[DeTomaso] ZF Limits

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Besides being stoopid? ;-]>
Reminds me of the time Gary Hall was bragging to John Parsons  a former professional Daytona Super Bike racer how his Hall Super Stoper Brake System was unbreakable. John had a Pantera at the time was reknowned for driving 'hard' around Willow in a constant 4 wheel drift around corners before it was popular and when he had to use brakes he used them hard on turn 1....after 3 or laps John came into the pits and said something was wrong with Gary's brakes! ;-]>

Speaking of good aggresive drivers, one of the best Pantera racers is Greg "ZF Killer" Esakoff broke gears so many times he moved to Montana. But again, he's a good, young (or used to be), aggressive driver with with 750+ HP and lots of dollar$ to spend...well before he bought the ranch in Montana! ;-]> 

Short of being Junior, John Parsons, Bobby Byers or Greg getting airborne and coming down and twisting the input shaft is about the only way to damage a ZF.... as Mikey said they are bulletproof. I like the  fish tailing, burning rubber starts in track and open road races but I also don't slam gears, okay maybe clutches. Every time I up shift or down shift I always hear 'mo-money-mo-money'.... that keeps my granny-shifts and me happy.
Never a broken gear on the ZF (yet) in 20+ years of granny shifting.

Göran Malmberg <hemipanter at hemipanter.se> wrote: What did he do then to make it break?
Goran


> What about Esakoff (SP?) the ZF killer.  I think he was busting ring and 
> pinion gears on a regular basis.
>
> I talked to Lloyd at the swap meet and he said that higher ratio ring and 
> pinion gears have bigger pinion gears and are stronger (at least the 
> 3.20s), so I guess not all ZFs are equal.
>
> Ken

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