[DeTomaso] DeTomaso Digest, Vol 147, Issue 7
Owen Cooke
owen at tadhgcooke.com
Wed Sep 7 12:49:10 EDT 2016
Guys
I am new to Panteras having bought one one year ago and reworked it
extensively
i am used to european cars and i know when a chassis twists and
therefore is poor on the handling side
the pantera is the only car i ever had that will lift 2 opposite wheels
off the ground if you jack it from one corner
i believe it is an extremely stiff chassis and needs no further stiffening .
the suspensions may of course need tuning for specific use but that is
all in my opinion
my car at least drives like a go-cart
regards owen
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> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:12:36 -0700
> From: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>
> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Chassis stiffening kit install
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> For what it's worth, when I was in Castle Rock a few years ago and had
> time to visit with Dennis and Adam at Pantera Performance Center,
> Dennis essentially told me the same thing about the front trunk brace
> (as I recall). That it really wasn't necessary and only served to
> reduce the amount of usable space in a street car that was only
> occasionally tracked or open road raced. I believe his recommendation
> was to not bother with it for most purposes.
>
> Asa Jay
>
> Quoting Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com>:
>
>> If one actually was an engineer and analyzed this brace, it is utterly
>> useless. It braces the shear wall construction already built into the
>> upper A-Arm mounting points. Not much movement here with the factory job.
>> Lots of help is needed down below to take the twist out of the lower A-Arm
>> supports. Larry
>>
>> On 9/6/16, 8:18 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Julian Kift"
>> <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
>> julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I could start by saying leave it i the corner of the garage, unless you
>>> are building and out and out racer.... it is only purpose in a street
>>> car is to further limit your wife's luggage allowance, although
>>> maybe that could be deemed a positive if she is then limited to only
>>> taking briefs and bras...
>>>
>>> Others seem to have managed to bolt it in, sitting very low in the
>>> trunk (less than an inch between brace and trunk floor). To be
>>> functional it should sit directly behind the upper shock mounts.
>>> Julian
>>> __________________________________________________________________
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>>> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of
>>> John McKee <johnmckee at cox.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 10:28 PM
>>> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Chassis stiffening kit install
>>>
>>> I am currently working on the front trunk area and I am trying to
>>> figure out
>>> the best way to mount the triangular upper brace (the part sold by
>>> Precision
>>> ProFormance). The mounting plates have four bolt holes but it looks
>>> like I
>>> would not be able to get bolts to work as they would conflict with the
>>> upper
>>> suspension mounting rail. I am thinking the best solution may be to
>>> plug
>>> weld those holes from the trunk side. Can anyone share their experience
>>> installing these plates?
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> John
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