[DeTomaso] Mangusta shift linkage in a GT40??

[Mike Drew]

Fwiw the CEO of Superformance totalled his own personal GT40 by blowing a downshift while exiting a freeway at speed. Tried to downshift from 5-4 and went 5-2 instead. Locked up the rear wheels, did a 180 spin and crashed into the guardrail backwards at high speed. 

It would have taken tremendous work to accomplish that with a rod shifter I think....

Mike

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On Dec 30, 2016, at 13:56, Scott Mead Photography <scott at scottmeadphotography.com> wrote:

>   Yep, the shifter setup is the stock Superformance cable system for LHD.
>   Finding gears is vague at best, and feels like you're rowing through a
>   bowl of rocks with a few tree roots thrown in for good measure.
> 
>   Mahalos to everyone whose replied on this thread. I'll be passing along
>   the info to Paul and hopefully soon, every shifter throw won't be
>   accompanied by a string of explicatives!
>   Sent from my iPhone
> 
>   On Dec 30, 2016, at 3:19 AM, Daryl Adams <[1]daryl.architect at gmail.com>
>   wrote:
> 
>   Actually the ZF in the GT40 is right side up. The problem is that the
>   GT40 has a specifically designed route through the tub for the shift
>   rod that is very different from the path the rod takes in a Mangusta. I
>   wonder if Paul is using the shifter supplied by Superformance. Dennis
>   Olthoff did the set up on my Superformance GT40 and the first thing he
>   did was replace the shift linkage with a revised setup of his own
>   design. It has different geometry, works better and doesn't require
>   grinding off part of the reinforcing ribs on the ZF case to get the
>   required clearance. I think the shifter on my Mangusta works pretty
>   well and I would say the gear changes in my GT40 with the Olthoff
>   linkage are at least as good. Rod type shift linkage in the
>   Superformance GT40 works best in the right hand drive cars where the
>   shift rod travels straight back along the fuel sponson per the original
>   design.
>   On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Scott Mead Photography
>   <[2]scott at scottmeadphotography.com> wrote:
> 
>     Aloha everyone,
>     I just dropped by Paul DeCoite's shop for  some bench racing, and
>     the topic of his Superformance Ford GT40 came up - specifically the
>     crappy cable shifter selecting the cogs in the ZF.
>     Paul said he'd been in contact with the folks at Holman Moody, and
>     there isn't a ZF linkage for left-hand-drive GT40, as the box is
>     upside down. This got me wondering: the box in a Mangusta IS upside
>     down (compared to the Pantera), so couldn't that linkage somehow be
>     adapted?
>     Mahalos,
>     Scott
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