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FK8 New Car collection day..... nearly

I’ll certainly do a build thread somewhere. I’m the least mechanically minded bloke you could meet so my only input is paying the bills. I put my deposit down last May and I think the motorsport chassis is just being finished this month or next. Proper build should start in May/June. The guy doing my build is the best in the business and even doing it full time will still take maybe 6 months. I should have pics of the engine work later this month
 
I bought an Alfa GTA to get the 3.2 V6 engine from that. The engine's getting fully rebuilt and upgraded at a specialist in Cardiff. Plan is to end up around 330-350 bhp. It will end up on Jenvey ITBs with a custom loom, custom emerald ecu with a choice of switchable maps to go from MOT-able through to general driving to a full-on rally spec pop-bang-flames mode.

Chap on SELOC lotus forum is building his at the moment, might be worth signing up to the forum, he has done a build, highlights a couple of issues and solutions, he posts as Dr H. The attention to detail is well amazing!
 
Yeah, I've seen that on SELOC and also on one of the Stratos forums. There's a lot of really good build threads.
I would struggle to make a tower out of Lego so am in awe at the guys who can do all that stuff.
 
.... Star of the show should arrive later this year, probably Autumn, as I've commissioned a bespoke build of an Alitalia Group 4 rally rep LB Lancia Stratos, so something almost exactly like....
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Start a build thread on the forum so we (I) can monitor your progress! That's a dream car of mine :)

Small bump even although it's not quite FK8 related...

Well, progress has been a bit slower than I had initially hoped so it looks like I'll have the car in spring rather than autumn. I've got a bundle of photos so will eventually organise a build thread but things are almost at the rolling chassis in Leicestershire and at the same time the 3.2 V6 GT engine is being fully rebuilt in Cardiff and the body is being made in Nottinghamshire... while I sit up here in Scotland writing cheques :D

Full spec has been finalised so soon this...

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Will look and sound like this...

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I will sort out a link to a build thing when I get sorted. Should be a cool car :D
 
Another quick bump incase anyone is interested in Stratos stuff.. (perhaps I should hive it off into its' own thread.. anyhow...

Progress continues: Rebuilt, balanced, uprated 3.2 Alfa Romeo GTA Busso V6 all back together again. Gearbox fully rebuilt, Q2 diff renewed.

Now fitted with BMW M3 ITBs with Audi R8 coil packs.

Decat custom Group 4 rally spec exhaust.

All heading in the right direction.

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Fair to say it got a lot of attention :D

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Fantastic work man. Love the bodies on that motor.


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Thanks, it should be fantastic when it's finished.

The Stratos is an inch lower than an Adventador so at bang on 6ft it's a bit of a Yoga exercise to get in. Like I said on the PH thread it's getting out that's the hard part. I've had combinations of both knees, elbows, hands and (almost) face on the floor finding the most elegant way to get out.
 
Such an Epic car and the perfect engine to drop in. I had a couple of 147 GTA's a number of years ago. Pal has one with the autodelta 3.7 supercharged engine just sat in his garage....
 
Just a quick bump for this incase anyone was interested. I never got round to posting the build thread on this Forum but anyhow...

With the Stratos I wanted switchable mapping to give me an MOT friendly map, a normal driving map and a bit of a Party Mode "pop, bang, crackle, flames" sort of map. This is a quick video of Party mode at gentle revs. Should be cool when flat out at about 7500 rpm :)


[video=youtube;0RwCN1pKNtU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RwCN1pKNtU[/video]
 
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