Reply to "How to increase the power handling of a ZF? (850 newton/meters or 627 foot/pounds)"

Hi Peter -

There are a couple of the POCA Newsletters you might want to check out.

The Sept. 2015 issue has an article titled "Little Known ZF Facts", and has lots of good information. This article has some pictures of the BMW M-1 setup, with an oil cooler.

The Oct. 2015 issue has an article titled "How Many ZFs Were Made". This discusses the ZF generally, but has some interesting information on some other options that were tried , such as a Hall Pantera 3-Speed automatic transaxle, using Ford C-6 innards.

There is a bit of discussion of the rare Ford T-44 2 Speed crash box built for GT-40s by KarKraft. There is also a box from a Renault integrated into a Pantera at Steve Wilkenson's shop pictured in the magazine.

Unfortunately, none of the automatic options attempted, and discussed in this issue, provided robust performance with powerful engines, but it is interesting to see some of the design solutions.

Note that in this issue, you will find out own Simon joined the club in Oct. 2015.