[DeTomaso] Expected performance?

[corey price]

Will and Cullen,

Very low 11's is what I would have expected, but I will buy the shift thing.  I'm not going to be banging the gears in my Pantera like I did in my old Mustang.  I don't know if the axle arrangement is that critical at those quarter mile times, and live axles are limited to trucks, large SUV's and the Mustang these days.  






On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Will DeMelo wrote:

> 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?
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> 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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