[DeTomaso] Different Transaxle

[Kirby Schrader]

Like Julian, I changed 5th.

My Pantera has a .655, the GT40 has a .642

Both make a very nice change to cruising in 5th. There’s a bigger spread between 4th and 5th.
Highly recommended.

I’m not a fan of the 3:77’s… Every car I’ve seen with them always seems to have to slip the clutch just to get rolling.
I’m personally sticking with the 4:22’s and the higher 5th’s.

Just my opinion.
Kirby

On Jan 14, 2014, at 18:35, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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