quote:Originally posted by Malow:
800HP min to about 1200HP
What is the difference from the 4 pin box to the 7 pin?
The only box that has much of a reputation for tolerating these power levels is the Ricardo as used in the Ford GT. There are lots of examples of twin turbo conversion GTs and they can put down some big numbers. The Ricardo is much bigger and heavier by comaprison to the ZF and requires major structural mods to a Pantera to accomodate. If you search the site I believe you will find some info as one of the members was having one fitted his car by one of the West Coast vendors.
IMO, this is not a productive endeavor. If you want to be able to say you have a TT 1200 HP Pantera, you can certainly succeed; bring your wallet. However, you will never succeed in getting that power to the ground in a Pantera and after you install a Ricardo and all the overhead it takes to properly support a twin turbo set up you will have a very heavy car that is very rear biased in weight distribution. I don't mean to be a kill-joy but better to confront these facts now than having the realization after all the effort.
About the only use for such a Pantera is Texas mile or maybe open road racing though I still think lighter is better on the latter.
K