[DeTomaso] countach

[LS]

Michael, have you driven a properly setup Downdraft QV?

It is an impressive machine. It has the Dallara chassis dynamics (excellent) and stupendous open road performance at high speeds.

The Downdraft QV motor is in another league compared to any other Countach...high 12s in the 1/4 at 111-113 mph and 180mph top which is not bad for a stock machine in 1985.

Besides the LP400 (early cars), the other iterations are down a notch in performance and cannot hold a candle to the Downdraft.

If you're ever in the DC area, let me know and I'll see if we can arrange a ride for you.

LS

 



"But the people who said that the 289 (Cobra) wasn't a good handling car didn't know what they were talking about. Compared to what?. That FIA Cobra handled like a dream -- and was fast too." -- Dan Gurney


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 From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
To: DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at realbig.com> 
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] countach
 
I drove Walter Wolf's Countach ( which was very well prepared ) and stand
by my own interpretation of the experience.  My Pantera will easily out
perform a Countach, 0 - 160 mph, if I had different gearing, beyond that.

Clearly, anybody who would say otherwise, hasn't ridden with me.

Michael

On Jan 29, 2012 8:58 PM, "Arjun Ghosh-Dastidar" <
arjun.ghoshdastidar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> A properly set up Pantera will handle very similar to a Countach since
the suspension geometry and set up was by the same guy - Dallara.
>
> And anyone who complains about a Countach's handling clearly has never
driven one. It drives like a go-cart and the engine is genuine race motor.
>
> Expensive to maintain for sure, but if you call a Countach a pig, I'd
hate to see what a Pantera would be on the same scale.
>
> - A
>
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:38 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Aside from the Wow factor of being on 100 million posters.  It's a pig.
>>
>> Expensive to maintain, hard to get in and out of, doesn't handle well and
>> has a turning radius like a dump trunk.
>>
>> Michael
>> On Jan 29, 2012 8:34 PM, "SEL" <edlebby at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > how does a pantera compare to a countach?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> >  From: Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
>> > To: Ian Hannington <ihannington286720mi at comcast.net>
>> > Cc: De Tomaso List <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:17 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] More Mecum
>> >
>> > Except for the "I've got a Ferrari" factor, if you've ever driven a
308,
>> > 328, or 348, and a Pantera, there would be no other choice other than
the
>> > Pantera.
>> >
>> > Jeff
>> > 6559
>> >
>> > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Ian Hannington <
>> > ihannington286720mi at comcast.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > True.  Back when I bought my Pantera 10+ years ago, I was also
looking at
>> > > other cars.  One was a Ferrari 308, which was priced the same as the
>> > > Pantera.  When I went to look at it, the owner told me it was due
for its
>> > > 30k mile service.  Then he told me what was involved in that service
and
>> > > how
>> > > much it cost.  A short time later, I was on the phone to the Pantera
>> > owner
>> > > asking when I could come and get it!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Ian
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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