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

Charles Engles cengles at cox.net
Sun Jun 27 21:07:04 EDT 2010


Dear Jim and Mike,

 

 

                  Permit me to add, that while a well tuned suspension is
important, having expertise behind the wheel of the Pantera is paramount.

 

 

                                  Rookie driver,  Chuck  Engles

 

 

 

From: michael at michaelshortt.com [mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 8:00 PM
To: Charles Engles
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com; pantdino at aol.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] comments from track drivers on The best Pantera
video on YouTube?

 

>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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