[DeTomaso] Pantera content - dual disc clutches

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/19/09 16 41 44, oldwheel at mts.net writes:


> If the vendors have the best options, then that's the best place to buy 
> the
> product, but I am not convinced that is always the case. In fact I have
> learned the hard way that it sometimes is NOT.
> 

True enough.

With respect to clutches though, the clutch manufacturers have the best 
options, and the only *reasonable* options.   Different Pantera vendors sell 
different clutches, but you don't have to buy them from the Pantera vendors if 
you don't want.   But I think it's foolish to try to cobble together a 
clutch for a Pantera using parts not intended for that application, when there 
are so, so many different setups that have been formally and properly 
engineered for the task, readily available.

Just out of curiousity, have you home-brew types every taken the time to 
actually *look* at the McLeod website, for instance, and see all the options 
available for the Pantera just from them?   Everything from totally 
stock-style replacements, to diaphragm pressure plates, a bunch of different types of 
clutch discs (to include flyweight 'racing' discs), multi-plate setups, and 
even super-small-diameter low-inertia clutches are all sitting right there, 
waiting to be chosen.

There are no less than eight different twin-disc street clutch setups on 
offer, for example, as well as six different three-finger options, two 
diaphragm options, and that's just for starters....

Mike