Reply to "Five modifications NOT to do to your Pantera"

I was looking at this from a perspective (like Mikael, I believe) of operating the car within the original design margins (and somewhat beyond) without major changes from the original.

Certainly if you designed the car like the GT-40, and made a huge, free flowing ducts exhausting the air through the top of the hood, you would increase cooling capacity. To argue otherwise would be silly.

I am agreeing with Mikael that IF your car is overheating.... BEFORE you cut holes in the hood..... MAYBE you want to fix any underperforming elements in the current setup.

Look for an underlying cause.... be it implementing the Ford TSBs for the radiator baffle, or install the right 351C thermostat.

It's funny, I was disagreeing (a little), now I am defending....

If a person is building a monster car (like David, which I think is really cool) and that person feels the need to go a little (or a lot) beyond the original design parameters - that's fine, and a great choice for them.

But those decisions can be driven by things other than technical need - the owner WANTS to have 50% more thermal capacity in their specific car, or the owner installed a 600 HP motor.


PS. I'm not a moron - I realize that the car I was referring to was the GT-40.

Amusing, this topic is!