[DeTomaso] Ring bolts (again)

Thomas Tornblom thomas at hax.se
Sat May 3 12:55:58 EDT 2014


I pulled the ZF and the clutch yesterday and started the engine with 
just the Fidanza flywheel in place, and my vibration indicator, aka rear 
view mirror, indicates that the vibrations are gone. :)

So I will get a new Centerforce DF700000 clutch, which mounts to the 
factory drilled holes, and that should be the end of this problem.

Cheers,
Thomas

PS:

The throttle response with just an aluminum flywheel and no clutch is 
quite nice. Not as good as on my friends old Volvo that sheared the 
flywheel bolts while the engine was running, but much better than with a 
cast iron flywheel and stock clutch.


2014-04-12 18:29, Thomas Tornblom skrev:
> I'm getting ready to pull the ZF to see if it is the flywheel, or clutch
> that is causing the fairly violent vibrations I've had sine the latest
> engine rebuild, where I replaced the stuck flywheel and clutch with a
> Fidanza aluminum flywheel and Pantera specific Centerforce clutch.
>
> The first time I had it out I drilled the old ring bolts and safety
> wired it, but I have decided to get new ARP bolts and redo it.
>
> So where to get the bolts and pan gasket?
>
> Someone mentioned ARP bolts for some Euro box (Rover?) that were of the
> correct size? Might be easier to get them around here.
>
> By the way, I have now had help from a guy in the US to tune the EFI and
> it is like a new car :) In case anyone needs assistance tuning a stock
> Ford EFI I can recommend http://www.efidynotuning.com
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>


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