[DeTomaso] Expected performance?

[Cullen1972]

Hey Corey, I have never driven my Pantera... Purchased as a basket case so I admit my response is speculative. I also agree with Will that 540 horse on a mustang will take you to the 11's. I've been there, I can testify to that. Honestly it takes less than that to get in the 11's in a mustang. 

 But in response to why a mustang might go faster... I have only a couple thoughts. One, I have never seen anyone shift a Pantera the way I shifted the termec in my fox body. No offense to anyone but IMO most Pantera drivers seem to be very gentle with their sticks. You can bury the clutch and grab gears in a tremec TKO or a 3650 like you were running from Satan himself. I assume the "majority" of Pantera owners do this because the gate on the shifter and linkage tuning isn't as conducive by design. And the reprocussions of damage are more costly. Most that I have seem seem to shift low rpm and shift slow. 

540 horse in a manual trans mustang with 4:10's and slicks will carry the front left tire off the ground for 30 feet, cross the 60' beam I'm the 1.60's...

A stock fox body mustang coupe weighs about.... 3400 lbs, I think? Can't remember what a Pantera weighs... 2900? 

Ok do I dont know why a Pantera with that motor won't go 11's.... I would have to assume gearing at this point. A drag prepped mustang won't go 175 mph either, not sustained. .... That's gotta be it. Gears?

Cullen. 





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On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:53 PM, corey price <coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:

> Will,
> 
> Why a Mustang and not your car?   1 second is quite a big difference.
> 
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> On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:16 AM, Will DeMelo wrote:
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>> 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
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>> -----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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