[DeTomaso] steering wheel diameter

Sat Sep 25 21:31:49 EDT 2010

Much less steering input is required than you are thinking, ESP at speed.
Low speed Auto-X is a whole other thing.  See what feels right, lets you
belt up easily and take it from there.   My own biggest fear in the Pantera
is my own realization that I would never be able to exit the car through the
door glass opening if the door were jammed.  I have accepted that in an
emergency,  I'm leaving through the windshield hole ( if I have to push it
out, I guess I will).  Michael.
On Sep 25, 2010 9:21 PM, "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
> Adrelaline takes care of it then. :)
>
> Asa Jay.
> Sent using Elfen Magic.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
> Sender: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:48:40
> To: B Hower<b.hower3400 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] steering wheel diameter
>
> I did mention that I had not had an opportunity to drive the car under the
> conditions I would like to in order to get a real world test. A high speed
> run with a mix of straights and road race course conditions. Driving under
> normal traffic conditions is not a problem. In fact the added force
> required to man handle the 13" wheel through parking spaces and three
point
> turns should provide some beneficial upper body exercise. I was more
> concerned with coming through a chicane and coming up short on the
required
> upper body strength to maneuver through a rapid succession of changes that
> would require the physical strength not just the mechanical advantage
gained
> by forward motion.
> Body
>
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 8:20 PM, B Hower <b.hower3400 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> My Pantera has a quick release Lecarra with a 12.5 O.D. and I love it.
I'm
>> not petite like Judy D. and I push with one hand and pull with the other
>> when parking etc. But what percent of the time am I parking? I just got
home
>> from a trip from Whiting to Las Vegas, Ely, SSCC and back to Ely, to
Sandy
>> Ut., and home. No I won't give away, nor sell my 12.5 inch steering
wheel.
>>
>> Bud #3400
>>
>> --- On Sat, 9/25/10, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] steering wheel diameter
>> To: boyd411 at gmail.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>> Cc: teampantera at yahoo.com
>> Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 3:45 AM
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/23/10 14 01 53, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> > I wanted to know what the recommended diameter steering wheel for track
>> > or
>> > road racing. My Steering wheel seems like a small diameter for
>> competitive
>> > driving.
>> >
>>
>> The stock wheel was 14 inches. The Euro wheel (Momo Prototipo mostly,
>> although some Euro cars got a different Momo wheel) is 350mm, or 13 3/4
>> inches.
>> Sometimes big gorillas will fit a 13-inch wheel for extra leg clearance
>> but this results in surprisingly higher steering effort. I have seen one
>> Pantera with a 12-inch wheel, which was a complete joke.
>>
>> Because I'm a wimp, for a short time I had a 15-inch wheel in my car.
>> Judy DeRyke had one in hers and I thought it looked good, and she said it
>> helped a lot. But in my car, maybe because I chose different wheel style,
>> it
>> looked really stupid, like a school bus wheel, so eventually I traded it
>> back
>> for a 14-inch version, then later sold the whole works and installed a
>> 350mm
>> Prototipo.
>>
>> Mike (steering effort goes down when the speed goes up, so that's my new
>> strategy for overcoming my lack of upper body strength!)
>>
>> --- On Sat, 9/25/10, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] steering wheel diameter
>> To: boyd411 at gmail.com, detomaso at realbig.com
>> Cc: teampantera at yahoo.com
>> Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 3:45 AM
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/23/10 14 01 53, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> > I wanted to know what the recommended diameter steering wheel for track
>> > or
>> > road racing. My Steering wheel seems like a small diameter for
>> competitive
>> > driving.
>> >
>>
>> The stock wheel was 14 inches. The Euro wheel (Momo Prototipo mostly,
>> although some Euro cars got a different Momo wheel) is 350mm, or 13 3/4
>> inches.
>> Sometimes big gorillas will fit a 13-inch wheel for extra leg clearance
>> but this results in surprisingly higher steering effort. I have seen one
>> Pantera with a 12-inch wheel, which was a complete joke.
>>
>> Because I'm a wimp, for a short time I had a 15-inch wheel in my car.
>> Judy DeRyke had one in hers and I thought it looked good, and she said it
>> helped a lot. But in my car, maybe because I chose different wheel style,
>> it
>> looked really stupid, like a school bus wheel, so eventually I traded it
>> back
>> for a 14-inch version, then later sold the whole works and installed a
>> 350mm
>> Prototipo.
>>
>> Mike (steering effort goes down when the speed goes up, so that's my new
>> strategy for overcoming my lack of upper body strength!)
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