[DeTomaso] Pantera Width vs GT4 GT5

[David in Durango]

Mr Drew is correct on this one.

My car will do over 1.1 g lateral which should be WAY more than any sane 
person would want to do on a crappy Nevada Highway  (NDOT, we love you!) 
which is by no means a surface prepared for racing. (IMO)
Those big flares do nothing for top speed, but are way above fuzzy dice when 
it comes to being cool at the Sonic. (IMO)

Of course, it the car is black primer one MUST have the badboy  (butch?) 
flares! (IMO)

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <jason.eaton at gmail.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera Width vs GT4 GT5


>
> In a message dated 5/25/08 17 52 11, jason.eaton at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>> Thanks for the great discussion guys. I really appreciate the thought
>> put into the responses.
>>
>
> I would propose that everything done to a Pantera to convert it from its
> narrow-body configuration to GT5 or Gr4 specification hurts its 
> performance for
> what you are trying to achieve, which is efficient high-speed 
> straight-line
> travel with minimal cornering.
>
> At the time the wide-body cars were invented, manufacturers were only
> widening the cars because that was the only way to put adequate quantities 
> of the
> primitive rubber of the day underneath them.   Cornering power took 
> precedence
> over aerodynamic drag, and thus sacrifices were made.
>
> Today, with the advent of larger-diameter wheels and super-wide tires, you
> can have your cake and eat it too, enjoying prodigious cornering power 
> that
> comes from these large, modern tires, coupled with the aerodynamic 
> efficiency that
> comes from not having all those unnecessary appendages hanging out in the
> wind.
>
> Plus, the radical offset of the front wheels on a widebody car introduces
> very undesirable steering characteristics, which are all but absent on a
> stock-body car.
>
> Although it looks pretty tough and butch to have those huge flares hanging
> off the sides of the car, I think you're far better off leaving the car 
> alone,
> and concentrating on managing airflow through, over and under the car as 
> best
> you can.
>
> Mike
>
>
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