[DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings toIncrease Cast

[B Hower]

That is good news.
Bud 3400

--- On Wed, 3/10/10, Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings toIncrease Cast
To: JDeRyke at aol.com, kenn_green at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 5:11 PM


I keep hearing about 'increased steering effort' but at 5.5 degrees I don't see much increased in traffic or parking difference over 2+.  What little increase there may be is offset by the big improvement in high speed tracking.

PS Firing the Pantera this weekend with Ruff Fulps overhauled engine and balancing throttle bodies this weekend....should be back in traffic by Sunday ;-]>
 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
"No One Gets Out Alive
www.teampanteraracing.com




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From: "JDeRyke at aol.com" <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Wed, March 10, 2010 12:14:03 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Has anyone used Marino's Offset Front Bushings toIncrease Cast

In a message dated 3/9/10 9:20:56 PM, mbefthomas at comcast.net writes:

> I put mine on a year ago, with the shims maxed out on the upper ball 
> joint, and the self-center has been much better.  They do squeak, though.
> 

General Rule: max stock caster= 2.7 degrees. 
Add in 1-1/2 degrees extra from offset upper a-arm bushings= 4.2.
Add in another extra 1-1/2 degrees from doing the same thing to the LOWER 
a-arms= 5.7
Add in an extra degree from shaving down one side of the upper front ball 
joint carriers= 6.7. 
All these numbers will vary a bit in individual Panteras of any year, but 
are pretty close.
Note that each increment you add also increases steering effort, which is 
more noticable at low speeds. While Corvettes run 6.5+ degrees caster, they 
also run power steering. Good luck driving your Pantera in slow downtown 
traffic with over 5 degrees and armstrong steering... 
J DeRyke (who's wife is happy with 4.2 degrees and 245-50 front tires)
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