[DeTomaso] Ford GT Pantera engine
Paul Rimov
rimovp at icloud.com
Sat Mar 25 22:02:00 EDT 2017
So every one can start hating on me now and pointing their finger at me and call me hypocrite but I don't get the swap. I goofed around with an all aluminum 302 for awhile and drove a guy's Cobra sourced 5.4 over in Bend a couple of times and the original Cleveland is just soo much fun and looks totally cool and correct in the car in the first place.
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> On Mar 25, 2017, at 2:49 PM, Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I believe there was one being done down here in Dallas as well. The
> trans stuck out so far they had to totally re-engineer the rear of the
> car. The guy was in love with paddle shifters!
> Jeff
> 6559
>
> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso
> <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
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> A A If those things still use the gigantic Ricardo 6-speed
> transaxle, good
> A A luck using THAT thing! Someone mentioned that Steve rigged one
> in a
> A A Pantera with a Ford GT engine some years ago and it was too
> wide, too
> A A long and too heavy to easily fit. He said 'never again!'
> A A -----Original Message-----
> A A From: dgordon100 <[2]dgordon100 at cox.net>
> A A To: detomaso <[3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>; Mike &
> Elizabeth
> A A Thomas <[4]mbefthomas at comcast.net>
> A A Sent: Sat, Mar 25, 2017 12:31 pm
> A A Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ford GT Pantera engine
> A A Steve is doing two of them. Both with Ford crate motors
> purchased new.
> A A Someone could buy a used engine and transmission from
> X2Builders last I
> A A heard. Few years back they were getting around $25K for both.
> Don't
> A A know if that included all the accessories, and wiring.
> A A ---- Mike & Elizabeth Thomas <[1][5]mbefthomas at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> A A > Considering all the dolts who have mashed up their Ford GT's
> there
> A A ought to
> A A > be a good supply of these motors out there. Is this the first
> A A transplant
> A A > Steve has done?
> A A > Mike
> A A >
> A A > -----Original Message-----
> A A > From: DeTomaso [[2]mailto:[6]detomaso-bounces@
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> A A On Behalf
> A A > Of [3][7]dgordon100 at cox.net
> A A > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 6:25 PM
> A A > To: [4][8]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> A A > Subject: [DeTomaso] Ford GT Pantera engine
> A A >
> A A > The decklid is modified so that it gradually humps up in the
> middle
> A A on the
> A A > Red car. Thus the opening is a little smaller to see out of
> from the
> A A cabin.
> A A > Wilkinson had a lot of time in making the decklid, which is
> A A fiberglass,
> A A > Even though the Ford GT engine was lowered ~3 inches in the
> car, the
> A A stock
> A A > supercharger still was too high for the stock deckllid.
> A A >
> A A > David
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