanted, 71 or 72, Which To Buy?
> 
> 
>      I think you are right about the gears Eric,  I forgot about that and it 
> would be important to me to have the taller, later gears.  I remember the 
> aluminum gas tank as well.  I don't know if all 71's had them,  and I don't 
> know why they changed to steel.
> 
> Thanks,
> Art
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Erik Anderson" <eanderson at geotracinternational.com>
> To: <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>; "Art Stephens" 
> <artstephens at charter.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wanted, 71 or 72, Which To Buy?
> 
> 
> >I believe some of the '71's had different gear ratios in the ZF???
> >
> > I am not certain of the specifics ...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> > On Behalf Of Garth Rodericks
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:27 PM
> > To: detomaso at realbig.com; Art Stephens
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Wanted, 71 or 72, Which To Buy?
> >
> > Honestly, I don't think there are any disadvantages to a '71. Granted, the 
> > early pushbutton
> > cars might have a number of distinct parts, but the later 71's are largely 
> > identical to the 72
> > pre-L's.
> >
> > The only differences I can think of at the moment are...
> >
> > 1971 1972
> > - ZF had central rear mount - ZF had two side mounts at back
> > - Closed chamber heads and more HP/torque - Open chamber heads and less 
> > HP/torque
> > - Flat decklid early on - Center rib on decklid
> >
> > Now, none of these differences are disadvantages to the 71; many
> > consider them to be advantages or more desireable. And you can add
> > the later style ZF mounts to the transaxle in a 71.
> >
> > I'm sure others will chime in with additional differences.
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Garth
> >
> >
> >
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