[DeTomaso] Pantera content - dual disc clutches

Ken Green kenn_green at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 19 17:26:49 EST 2009


I'm looking for a junk bell housing that I can cut in half and make some measurements for clutches.  It seems like our options are limited by lack of knowledge.  If we know how much space we have, we should be able to figure out what pressure plates will fit.
 
Ken

--- On Thu, 11/19/09, wkooiman at earthlink.net <wkooiman at earthlink.net> wrote:


From: wkooiman at earthlink.net <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera content - dual disc clutches
To: "Barry Seib" <oldwheel at mts.net>, "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>, "DetomasoList" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 2:08 PM


John Taphorn has one in his yellow car.  It's the one Quella sells.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Barry Seib <oldwheel at mts.net>
>Sent: Nov 19, 2009 3:44 PM
>To: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>, DetomasoList <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera content - dual disc clutches
>
>Thanks Ken
>The only "street twin" clutches for 351C that I could find with diapragm
>springs had solid center (unsprung) discs. I'm not sure these are really
>suitable for true street use?
> I also wonder about them fitting inside our bell housing.
>Barry
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Ken Green [mailto:kenn_green at yahoo.com]
>  Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:28 PM
>  To: DetomasoList; Barry Seib
>  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Pantera content - dual disc clutches
>
>
>        McLeod makes the Street Twin in both 3 finger and diaphragm:
>
>
>
>        --- On Thu, 11/19/09, Barry Seib <oldwheel at mts.net> wrote:
>
>
>          From: Barry Seib <oldwheel at mts.net>
>          Subject: [DeTomaso] Pantera content - dual disc clutches
>          To: "DetomasoList" <detomaso at realbig.com>
>          Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 12:19 PM
>
>
>          Just to open a Pantera topic on the list...
>
>          I've heard a lot of comments about heavy clutch effort in our
>Panteras. Some
>          people say they find even the Centerforce still a bit much in
>traffic?
>
>          Does anyone run a dual plate clutch on the street or have any
>first hand
>          experience regarding the pedal effort on them?
>
>          It appears McLeod offer a "street twin" clutch for a 351C but I
>don't knoe
>          if it fits in our bellhousing ? Also, it seems the only dual disc
>type they
>          offer for street use is a long type instead of a diaphragm.
>
>          The old optional dual plate diaphragm clutch that GM sold for high
>HP
>          Corvettes in the 69-71 era were supposed to hold the LS6 454 etc.
>and be
>          easy for the little woman to push the clutch in.
>
>          Just curious.
>
>          Barry
>
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