[DeTomaso] Different Transaxle

Sean Korb spkorb at gmail.com
Tue Jan 14 19:35:15 EST 2014


This is pretty snarky, but if you are driving a Pantera for the great
gas mileage, you might be doing it wrong.   But I have to say I felt
like I wanted a 6th gear when I'm tooling about at 80 and I really
like the gearing up to that point so... the heart wants what the heart
wants.

sean

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:42 PM,  <jderyke at aol.com> wrote:
> Cory, the one and only reason I can see to change tranaxles is for an
> overdrive 6th gear for fuel mileage savings on long trips. If I could afford
> it, I'd use RBT's 6-speed upgrade for the ZF which I know fits everything.
> The powerful 351-C doesn't need a close ratio 6, 7 or 8 speed gear cluster,
> and zero other transaxles fit a Pantera without major work.... then you have
> the shifter & halfshaft adaptions and maybe useless electronic do-dads on
> 'modern' units to contend with.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com>
> To: De Tomaso List <detomaso at poca.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 10:48 am
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Different Transaxle
>
> If there was a modern, smooth, non-ZF transaxle available for the Pantera
> that
> fit without major rework would anyone consider switching?  What would be the
> biggest reason, if there are reasons?  Are you satisfied largely with the ZF
> transaxle in your car(s)?
>
> Corey
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'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
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