[DeTomaso] comments from track drivers on The best Pantera video on YouTube?

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Sun Jun 27 20:59:56 EDT 2010


>From my experience,  you have to commit well before entry into a corner
during braking before the apex and power through the corner to avoid leaving
the racing surface ass end first at corner exit.  The fastest way out of the
turn is almost never being the fast Guy into a turn. Michael Shortt

On Jun 27, 2010 8:47 PM, "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

Dear Jim,


           Speaking from a very limited base of experience, I found that
suspension modifications made the biggest difference in Pantera stability.
(FWIW, IIRC the highly successful SCCA Pantera Pilot, Bob Woodhouse
basically said the same thing----but from a much larger experience)

          The improvement in handling on the track might be attributed to
may mastering the learning curve, but I recall that positive caster, setting
the corner weights, etc, made the Pantera much less of a handful handling at
*my* limit in the curves.   Pat Mical has taken the suspension mods further
and Patrick Hals' success with it last year or year before last supports the
importance of a well sorted suspension.


                 Rookie driver,  Chuck Engles



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