[DeTomaso] Brake cooling ducts installed
MikeLDrew at aol.com
MikeLDrew at aol.com
Wed Apr 30 21:01:00 EDT 2014
Hi guys,
My Pantera has been in the air for at least four months, due mostly to my
own inertia and lack of time. What started off as a simple brake system
upgrade turned into an unending series of nightmares, as my new calipers
wouldn't clear my stock wheels, the old calipers I was going to move to the rear
wouldn't work with the existing rear discs, the new hard line kit I'd ordered
didn't fit properly and I had to remake some of the lines myself, etc. etc.
It's all come good though, and today Lori and I filled and bled the clutch
and brake systems.
Along the way, a few months ago I ordered brake cooling ducts from Cory
Gehling at Collector's Choice:
http://www.snakeoylproducts.com/product.php?productid=17530&cat=336&page=1
Cory originally had these molded for Porsche Cup race cars; they were
getting so much brake heat that they were sizzling the front bearings. These
molded scoops attach to the lower A-arm and capture air flowing underneath the
car and direct it at the hubs and rotors.
He has been a Pantera specialist for years, but of late he has concentrated
on his Viper business. The kit in the link consists of a pair of molded
plastic ducts, and a pair of aluminum mounting brackets designed to allow
them to bolt easily to the Viper.
When I got them, there were some generic instructions to adapt them to the
Pantera, but I found that it required a lot of creativity. After much
experimentation, I determined that the aluminum brackets were useless in the
Pantera application, and discarded them. The outboard ends of the plastic
ducts needed to be cut away to clear the rotors, and the inboard end needed to
be heated up with a heat gun and bent to conform to the contour of the lower
A-arms. A pair of holes were drilled in each A-arm to mount the ducts.
(photo attached)
The result, I think, should be quite effective. Given that a substantial
percentage of the cost of this kit is wrapped up in the aluminum brackets,
if you're interested in trying them out yourself, I'd urge you to negotiate a
price for the ducts alone.
I hope to be running a track day soon, and will report on their
effectiveness as much as I can. Of course, considering that I will be running new
calipers and rotors as well, it will be difficult to attribute success or
failure to a specific component, but I figure they can't hurt!
Mike
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Hi guys,
My Pantera has been in the air for at least four months, due mostly to
my own inertia and lack of time. What started off as a simple brake
system upgrade turned into an unending series of nightmares, as my new
calipers wouldn't clear my stock wheels, the old calipers I was going
to move to the rear wouldn't work with the existing rear discs, the new
hard line kit I'd ordered didn't fit properly and I had to remake some
of the lines myself, etc. etc.
It's all come good though, and today Lori and I filled and bled the
clutch and brake systems.
Along the way, a few months ago I ordered brake cooling ducts from Cory
Gehling at Collector's Choice:
http://www.snakeoylproducts.com/product.php?productid=17530&cat=336&pag
e=1
Cory originally had these molded for Porsche Cup race cars; they were
getting so much brake heat that they were sizzling the front bearings.
These molded scoops attach to the lower A-arm and capture air flowing
underneath the car and direct it at the hubs and rotors.
He has been a Pantera specialist for years, but of late he has
concentrated on his Viper business. The kit in the link consists of a
pair of molded plastic ducts, and a pair of aluminum mounting brackets
designed to allow them to bolt easily to the Viper.
When I got them, there were some generic instructions to adapt them to
the Pantera, but I found that it required a lot of creativity. After
much experimentation, I determined that the aluminum brackets were
useless in the Pantera application, and discarded them. The outboard
ends of the plastic ducts needed to be cut away to clear the rotors,
and the inboard end needed to be heated up with a heat gun and bent to
conform to the contour of the lower A-arms. A pair of holes were
drilled in each A-arm to mount the ducts.
(photo attached)
The result, I think, should be quite effective. Given that a
substantial percentage of the cost of this kit is wrapped up in the
aluminum brackets, if you're interested in trying them out yourself,
I'd urge you to negotiate a price for the ducts alone.
I hope to be running a track day soon, and will report on their
effectiveness as much as I can. Of course, considering that I will be
running new calipers and rotors as well, it will be difficult to
attribute success or failure to a specific component, but I figure they
can't hurt!
Mike
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