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I attended the Euro Auto Festival this pass weekend at the South Carolina BMW plant with my Mangusta (8MA830). Approximately 500 cars showed up.

Since I was the only DeTomaso, (where were the Panteras?), I was placed in the Italian Exotic Class. This class included Lamborghinis (Diablo, Countach, and Gallardo), Early Fiats and a Facel Vega, so the class was a little crowded for the Goose.

But, the Goose had a lot of people around it, and everyone was taking pictures, and to my surprise, the Goose took First in it's Class against some very expensive cars. At least in the Southeast, the Mangusta has earned some well deserved respect from other car owners.
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Jack, Fun isn't it Smiler

You mentioned you changed the clutch master cylinder. Have you/can you give details: part number, pedal travel change, slave travel change?, or did the new clutch have a modification?

Denis
The clutch master cylinder I used was a Wilwood .625 bore, part number 260-6087. Purchased at Summit Racing for $47.95. The replacement, along with straightening the push rod on the slave cylinder, made a tremendous change in the amount of foot pressure required to engage the clutch.

The pedal and slave cylinder travel was unchanged.

Jack
Ben,

Stock bore of both master and slave are .75" making them a 1:1 movement deal....

So decreasing the bore size of the master, decreases pedal effort, but also decreases the amount of movement you get at the slave.

This makes the task tricky if you already have a clutch setup that is marginal in terms of disengagement.....

Steve
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