DeTomaso Mailing List: February 98, Message #206
     



From: 	Asa Jay Laughton <asajay@concentric.net>

Subject: AOD's, and Motorsport

Date: 	Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:30:30 +0000



At 12:30 02/04/98 +0000, Kirby Schrader wrote:

>Hmmmm...

>

>The lower first gear kit for the 'faster off the line' bit is interesting.

>More details? Part numbers?



Well, I don't have them here, but if I remember, I'll try looking them up

at home.  The kit is from the Ford Motorsport division, if anyone has a

catalog they should be able to find the numbers.  It's in the transmissions

section.  I think there are a couple of kits I got and I don't remember

which parts are in which.  If you just go into a dealer and ask for the

catalog, you can probably find it yourself while sitting  there faster than

the parts man will know what your talking about.



>"A Deto Long what????"



Funny thing, about 15 years ago, the local Linc-Merc dealer wanted to sell

me their remaining Pantera stuff, mostly stickers, logos, small stuff.  At

the time I didn't even know what it was, now I wish I'd picked it all up.

They were pratically giving it away.



>And what rear axle ratio are you running that makes you enjoy the 'high top

>end'? I don't have a clue what the Longchamp has... Time to read the owners

>manual some more.



In the Mach I, I have a 3:00 gears.  I can get at least 120 before the

valves float, somewhere around 5-5.5K RPM.  It's been so long I just can't

remember too well.  This is the real reason I'm anticipating the benefits

of this kit.  This way I can still get good stop-light action but not

sacrifice the freeway cruising, which is mostly what you get in this part

of the country.  : )



>The Longchamp is a dog off the line, but get it rolling and it goes. Of

>course, maybe that's due to the single plane manifold, cam, etc. that was

>mentioned yesterday. There's a definite 'flat spot' after you first start

>moving which needs a good stab at the pedal to cure.



This lower first gear thing will probably help, but it sounds like you may

have an advance problem in the distributor as well. I know I ended up

putting my distributor on a machine at the local college (when I was

getting my Auto tech degree) and dialed in some decent numbers (don't ask,

it was over 10 years ago and I didn't take notes, DOH!).  My off-the-line

performance improved measureably.  Make sure the vacuum advance (if

equiped) is working, and also the mechanical advance.  The mechanical can

really bog you around 2500 rpm if not freely moving, from my own personal

experiene.



FWIW,

Asa Jay