[DeTomaso] 930 crashes

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp]

<< 4 wheel drift when the whole car is sliding>>

Give me a month or two and I will be seeing that every day on the way to the
office.

Larry (brrr) - Cleveland



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Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:13 AM
To: dferrato at aol.com
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Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 930 crashes

I certainly can attest to the 911's propensity to have the front and rear
switch places in a hurry.  On the first day that I bought my 1980 911SC
Targa, I looped it 180 degrees entering an exit ramp in what would have been
a left hand sweeper, I realized that I had cooked it too fast and let off
the gas and just as soon as I did, I was soon facing the other way.  No
damage, just hurt pride. My only other rear engine experience heretofore was
a Karman Ghia, everything else up till then had been a front mounted engine.
I spent the next day in a football ball stadium parking lot seeing exactly
what I could and couldn't do with it, never looped it again after that.  The
Karman Ghia didn't have the power to get you into trouble and the faster
speed combined with the inertia on the curve explained it all and it made a
lot of sense to me after playing with it away from other car and things that
don't move like poles and trees.

Almost all of the Ford GT crashes I have seen damage from were head on -
from driving off the road and not realizing how unforgiving a stiff
suspension can be or entering a curve too fast and not having the training
or confidence to simply give it more gas instead of letting off and powering
through the corner with right foot oversteer.

The real fun of owning a Jag XKE or racing a Sports Racer in learning to
master 4 wheel drift when the whole car is sliding equalling from and rear
across the track in a sweeping corner.
There ain't nothing else that feels like that....not even Brazilian Girls.

Michael in Savannah

Michael in Savannah

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:50 AM, dferrato at aol.com <dferrato at aol.com> wrote:

> I do remember this stuff in '78. I believe many of the first 930s
> were sold at Iverson in Newport Beach, and that particular dealership
> saw a lot of rear end damage and the news quickly reached some of the
> motor press located nearby . I have seen two of these happen-one 930
> and one 911. And know two other guys personally who made the same
> mistake.  The one I witnessed was a guy banzaiing a hairpin on a
> service road. Chickened out, off the gas, unweighted the rear and
> backed it in.  Just like on a motorcycle, "stay in the gas" can save
> you in many situations. Dave Ferrato
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