[DeTomaso] 4 bolt ZF's?

Sat May 7 19:28:46 EDT 2011

i have to ask the obvious ...

If the dash 1 was so great....
why was there a dash 2 and why were so many dash 2 units retrofitted to cars
originally equipped with dash 1 units?

Michael Shortt

getting my land legs back after a week at sea and having driving withdrawal
symptoms.
 On May 7, 2011 5:00 AM, "Tomas Gunnarsson" <guson at home.se> wrote:
> There are a number of parts that are the same. The gaskets, seals and
> bearings are for sure identical. I have reason to believe that the
friction
> plates inside the LSD are the same although the LSD housings are
different.
> When I rebuilt my dash-1 six years ago I asked Lloyd if he could provide a
> .846 fourth gear set but they were not available. That gearing is the only
> real drawback versus the dash-2 and it's not that big a deal anyway. As
long
> as you have the .7 fifth it's for all practical purposes as good as a
> dash-2.
>
> Tomas
>
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> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 4 bolt ZF's?
>
>
> In a message dated 5/5/11 9 53 55, jb841 at cox.net writes:
>
>
>>
>> The gearing is different between the dash 1 and dash 2, and the "guts"
are
>> different,
>> but you can put all of the -2 guts into a -1 case.  This gives you the -2
>> gearing hidden
>> in a -1 case.
>>
>> >>>Lloyd Butfoy told me the ring and pinions will interchange, but not
the
> rest of the gears, parts etc. Although you can get Dash-1 and Dash-2 gears
> with the same numerical ratios, the gears themselves are not the same and
> not interchangeable, and there are numerous other detail differences
inside
> as well.
>
> That's what he told me a few weeks ago anyway...
>
> Mike
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