[DeTomaso] Clutch setup

[Rob Dumoulin]

When I was in High School I was a swimmer and runner. I purposely added
stiff springs to my clutch and brake pedals to always be exercising my
legs. Luckily I didn't bend any mounting brackets or pedals.  Luckily I had
enough sense back then to not stiffen up my steering wheel too.

Rob

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:17 PM, CharlesMcCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>wrote:

> >>>That's the clutch effort reduction kit.   One of the knocks against the
> Pantera early on was excessive clutch effort.   To combat that, the linkage
> was redesigned to incorporate some monkey-motion to increase the mechanical
> advantage of the pedal over the master cylinder.
> ****My 72 had a rather firm clutch effort when I bought it. At some point I
> changed the clutch type - someone like Mike could no doubt tell us if it
> was
> a diaphragm type or 3-finger or what... but the clutch effort was reduced
> dramatically in the same car by changing style of clutch.
>
> Message- the clutch effort reduction linkage helps reduce feel. Clutch type
> does as well.
>
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