[DeTomaso] MME?s 21st CENTURY CLEVELAND 2K CRATE ENGINE:THEFIRST OF ITS KIND

[Will Demelo]

Wilkinson is currently building 2 Pantera's with supercharged 5.4's. One 
will be around 800hp. I asked about the ZF. He said the same thing as 
Mike... go easy on the launches, and the ZF will be fine.
Will

-----Original Message----- 
From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 11:04 PM
To: mgilmore11 at mchsi.com ; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] MME?s 21st CENTURY CLEVELAND 2K CRATE 
ENGINE:THEFIRST OF ITS KIND


In a message dated 3/29/11 17 14 3, mgilmore11 at mchsi.com writes:


> Hi Mike! My question, and perhaps you could put this on the forum,
> regards
> the 640 horse motor, I wonder how many REALLY hard launches you could make
> with that amount of power, with out either tearing the ZF, and or the
> clutch? My built motor in my GT5 is stout, but no where close to 640
> horse,
> can't imagine things not breaking!
>

How long is a piece of string?

There's no doubt that putting that much power behind a ZF and then driving
it in an irresponsible way will result in eventual damage.   Lloyd Butfoy
has a 'hall of shame' filed with broken ZF parts, almost all of them a 
result
of just what you're talking about.   If you want to drive a car with a ton
of power and do drag race starts, find a Camaro or a Mustang or something 
and
have at it.

Either that, or get to know Lloyd well and plan on putting his kid through
college!

Mike
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