[DeTomaso] Clutch setup

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

n college at the airport there was a maintenance training facility. A car
load of the maintenance guys were driving back to lunch. They got to
discussing how far the car would coast if shut off.

They got the car up to 80mph. At the designated point they turned the key
off.......At the s-curve the steering wheel locked up and they flew
straight into the cornfield.....So I guess 80 was not fast enough!


> 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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