[DeTomaso] For those who like engine builds

[Kirby Schrader]

I don’t know that you need a dual disk for the street.
I’ve used the standard style clutch with the three arms on 1661 for decades with no problem.
No effort reduction kit, either. :-)

Dennis Quella seems to use the dual disk clutches on the higher horsepower cars. Give him a call and get his opinion.
He did some work on the race car and he installed the dual disk McLeod. Tom Upton had a two that he wasn’t using, so I got them.
I put a new one on the race car and sent both used ones back to McLeod to have them checked out and they rebuilt them both. 
Wasn’t cheap, but way less than a new clutch.

FWIW,
Kirby


> On Oct 18, 2015, at 17:33, Mike Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> For the street, what are the advantages of the dual-disk clutch, who carries
> this one for the Pantera and approx.. how much are they.  I now have a
> single-plate 3-finger McLeod that is much heavier than the diaphragm
> Centerforce I used to have, and I miss it.
> 
> Mike Thomas
> Pres., Panteras Northwest
> Yellow '74 #6328
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Kirby
> Schrader
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 2:48 PM
> To: John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
> Cc: <detomaso at poca.com> <DeTomaso at poca.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] For those who like engine builds
> 
> Finally got around to unpacking one of my spare clutches.
> It's a dual disk McLeod that was rebuilt by them.
> I have a 'racing' version in the race car.
> I also have a backup street version and another race version.
> 
> The race version is certainly more 'digital'. It's engaged or it is not. The
> street version has a band that ties the two plates together so they don't
> rattle.
> That's what you see in the picture.
> 
> 
>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 17:55, John Taphorn <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Kirby
>> 
>> Nice job documenting the build.  It reminded me of the Doug Cook picture
> build featured in the old Ford Performance book by Pat Ganahl.  Although,
> yours is an updated version taking the build to a higher lever. I would like
> to see you include pics of the sexy clutch pressure plate arrangement that
> you are running as well.
>> 
>> Very impressive indeed.
>> 
>> JT
>> 
>> On 10/14/2015 7:04 PM, Kirby Schrader wrote:
>>> 
> [1]http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/kirbyschrader/Pantera/racecar%20eng
> <http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/kirbyschrader/Pantera/racecar%20eng>
>>>   ine/index.html
>>> 
>>>   FWIW,
>>> 
>>>   Kirby
>>> 
>>> References
>>> 
>>>   1. 
>>> http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/kirbyschrader/Pantera/racecar%20engi
>>> ne/index.html 
>>> <http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/kirbyschrader/Pantera/racecar%20eng
>>> ine/index.html>
>>> 
>>> 
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