quote:Originally posted by Marlin Jack:
...Yes, I was going to mention the 'Vacuum Cleaner' Car.
About the Wing...I can only think about the Drag involved. How much extra does it 'Cost' Me, in MPG, to haul that thing Around!? I can feel it sway, as being 'Top-Heavy', in cross-winds and in cornering hard. It was already on the car when I purchased her. Down-force? Don't really need it. It's just on there for 'Looks'.
I once attended a showing at the 'Tutti-en-Piottsa' (sp?), up in Stockton, one year.
Beautiful Women Loved the car, and were Invited to place their Cocktails on the Wing, as a table. Using a Coaster, ofcourse.
If I remember correctly, the Pantera doesn't need more down force in the rear. It needs it in the front.
The nose gets a little loose around 170.
Even the sugar scoop is something lifted from Ferrari and isn't needed.
The Lamborghini style wing exists simply because Detomaso didn't want to be out cooled by a Countach.
Lamborghini said that the rear wing hold back the top speed from 205 to 199-200.
Now considering that they never had their own test track and always tested on the street with the PROVO license plates on the cars, frankly I don't think I would have wanted to live withing driving distance of Lamborghini.
205 down my street is just a little over the top in my view?
Rear wings on Panteras are all for the "wow factor".