Building lambo countach rep

23 Jun 2012, 5:38am Getting Underway Engine Mechanical Overhaul Chassis and Body

Hi all,

Been lurking on here for awhile now and first time posting.

I bought a Mirage replica of the Countach as a part built last year. It needed paint, elecs and interior. So I bought it

As we all know now, when buying part builds, you end up undoing most of what has been done!!

Which is very true of mine, brakes no good, engine no good, fuel setup wrong, radiator position wrong, 6 wrong shocks and the list gets on!!

So, engine replaced with a Chevy v8, approx 400bhp. Brakes redone, rears need upgrading already as will not pass IVA!

Elecs going in as we speak, interior to be built, some body mods and locate the correct wheels too.

Will keep you posted.

Admin can move his to the right place of necessary.

Thanks

Steve

25 Jun 2012, 7:34pm Engine Mechanical Overhaul Chassis and Body

Hi Dave,

The problem is Everything I need to get for the car is 1k or more!!!! The engine was 4.5k, interior will be 2k. Just bought rear tyres and they were £800!

Not a cheap car to build, oh and don't want o think about painting the damn thing, that will be about 4k!!!

25 Jun 2012, 7:37pm General Update

This when I bought it

http://www.siennacountach.net/gallery2/album132/IMG_0918

Have a look at the rest, loads more has been done since those pics but problems with the gallery on the site at the mo

10 Jul 2012, 1:57pm General Update

Doing some work on the car, got the AC in.

10 Jul 2012, 2:03pm Mechanical Overhaul

AC going in and new Alloy floor in front boot

10 Jul 2012, 2:12pm General Update

Just uploading pics to photobucket now so that I can embed them into my posts

10 Jul 2012, 2:13pm General Update

Also, where's the best place for this thread to live?

If its somewhere else, can an admin move it to a correct album?

10 Jul 2012, 2:14pm General Update

Fuel tanks out as the pipe connectors are in the wrong place

10 Jul 2012, 2:16pm General Update

The quarter light aperture on this car is flat, but the original was curved, so have fixed this now

10 Jul 2012, 2:21pm Mechanical Overhaul

All of these springs ( six of them!! ) are the wrong length, the two up front have corroded ( its not even been on the road yet. 6 new shocks ordered

10 Jul 2012, 2:22pm Mechanical Overhaul

Also, the rear brakes aren't up to stopping the Chevy, so upgraded four pots and slightly bigger disks have been ordered

10 Jul 2012, 2:29pm General Update

Sorting out some of the elecs and dials. Going for an extended console so I can fit a double din sat nav / rear camera etc.

10 Jul 2012, 2:31pm Engine

Cant wait to get this baby fired up again :-) Design the exhaust to crossover above the gear box thus stopping the typical uneven burble of the chevy v8