[DeTomaso] Cable Shifter - Improvement?

[Mike Drew]

Mike,

Cable shifters are an answer to a question nobody ever asked. I can’t speak specifically about the SACC kit (which is undoubtedly of the highest quality), but generally cable shifters are vague and imprecise compared to an all-metal shifter. 

Real GT40s are right hand drive and use a rod shifter like the Pantera and Mangusta. Replicas are often left hand drive (which is tragic in itself) and use a cable shifter. I’ve driven several of them and the ZF was nowhere near as precise as a Pantera. Significantly, the CEO of Superformance totaled his own GT40 because he blew a downshift coming off the freeway and went from 4th to 1st, locking up the rear wheels and spinning into a barrier at speed. 

Why would you ever want that?

Mike

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> On Nov 29, 2022, at 19:06, Mike & Elizabeth <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    Can anyone speak to personal experience with the SACC cable shift
>   mechanism.  Curious if it improves the shifting.
> 
> 
>   Thanks
> 
>   Mike Thomas
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