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1. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

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

... any imperfections and when impregnated along with the carbon, be completely invisible; next layer will be 200 gram Carbon Fibre. Next phase uses this interesting honeycombe material which is used as the filling in a carbon sandwhich. ...
Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5 | We’re pretty much at the business-end of the F40 LM restoration now. The body is buttoned up, fuel is flowing through the lines, and the turbos are spooling. Click below to see it take shape, including ...
... the resin next week Another shot showing the covered green butyl strips which will retain the vacuum in due course. Update on the mechanical side of things having now spoken in more detail to those whom were there on Dyno day, ...
... 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 ...

2. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

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

... 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 ...
Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3 | I really wanted to keep the Ferrari F40 LM Restoration in one large post, however it was proving too large to handle. For this latest update, I’ve decided to create a separate post. I’ve also split ...
... is reverse finally coming home….. Rear wing now stripped down, degreased and coated which revealed some pinholes so a little further work required there. Large carbon pat to the right is part of the undertray. Be really good ...
... up and sprayed. The entire gearbox has new bearings. Reverse gear finds its home, meshing perfectly, so we finally are on the way to a finished gearbox. A few arty shots from last week Now our finished final drive ...

3. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

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

... it accordingly. So, we have stripped her down to almost a bare shell, and the aim is to upgrade all areas to full spec whilst leaving the engine as it raced, and we are lucky in that Michelotto has agreed to supply us with parts, specifically ...
Ferrari F40 LM Restoration | Could this be the holy grail? The best car ever featured on Build-Threads.com? For those of you who are keen followers of the Facebook page, you’d be well aware that I’m quite the Ferrari tragic, and ...
... Considered doing it manually and then came to the conclusion that the only way to get into every nook and remove all the grime was to blast it and that way we will get a perfect finish.There is that word again, ‘Perfect’ which normally ...
... 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 ...

4. Datsun 510 with Supra Engine Swap

Friday, 14 December 2007 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Datsun 510 with Supra Engine Swap

... can drive it on road trips such as Portland to San Jose this summer was over 1200 miles round trip. I vow no trailers are in it’s future. zum Original | 2007-12 | Christopher Christopher | 2015-06 | Chris Stegemann | Article | engine ...
... can drive it on road trips such as Portland to San Jose this summer was over 1200 miles round trip. I vow no trailers are in it’s future. zum Original | 2007-12 | Christopher Christopher | 2015-06 | Chris Stegemann | Article | engine ...
... talent and will to create his own front bumper. Taking roughly 3 weeks to arrive at the design he wanted it seems to fit perfectly and mesh with the rest of the body. Maybe the greatest quality of this car is how unique it is. There are not ...
Datsun 510 with Supra Engine Swap | While trolling through Pro-Touring.com we came across progress pictures of Anthony’s 1971 Datsun 510. The Datsun currently has a turbo charged 7M-GTE engine from a 1991 Toyota Supra dyno’d at ...