037 Recreation

[ProtoTipo]

yes it is, with the shift mechanism on the left side, must be Panthera then?

Now you say Pim, yes.
It is only on the left side on Panteras?
Here is the car above, compared to my photo of the original (the OLIO FIAT livered car in the UK), which has the shift box on the right, as well as some oil take offs etc.

[pim]

heres a Panthera and 037 gearbox

[ProtoTipo]

heres a Panthera and 037 gearbox

Both expensive!

A GT40 ZF must have the gear shift on the right, as the 037?

[pim]

Yes it did somewhat as the GT40 had the gearbox inverted

[pim]

Must be for a lower point of gravity??

[pim]

[QUOTE=ProtoTipo;45357]Both expensive!

i think over 15.000 Euros now

[john]

Must be for a lower point of gravity??

Or just so it drove the right way??
Mor forward gears than reverse(s)?
I'm only asking not being smart!

[ProtoTipo]

I'm confused now, because I've read that the Pantera (and 037) are the ones that have the ZF transaxle 'inverted', and that the GT40 is the right way up?
'Seems there's a lot of work to do, (with the 'oiling') if you want to fit a Pantera box the other way up in a GT40 replica?

[john]

The Porsche transaxle was inverted in Lionels "Evo", supposedly because the Alfa engine ran opposite direction to the Porsche engine.
Have I got that completely wrong?
And that did require an oil pump, cooler and breather system.

[ProtoTipo]

The Porsche transaxle was inverted in Lionels "Evo", supposedly because the Alfa engine ran opposite direction to the Porsche engine.
Have I got that completely wrong?
And that did require an oil pump, cooler and breather system.

No John,
A rear engine transaxle (911/Beetle) needs to be inverted for a mid engine car (like a Hewland that has the drain plug facing upwards, because it started life as Beetle gearbox).
That's easier for me to understand than this Pantera/GT40 thing.

All the engines turn the same way.