[DeTomaso] Pantera near disaster Warning!! way too long!

[boyd casey]

Thanks.
 In the almost three years I have been a part of the Pantera community and a
subscriber to the "Big List" I have read many of your posts. You have
contributed much of the information that has helped me to improve my
personal "Data base" of Pantera info. There are certain names that I have
learned to ignore but every time I see a post from you I go right to it and
it never fails to provide  either useful or entertaining  (or sometimes
both) information. Keep up the contributions. They are a great help to those
of us who are still learning about Panteras and mechanics in general.
Thanks,
Boyd

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 3:25 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 8/22/10 10:11:53 AM, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>
> I remember reading a post recently about the mistaken misapplication of
> 10.9 when it should have been 8.8 ( I don't remember what the application
> was) but I seem to remember that the 10.9 was good for tensile strength but
> not shearing resistance do I remember it correctly?)
>
> Yes. Both are European heat-treat grades so are not exactly comparable, but
> rule of thumb says 8.8 is roughtly SAE gr-5, and 10.9 is roughly SAE gr-8. I
> would suggest gr-5 for wheel lugs in spite of the Pantera and Porsche both
> apparently using harder material.
> May I say your attitude is refreshing in this day of sueing your
> grandparents for causing you an unhappy childhood.... Good luck with your
> Pantera- J Deryke
>