[DeTomaso] Expected performance?

[Will DeMelo]

The pantera is a GT car and with it's independent rear suspension, it
doesn't work as well a Mustang  at the quarter mile. If you input 540bhp in
a 3100lb car into a quarter mile calculater online, it will show a result of
very low 11's.
Will

-----Original Message-----
From: corey price [mailto:coreyjprice at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:54 PM
To: Will DeMelo
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Expected performance?

Will,

Why a Mustang and not your car?   1 second is quite a big difference.




On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:16 AM, Will DeMelo wrote:

> My last car that had a 393 Cleve stroker w 540hp did the quarter in 12.08.
> That m otor in a Mustang would have gone ~11.0. 
> Will
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com 
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On Behalf Of corey price
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:36 AM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Expected performance?
> 
> Fellow Pantera Owners:
> 
> Some of you have engines in your cars that put out more than 500 hp.  
> If I were to aim for 500 hp, what 0-60, quarter-mile, etc. times can I 
> expect with stock gearing and modern tires and moderately-agressive 
> driving?  I have a '71 and it will probably weigh less than 2900 lb. 
> with the modifications I'm doing.  I'm not interested in trying to be 
> the fastest thing on the road- I never will be.  I'm aware that over 
> 500 hp (at sea
> level) in stock cars can start to break stuff and be edgy on the 
> street, but at the altitude I live in, motors don't make the same 
> power as if they were at sea level.  Yes, I realize that the car will 
> handle well and is built more for the track than the drag strip, but I'm
still curious.
> 
> Corey
> 
> 
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