Reply to "Big bearing front spindles?"

The Bearings used on the standard Pantera axles are not what you would consider small.
In fact they are the same size, (or close as damn to it) as what is fitted to many modern larger & heavier cars.
I have an 02' GM Holden Commodore Ute, (Ute version of the Australian made Pontiac GTO).
Bearings are the same size & the car is 1600kg, (3520 lb) front engine LS1 V8 & fitted with wide low profile wheels.
Over 100 thou on the clock & bearings have never even given a hint of being worn.
Its weight, front engine, low profile tyres & the fact that it gets driven hard is testament to the capability of the bearings.
We also fit the same bearings to our off-road race buggies.
Although these buggies are much lighter, the bearings are greatly stressed when you land from a jump of several feet at high speed, as well as constant pounding over rough terrain at speed.

Sure the Pantera has more wheel offset outward which causes more bearing stress than a standard front face wheel application.
But the Pantera is light, rear engine & only really sees bearing stress in hard corners & hard braking, but again, not as much as a larger heavier car.

I think as long as you use quality bearings, quality grease, well adjusted & keep an eye on adjustment I doubt you would ever have issues.

Obviously this is just my opinion.
Regards,
Tony.