[DeTomaso] Springs

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

I have the double adjustable shocks and spring sets from Precision
ProFormance with rates as you have indicated.  Love them.

You can soften the shocks a bit depending upon driving style, the ride is
excellent, the late Wayne Stevens remarked to me after a ride in my car that
it was the most comfortable riding Pantera that he had ever ridden in.

It's firm, but not hard ( no jokes please ,) corners flat and takes
irregular sufaces well.

Michael Shortt

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Dick Koch <arkoch at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I would like to get input from the forum brain trust before I upgrade
> the stock springs on my Pantera.
>
> Comments would be appreciated on ride, handling, structural
> implications, and modifications that one would suggest by going to a
> stiffer spring.
>
> The car is used primarily on the street with occasional track time (once
> or twice a year).
>
> I have 245/17 tires on front, 335/17s on the rear, with a stock front
> sway bar and a 1" aftermarket rear sway bar.
>
> It has the original inherent problem with understeer.
>
> I use Magneshock shocks which I can adjust to whatever setting I want
> for rebound/compression.  To reduce understeer on the track, the rear
> shock had to be set high on both rebound/compression (dialed in at
> Pahrump a few years ago for current suspension setup).  On the street,
> the shocks are set for a much less "rigid" ride.
>
> I have replaced the rear cross member brace with an adjustable one that
> locks in the rear suspension at the stock position.  Other than that, I
> have not added any chassis bracing and to date have had no problems with
> body stress cracks, except the usual one on the corner of the outside
> lower rear tail lights.
>
> The stock springs I have on the car are 315 lbs/inch front, 445 lbs/inch
> on the rears.
>
> I am looking at replacing them with 550 lbs/inch front, 600 lbs/inch
> rear, which as I remember some folks have said they used on their car.
>
> SoBills database documents 400-450 fronts, 600 rears.
>
> Suggestions and comments would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dick Koch - Atlanta
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