[DeTomaso] 485.8 RWHP & TRIPLE DISC CLUTCH????

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/11/08 9:22:11 AM, kirby.schrader at gmail.com writes:

> The GT40s.com forum has discussed this issue ad nauseam and the camps are 
> split. Guys that run the ZF with no problems and the others who believe 
> it's inevitable they will fail.   I beat the crap out of my Pantera over the years, 
> both on the trackand as a daily driver, and the only thing I ever did to the 
> ZF was ruin the 2nd gear synchro frompower shifting to 2nd too many times.
> 
KIrby's right. When the Pantera was first introduced, Ford ordered one spare 
ZF for every 5 cars sold, and most of those spares were never used right up to 
today. Remember, if the GT-40s in question were running stock dash-zero or 
dash-1 ZFs, those cases are Mangusta-style, are much lighter built than the 
later dash-2s; some had aluminum side covers that allow the diff case to spread 
under high torque, failing the diff bearings, and other significant differences. 
The dash-2   ZF is up to 20 lbs heavier and more robust- used in virtually 
all mid-engined factory sports cars ever built without significant problems, 
including the rare Swiss-built Montiverdi Hai with big-block Hemi power. FWIW- J 
DeRyke



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