[DeTomaso] drive shafts U-Joint

[boyd casey]

I have the CV joints that came wit hSaco performances Rear Billet Risers.
These included the new risers, hub bearings, , axles, and were set up to use
the brembo calipers. It is my understanding that the CV joints are from a
Porsche 930 Turbo. The cv joints fit perfectly and have worked perfectly ,
no leaks or other problems. This was the first time I have undertaken this
type of project and I had no problem doing the conversion.
considering everything I got for the money -Rear billet risers, hubs and
bearings , Rear hats, cv joints, front billet hubs brembo caliper mounts,
new bearings all for a little over $4000.00 I think it was a great deal that
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to any one! I also took advantage of this
opportunity to powder coat my a-arms, install poly graphite bushings and new
upper and lower ball joints and tie rod ends. I also, modified my front
upper a-arms to increase caster to 7 degrees max and include camber locks(
thanks to Johnny Woods) and to install sphere ball ends on my front sway
bars (From Dennis Quella)
Boyd

.On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Anders Hellberg <detomaso at luleweb.se>wrote:

> a friend has CV joints from a BMW but he does not know which BMW
> they work fine.
>
> used GR4 Pantera same as STD Pantera?
>
> Anders
>
>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]För Ken Green
> Skickat: den 1 december 2010 06:14
> Till: davel at emspace.com; Julian Kift
> Kopia: De Tomaso List
> Ämne: Re: [DeTomaso] drive shafts U-Joint
>
>
> 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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