[DeTomaso] Pantera Width vs GT4 GT5

Göran Malmberg hemipanter at hemipanter.se
Sun May 25 15:09:21 EDT 2008


I cant tell if a wider Tw should be of any adavantage for orr racing.
What happen is that Tw vs Wb alter the cornering vs straight line stability
and an inch or two does not make a dramatic differene as fare as the
Tw itself is concerned.

I have been using a number of different length A-arms on my car.
And non of them has "really messed up the suspension geometry",
so we dont have to be affraid of this to happen.
Stock A-arm geometry is a good balance set up by the meaning that it uses 
the
same size and angle A-arm all around. This "balance relationship" could be
retained even if the A-arms are made longer. Even if using stock A-arms
such simple action as altering the rake of the car will to some extent 
"upset"
the balance, by altering the geometric weight transfer, but even so, not
many drivers will notice the difference.
I am more concerned about SAI, scrub and stering arm-Ackerman stuff.
Okej, longer A-arm is part of this, but to move the spindle deeper in to the 
wheel.

Goran



> Lol ... not really. But I have been thinking that the car would handle
> better with a wider track for the open road races. That got me
> thinking will what width were the GT cars and could the Pantera be
> converted. If the GT cars actually had a wider body ( where the a-arms
> mount ) then its not possible to convert a stock pantera over. I guess
> the other option is to put the wide body kit on the car and make
> longer a-arms, but that may really mess up the suspension geometry.
>
> Just thinking :)
>
> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 10:15 PM, John McKee <johnmckee at cox.net> wrote:
>> Uh Oh....
>> Did the muffler carnage give you an idea??
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Eaton" <jason.eaton at gmail.com>
>> To: "Pantera Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 7:58 PM
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera Width vs GT4 GT5
>>
>>
>>> All, was there any difference between the standard pantera and the
>>> GT4/GT5 series cars in width? Did the GT cars have longer A-Arms? or
>>> just an overall wider body then the standard car?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
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