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1. For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World

Tuesday, 08 December 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World

... way to put a Chevy V8 in the back. Rod spent the rest of the year designing, fabbing, testing and applying his one off parts to Chevy V8 motor. After less than a year in 1968, the first “Porschev” was tearing up the streets and ...
... and has great turn in. Let’s continue to the exterior: -PAINT and BODY I love how much character this paint has. It is not perfect and nor is the fiberglass, but its filled with stories of road and track. Let’s remember, this is ...
... hands of their driver (with the 305 block!), and a 10.33@133mph with slightly more powerful setup a few years later (not even the current 600hp setup!) It also did a 1:30 at Riverside 2.54 mile short course. -COOLING The Corvette radiator ...
... to Rod and the Porsche/Hot Rod world. About 300 miles of those 6,000 were track miles in the hands of Rod, to which is was always trailered. A few hundred were on the car when purchased from Dennis and the rest were accrued locally in short ...

2. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

Saturday, 03 January 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

... In short, pointless.Consequently, we have decided to finish off the car and actually get it on the track for a limited shakedown and see what other issues we have to resolve. We then need to get a total of say 600 miles or so under our belt ...
... In short, pointless.Consequently, we have decided to finish off the car and actually get it on the track for a limited shakedown and see what other issues we have to resolve. We then need to get a total of say 600 miles or so under our belt ...
... yes, camera crew were in attendance so video and better pics to follow in due course. And for posterity! Meanwhile on the mould front, major progress and James is back on the project applying Silicon sealer to the mould flanges ...
... it still looks pretty good. Last post for Christmas.This is the carbon tunnel control panel. The Motec unit has four Maps and we have them currently calibrated as:Position 1 600HP for everyday use Position 2 650HP for fast road or general ...

3. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 4

Friday, 07 November 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 4

... the intercoolers which will be fitted properly very shortly. A quick wheel update for those who were concerned about the lack of OZ marking on the refurbished new wheels, and a good comparison between factory fresh and Moto ...
... suggests that some mechanical cleaning had been applied. However, as a precaution we cleaned out the pipes with cellulous thinners and pulled through a course swab. This showed evidence of combustion product and mild oxidation, but no foreign ...
... look what he found. We think it is some packaging material that got caught up in the Zircotec process. That could have gone straight to the Turbos and finished them off so a real lesson learnt. Consequently they have been boxed up again and ...
... get the Motec loom sorted. We will also try and lose the Motec nomenclature to tidy it up. Oh yes. And checking the checker, but all looking good and a roadblock to progress hopefully removed. Whilst waiting ...

4. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

Friday, 29 August 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

... coming off again. Assembly now well underway on the rear clam. Restored lights etc in and now just the wing to restore. Apologies for the out of focus shot, but you get the idea. Now the lower clam. James applying the heat ...
... been quite a trying road but the end result is I end up with a genuine zero mies car, and I believe better than new. It started as a small refurb but once we dug deep, it was clear the only way to do her justice was to go back to the beginning ...
... restored oil tank also now fitted. Tanks will be out again shortly for their pressure test and then back in for good. A final burst from last week with Colin adjusting the valve shims now that the cams are back in place. Here ...
... of our fuel tanks undergoing a pressure test. Left overnight and they both passed with no issues. Next couple of shots show Colin checking over our restored exhaust manifolds, which in due course will undergo the Zircotec process, and generally ...

5. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

Tuesday, 06 August 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

... place on this car. All very interesting but off they come. You can also see the disaster that are the old fuel tanks which also join the growing scarp heap. More about those later. Afraid the next few posts are all going to be about stripping ...
... we have a really good undamaged and true base to build up on given the history and the time and money being invested. All measurements have been recorded for the future as in due course I will put a book together on the history and the journey ...
... chassis on the jig and importantly the engine still in, we are changing the single LM cross brace to the more rigid GTE style. Construction again! This is the fuel tank saga. In short they very badly needed replacing. Original car ran ...
... original cars converted by privateers. Aside from the original Michelotto LM’s, the 27 other cars as listed by Michael Sheehan in his definitive article on the LM, all started their life as road cars. 84326 was no different and finally ...