[DeTomaso] 930 crashes

[Dave Londry]

Have they set up the GT so it won't turn in?
dave
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <michael at michaelshortt.com>
To: <dferrato at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 9:12 AM
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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