[DeTomaso] top 10 performance upgrades

[Dave Doddek]

Hey Chuck, where can I get some of those "gobs" of money?  I want new
suspension and brakes.

Dave "scratch and scrape" D

At 05:02 PM 12/31/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear Stephen,
>
>            OK, I'll bite.  Here are my favorites, which assume a rare bone 
>stock Pantera as a starting point for "most bang for the buck" upgrades:
>
>            1) Remove the little button plunger doot inside the shifter to 
>ease shifting.  It is redundant.  It causes mechanical drag and removal is 
>easy.  Cost is Zero and if you don't like it, just replace it.
>
>             2) Replace the rubber brake lines with braided stainless steel.
>             3) Replace the stock brake pads with a more street 
>conditions-friendly pad
>             4) Remove the stock proportioning valve.
>             5) Replace the stock master cylinder with Pantera Performance 
>Center's aftermarket stock master cylinder replacement
>             6) Remove the suspension spacers to lower the car
>             7) Four wheel alignment and specific maximum possible caster in 
>the front wheels.
>             8) Lubricate the rear upright lower bolt
>             9) Place shutoff valves on the heater hoses
>            10) Go to a chassis dyno for a run and assessment by the local 
>wizard as to why the results were the way they were......
>
>            11) Take a gob of money: build new engine include new cooling 
>system for added BTU load
>             12) Take another gob: place new suspension (bushings, springs, 
>shocks, brakes, rear upright Timken roller bearing conversion)
>              13) Take another gob: buy new wheels and rubber.
>
>
>                         Your mileage may possibly vary,  Chuck Engles
>
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "SEL" <edlebby at yahoo.com>
>To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:13 PM
>Subject: [DeTomaso] top 10 performance upgrades
>
>
>Hi All - hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and has a terrific new 
>year - for those of us that are new to the Pantera and have not very 
>modified cars - what would be your top 10 most bang for the buck performance 
>upgrades? - thanks!  Stephen
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