[DeTomaso] drive shafts U-Joint

Ken Green kenn_green at yahoo.com
Wed Dec 1 00:14:16 EST 2010


Just to keep things clear, my contribution was discovering that the 996 Turbo calipers were a great match and upgrade (for at least 17 inch wheels).  I know almost nothing about CV half shafts.  Ed at SACO probably knows more about CV half shafts than any Pantera owner or shop in the world, so it was easy for him to put a kit together.  He also offers 300M axles for a little more $s.  
 
Ed makes the axels and can fit them to the needed length.
 
Ken

--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] drive shafts U-Joint
To: mikeldrew at aol.com, davel at emspace.com
Cc: "De Tomaso List" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 6:39 PM



What does one get for $3500 in PPC's kit, just CV's to drop in place of half shafts or inner & outer stub axles too? I'm the first to agree that oem half shafts are pretty stout pieces and will hold up well under virtually all abuse if maintained properly, but if one had to replace a shot/damaged pair with the likes of Spicers whilst laying out the dough personally I'd opt for a CV upgrade at that point and it doesn't have to be a $3500 proposition. With Ken Green's work Sacoperformance is offering a CV axle kit for $1195 as a bolt in complete with axle flange adapters.

http://www.sacoperformance.com/proddetail.php?prod=PAN-129&cat=45

Personally I'd opt for the ZF M1 CV stub axles, get longer CV axles and eliminate one adapter. Kelly Coffield tells me an outer axle flange is available from Mark Williams which could eliminate the outer adpater too, albeit at high cost and yes I admit having done all that once again the cost is heading toward the $3k mark.

Julian

> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:06:35 -0500
> To: davel at emspace.com
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] drive shafts U-Joint
> 
> 
> In a message dated 11/30/10 17 14 48, davel at emspace.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Unless you want to go to CV joints and reduce losses by about 5%.
> > Hmmm - say 440 HP x .05 = 22 HP.
> > 
> 
> Those are way cool, but also way expensive, at ~ $3500 for a set (Precision 
> Proformance has them at that price on their website). They are also 
> somewhat problematic; I know several people who have CV driveshafts (a different, 
> European design) in their Panteras, and they have had nothing but problems 
> getting them to seal properly; theirs have been flinging grease all over the 
> place and are on their third redesign now.
> 
> While I like the CV joint idea, I think if I had $3500 to spend I'd be 
> looking elsewhere....
> 
> Mike
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