[DeTomaso] clutch???
Ken Green
kenn_green at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 18 18:20:06 EST 2008
Mike,
I thought it is the weights, which move outward through the pressure plate housing at high RPM to increase pressure on the disk, which hit the inside of the bell housing, not the clutch fingers. It should be easy to see that clutch fingers would be a problem, but the weights look OK when the engine is not running.
Ken
--- On Tue, 11/18/08, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] clutch???
To: RTASPL at aol.com, DeTomaso at realbig.com
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 2:56 PM
In a message dated 11/18/08 10 00 16, rtaspl at aol.com writes:
> what size is the clutch in a 1972 pantera?
>
>>>The stock clutch was an 11-inch Long unit. The Pantera does NOT
use a
standard 351C clutch, although a 351C clutch will bolt right up to the
Pantera's
flywheel. I have been told (but can't verify) that the Pantera used a 427
FE clutch pressure plate, and a 351C clutch disc that was manually
disassembled, the marchal hammered flat, then it was riveted back together
again.
Plenty of people have tried the shortcut of cramming a Mustang clutch into a
Pantera. What often happens is that the fingers of the clutch strike the
inside of the bellhousing, making a hell of a racket, and eventually breaking
the
bellhousing. The "solution" is to misadjust the clutch linkage so
that the
clutch is partially depressed at all times. This fixes the clearance
problem, burns out the throwout bearing, and leads to clutch slippage and early
failure of the clutch.
Forget about buying a "cheap" clutch. Just buy a proper, dedicated
Pantera
clutch. There are numerous different options available.
McLeod stocks various Pantera clutches as standard catalog items, including
stock three-finger and diapraghm style pressure plates, as well as
small-diameter racing clutches and full-size twin-disc clutches. Although
they can be
purchased anywhere that deals in McLeod, nobody is going to have the parts on
the shelf except for a Pantera dealer. Pantera Performance Center carries the
McLeod line.
Centerforce also makes Pantera clutches; several of the other Pantera vendors
carry their stuff.
> where is the best and then the cheepest place to git one.? motor is mostly
> stock hp.???
>
I have a stock-style McLeod clutch from Pantera Performance Center, with an
uprated clutch disc. There is a very small price increase for the uprated
disc so I see no reason to skimp on it. The cost was very
reasonable--basically
within a few dollars of what a similar clutch for my Mustang cost.
Mike
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