[DeTomaso] A G50 Porsche gearbox on a De Tomaso Pantera ?

Corey Price coreyjprice at gmail.com
Mon Apr 18 15:18:35 EDT 2016


Except that it isn't designed to run in the Pantera's "inverted" configuration and the company has no desire to modify it to do such. I asked a Quaife engineer years ago about the possibilities. 

> On Apr 18, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You could just buy this and quit messing around.
> 
> http://quaife.co.uk/quaife-zf-tranxaxle-back-popular-demand/
> 
> Michael Shortt
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>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Guido deTomaso <guido_detomaso at prodigy.net> wrote:
>>    Someone had/has one for sale on the Facebook page.  Has to be installed
>>    upside down in a mid engine configuration, IIRC there were some mods
>>    done to the transaxle to make it more compact and/or accommodate mid
>>    engine shift linkage.
>>    GD
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>>    From: Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
>>    To: Patrick HALS <patrickhals at gmail.com>; "detomaso at poca.com"
>>    <detomaso at poca.com>; Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com>
>>    Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 10:59 AM
>>    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A G50 Porsche gearbox on a De Tomaso Pantera ?
>>      I think Corey Price was looking into using a Porsche transaxle.
>>      Ken
>>        __________________________________________________________________
>>      From: Patrick HALS <[1]patrickhals at gmail.com>
>>      To: "[2]detomaso at poca.com" <[3]detomaso at poca.com>
>>      Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 10:32 AM
>>      Subject: [DeTomaso] A G50 Porsche gearbox on a De Tomaso Pantera ?
>>        Has anyone ever tried fitting a G50 ( or other ) Porsche gearbox to
>>    a
>>        302 or a 351 ? Where does the starter get fitted ?A
>>        A company in Vegas ( Renegade ) offers a bellhousing for such an
>>        assembly.A
>>        Does it support the much bigger torque than with a Porsche engine
>>    ?A
>>        Looks possibly interesting !A
>>        Thank you and good w e !A
>>        Pat
>>        Candy - ADA A
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   Except that it isn't designed to run in the Pantera's "inverted"
   configuration and the company has no desire to modify it to do such. I
   asked a Quaife engineer years ago about the possibilities.

   On Apr 18, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Michael Shortt <[1]michaelsavga at gmail.com>
   wrote:

   You could just buy this and quit messing around.
   [2]http://quaife.co.uk/quaife-zf-tranxaxle-back-popular-demand/
   Michael Shortt
   On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Guido deTomaso
   <[3]guido_detomaso at prodigy.net> wrote:

        Someone had/has one for sale on the Facebook page.  Has to be
     installed
        upside down in a mid engine configuration, IIRC there were some
     mods
        done to the transaxle to make it more compact and/or accommodate
     mid
        engine shift linkage.
        GD

     __________________________________________________________________
        From: Ken Green via DeTomaso <[4]detomaso at poca.com>
        To: Patrick HALS <[5]patrickhals at gmail.com>;
     "[6]detomaso at poca.com"
        <[7]detomaso at poca.com>; Corey Price <[8]coreyjprice at gmail.com>
        Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 10:59 AM
        Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] A G50 Porsche gearbox on a De Tomaso
     Pantera ?
          I think Corey Price was looking into using a Porsche transaxle.
          Ken

     __________________________________________________________________
          From: Patrick HALS <[1][9]patrickhals at gmail.com>
          To: "[2][10]detomaso at poca.com" <[3][11]detomaso at poca.com>
          Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 10:32 AM
          Subject: [DeTomaso] A G50 Porsche gearbox on a De Tomaso
     Pantera ?
            Has anyone ever tried fitting a G50 ( or other ) Porsche
     gearbox to
        a
            302 or a 351 ? Where does the starter get fitted ?A
            A company in Vegas ( Renegade ) offers a bellhousing for such
     an
            assembly.A
            Does it support the much bigger torque than with a Porsche
     engine
        ?A
            Looks possibly interesting !A
            Thank you and good w e !A
            Pat
            Candy - ADA A
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