[DeTomaso] ZF Mounted Inboard Brakes

[michael frazier]

Last few nails in the coffin...
Did you notice that the shift mechanism need serious mods?...and there's no way it's
all going to fit between comfortably between the frame rails.  New half shafts too?

Michael Frazier
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa 

 

> From: will.kooiman at gmail.com
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; pantdino at aol.com; guson at home.se; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:11:55 -0500
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF Mounted Inboard Brakes
> 
> They sure look pretty, though. They would be great on a show car. For
> anything else, gimme outboards.
> 
> That reminds me of one of my favorite jokes...
> 
> What do Christmas trees and priests have in common?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 8:06 PM
> To: pantdino at aol.com; guson at home.se; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZF Mounted Inboard Brakes
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/5/12 18 01 6, pantdino at aol.com writes:
> 
> 
> > I had a 116 series Alfa and (briefly) an E-type Jag.  Inboard mounted 
> > discs are a bad idea whose time came and went-- the unsprung weight 
> > improvement pales in the face of the cooling issue.
> > 
> 
> There are other issues too. My Cobra has E-type suspension, including 
> inboard rear brakes. The U-joints take a hell of a beating in both 
> directions, instead of only under power. Brake cooling is marginal
> (especially with 
> solid rotors). A LOT of heat gets transmitted directly into the gearbox, 
> which plays hell with seals etc.
> 
> For a Pantera, it's just a spectacularly dumb idea IMHO. I don't know of 
> a single person who elected to get them for himself, and I don't know if Ted
> 
> has ever advanced beyond the mockup stage with his design.
> 
> It's an answer to a question nobody ever asked--and if you did buy it, it's 
> expensive as hell too!
> 
> Mike
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