DeTomaso Mailing List: May 1997, Message #77
     



From: "Jim Firanzi" <firanzi@erols.com>

Subject: Handling and Tire/Wheel Selection

Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 21:40:27 -0400



Jack,



What is your overall feeling on Pantera wheel and tire choices and how

they affect handling and gearing?  Here's my dilemna:  I need new tires,

have the original 7" / 8" combo, and can't seem to find a good tire to fit

the rears.  (Familiar story, I know.)  One option I am considering is a

pair of S. Wilkinson's repros in 16" x 10" for the rears, moving the 8"

stock wheels to the front.  With a 235/60/15 (26.1") in front, I would be

nearly equal height with 315/40/16 (25.9") in the rear.  (Michelin XGT Z

is offered in this size.)



Is 315 too wide for a stock fender (rolled) on my early ' 72?



Will the width discrepancy lend to significantly greater understeer?



Would I be better off for street + Pocono with a 255/50/16 (still 26") to

avoid the inevitable push in front?



Does everyone (but me it seems, as I am running 225/60/15 and 245/60/15)

favor the extra width in the rear for looks, or max performance handling?





Thanks,



Jim Firanzi

firanzi@erols.com



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> From: JDeRyke@aol.com

> To: adifatta@konover.com; owner-detomaso@wgate.com; DeTomaso@wgate.com

> Subject: Re: Changing the ZF Fluids

> Date: Thursday, May 01, 1997 2:57 AM

>

> The fill plug is behind the shifter box on the drivers side near the

back.

> Not easy to see and even messier to add into. Most of us just get a

> Volkswagen allen wrench, cut off about half the short side, and use the

pump

> built into the container with 80-wt rear end lube. Trying to get a funnel

&

> Mr Gravity to cooperate with 80-wt is hopeless. And you already know that

> rear end lube can never truly be removed from human skin. J DeRyke