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Chip, I suggest using a long throw clutch slave regardless of what clutch is in there. It will give slightly more disengagement distance at the flywheel than stock, and being stainless, it will not rust like the soft iron stockers. It is also rebuildable if something happens to the fragile rubber seal. It's my understanding that Marino had those slaves CAST UP to order, using some domestic guts. It's been 10 or so years and I suspect he's barely recouped his minimum order cost. All the vendors sell Marino's slave cylinders.

You can check clutch disengagement distance with a flat-blade feeler gauge stuck down thru the access window in your bellhousing between flywheel and disc (engine OFF!) A brand new Pantera with new hydraulics and new linkage will allow about 0.040" of disengagement distance (which divides by 2 for each surface of the clutch disc). And that's with the clutch pedal buried in the floor mat, which no one ever does when shifting. Worn systems or leaky ones will be down to 0.015" or so, causing drag and high wear in the ZF synchro system. A long-throw slave will pick up the distance to as high as 0.050"

Its also a good idea to consider ordering a new clutch MASTER cylinder right now: the parts all wear out as a system so fixing leaks and wear at one end often overpressurizes the other. Replace the clutch slave and expect to be fidding with a leaking clutch master cylinder before Christmas.... Good luck.