[DeTomaso] Urgent brake booster replacement

[Roland]

Longchamp, Deauville and all Panteras with the bigger brake type like 
Group3, Group4, GT5 and GT5-S. On the Panteras DT dangeld the left 
wheelhouse and the lower part under the booster to get space for the 
bigger booster. Pedal boxes where just drilled with four holes for the 
bolts. The old thee bolt pattern is still visible on all Pantera pedal 
boxes.

Roland


Am 15.04.2017 um 22:19 schrieb B. SEIB:
> Thank you Roland! Good to have this information.
> Are you able to say which DT cars used this big booster?
>
> Barry
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> Roland willibillie at live.de
> Sat Apr 15 15:50:43 EDT 2017
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>   Yes, the bigger DT Booster has four bolts. The source is a Fiat Ducato
> light truck. If you label a Fiat part with a Ferrari Logo, it tripples the
> price....
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> Roland
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> Mike
> I had ideas about using a 308 Ferrari booster myself a while back, but when
> I looked at my friend's 308, it was a 4-stud model that looked otherwise the
> same as our Pantera ones.
>
> So...I bought a new booster, sold to me as a Pantera one. It came and it
> also had 4 mounting studs in a square pattern but was brand new. It is also
> slightly larger in diameter, but you wouldn't notice that visually unless
> they were side by side. Our Pantera master cylinder fits perfectly. I didn't
> want to modify my existing pedal box casting, so I bought a spare on ebay,
> did a little alum welding and machining and installed it. I had to make a
> few small adjustments to the surrounding sheet metal, but nothing
> noticeable. It works great.
>
> I was told it was actually a Grp 3 or 4 model. I now have doubts about that.
> I've never seen the back of a GT5 booster (or Grp 3 Grp4).
> Does anyone actually know if any Pantera or DeTomaso used this larger 4-stud
> booster? Or is it a Ferrari one perhaps?
> I think it may be a bit larger than the 308 model booster though.
> Photos attached.
>
> Barry
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