[DeTomaso] NPC but it gave me an idea

Wed Apr 25 11:26:43 EDT 2018

5177 had a single turbo over the ZF with exhaust to the standard mufflers.   When I was taken 5177 apart, I cut the mufflers off and drove it for a few days.  I don't recall any significant increase in noise, But a hell of a change in the boast curve (almost a runaway)

SO I think the ideal has merit. Plumbing for oil return would be one obstacle.

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Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC but it gave me an idea

I saw this and I was amazed.  Literally thinking outside the box.

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/ive-never-seen-a-turbo-mounted-like-this-before/129130/page1/

We have very little room to plumb more pipes and turbos unless you give up the boot area and your A/C.  I was thinking about how the Pantera has almost no room for mufflers anyway with these dinky 11 inch ANSA cans with horribly inefficient baffling to quiet the poor thing down.  Instead of mufflers, I think a heat shield and a couple of turbos would be just the ticket! Probably just as ... ummmm... quiet.  Just 5 or 6lbs of boost and you might be able to get away without an intercooler.  Or fill the whole trunk up with intercooler.
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