[DeTomaso] c6 vs pantera

[Göran Malmberg]

Just about what I was thinking, the Pantera suspension geometry could
do its job in a situation like this. An interesting point is that the Vette
take " back steps out" over bumps. I was asking a few people for C6
geometry which would be interesting to analyse, just for things like
cornering bump stepouts. From my experience the Pantera will only
pruduce this effect if the wheels are to heavy or the coilover set up is
wrong.
A production car should give the buyer a portion of comfort, which in
the Viper case seems to be solved by giving the car a pretty sof springrate
in heave. Not to botom the suspension out during sporty driving the car
is equiped with different portion of geometric "anti:s" and heavy swaybars.
The negative side of this is that it locks up a portion of the suspension
movement under horizontal loads, which might very well produce
the mentioned sort of effects.
Goran




>>I spent a day at hallet raceway with 8 c5 and c6 vetts. I had the 3 
>>fastest
>>lap times of the day. 1st a c5 zo6 with slicks and 450hp on the ground, 
>>2nd
>>a c6 zo6 supercharged 700hp, (holly snikeys that thing is fast). I have a
>>72 with?
>> aftermarket coilovers,brakes,motor,and so-on. only thing stock is all a
>> arms and car. wt 2780. turn 1 highspeed?aprox 80 mph, I can out run the
>> vetts as they hit a small bump and the back steps out.?now turn 2 a 
>> 100mph
>> to?25mph turn. I can out brake the vetts. not the c6zo6 however the vett
>> is faster?into and around the bend. now onto turn?4-5-6? are?60 mph right
>> left close turns, and I can get the vetts as they act like the wight 
>> moves
>> to?slow.?now?I know ,No parking lots only open track, and I can keep the
>> pantera name alive??