DeTomaso Mailing List: February 1997, Message #166
     



From: Dan_Miller@ccmail.sgo.sony.com (Dan Miller)

Subject: Re[2]: Stop me.... quick!

Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 16:09:36 -0800



Hello, My name is Dan Miller of San Diego Pantera chapter.  I sent a

rather lengthy individual E Mail earlier today to Steve Liebenow

regarding my "MANY" bad experiences with a hydraulic throw out system

on a Pantera.  I will not get into the whole long winded story again,

but suffice it to say that my advice would be to avoid it at all

costs!!!  It is fairly expensive to purchase the unit and misc pieces

needed to insall it correctly, takes some skill and effort to set up

and make work correctly, it is hard to get to it if you need/want to

work on it (you have to pull the transaxle every time....I have gotten

really fast at pulling a transaxle due to this experience!),and from

my personal experiences does not hold up well in a Pantera that is

actually "driven".  It could leave you stranded somewhere you don't

want to be, pretty much un-like the stock set up.  The ONLY positive

thing I can say about it is that if you are making a show car, it gets

rid of all the original stuff up on the right top of the transaxle and

makes it look real smooth, clean, with braided lines, etc.  With a

polished transaxle it looks great.  Other than that...........DON'T DO

IT!!!!



Dan Miller



Mostly Mustangs and a '71 Pantera #2244.





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Subject: Re: Stop me.... quick!

Author:  Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com> at ccmail

Date:    2/25/97 11:58 AM





On 25 Feb 1997, Steve Liebenow wrote:  > Master cylinder- these cars use a

> Bonaldi unit of some sort.... No idea where it came from...  Old magazine

> articles mentioned swapping out the original MC for one with a larger bore,

> but, the dipweeds failed to mention what it was that they used! No numbers,

> applications, notta.... love that informative journalism of the early

> 70's.... aaack!



I don't know if it will help, but it is apprently becoming common to use a

Chevy truck MC on early Panteras when the original gives up the ghost.  I

think the only problem is a 3-bolt vs 4-bolt attachment to the

(non)firewall.  I have no idea how the Goose setup would differ though.





> Anybody running a hydraulic throw out bearing?? Good? Bad?



I too am curious about these.  I like the concept of direct-acting force,

and the ads claim to get more throw than via traditional means.  I'm

wondering how they measure up in the real world.



-Andy



72 Pantera: power             91 Miata: quickness              96 A4Q: traction

84 RZ350: all the above