Reply to "Nelson Racing Engines building Pantera"

panterrorMy 74 GTS

The workmanship in the chassis build is fantastic as would be expected from the Roadster Shop. In the end, the only thing Pantera about it will (may?) be the appearance.

Maybe that chassis is going to turn into more of a cage. Too early to say but I think I'm in Tony/Edge's camp though regarding the build. This looks more to be heading in the direction of show car than all out performance car. I'm sure power to weight will be stupid but tough to use that kind of power in a road car and once you pass certain thresholds in power/weight how pleasurable it is to actually drive and quickly it gets around a track will always favor lighter absolute weight. Besides the chassis, the boosted engine adds a lot of overhead and weight and becomes easy to break the TA and difficult to maintain grip. For boosted cars in that power range I'd tend to favor straight axle straight line rides.....they can command your attention.

Best,
Kelly

5/21/175:15 AM

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