Countach Downdraft 1985 to 1988.5

Any idea of the VIN?

 

Great Video,sound very deep(base) my cockpit sound is much higher pitch,kinda screams more, probably the carbs versus Efi, fantastic place to drive a Countach,

 

Driven on wrong side of road so Europe or 'States but European scenery , driven hard so possibly Italian driver , I would guess our friend Val?

 

I suppose somewhere in Bavarian alpes, not Vale, too slow...

 

Wow! Insane.

 

Raymond, I think this is in Switzerland somewhere.

Not Vale, but the driver is pushing it, and he nearly loses it a couple of times

From the air-vents in the dashboard its a late HLA prefix or JLA Downdraft, red/tan obviously.

Sport exhaust affixed - you can just about hear it crackling away.

 

That sums up how I feel.

 

Speaking of Vale, here is a nice portrait of him & one of Mimran's Countach Hot Rods circa 1987, looking like he is about to go very fast.
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Id say that has to do more with exhaust, esp if you have a quicksilver.... It will have a more metallic sound up top.

Mainly its the throttle linkage, and the air intake noises that are vastly different than the FI and cant ever be reproduced (by any car). Purely mechanically speaking, the DD is the pinnacle of engines in street driven vehicles. Its unique in the car world and the FIA homologation of the engine is the icing on top, giving credence to its superiority.

The blah blah blahness of the FI/DD debate is DOA in my book. Not the same, not by a mile. Over time thoughts change, and fact is no one knew of the FIA certification before very recently. For a supercar of that era, there is no better blessing.

 

From the traffic sign I can say, not switzerland, most likely Germany.

 

I see now, good point.

 

The induction 'whistle' that emanates from those Downdraft Webers is a nice sound.

 

For those who'd like to be able to swap from winged to wingless expediently and without having to cover up mounting holes, our friend Emilio has just the thing! http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/144447078-post1.html
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What type of Countach is this?

 

No Quicksilver,Just sounds great,

 

Its a Countach L150, a restyled developmental Countach, the Prototype for what I believe was aimed at putting a limited edition of Super Countachs into production. However after the sale of the company by Mimran to Lee Iaccoca & Chrysler, the project was shelved.

The model below was made by Mimran as inspiration for this project.
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Our photographer is still editing photos from our Downdraft photoshoot but wanted to share this with everyone... our 72' Miura SV, 85' Downdraft and 97 Diablo Roadster which we recently sold to a local collector! Enjoy!
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sport cams? were these made by Burtoni? My car is currently rev limited to 7500, but I used to go to 8k regularly, and Mike P believes his 400 may have seen 9k trying to stay ahead of later countachs at Brands in the 80s.
I would love more bhp, but without better aero, any increase in top speed would be impercetible.

 

The sport cams Raymond is speaking of in GLA12997 are Lamborghini factory sport cams.

I recently was able to get written documentation of the car's factory tuned engine status.

 

Stunning image, please post more!

 

Thank you Zdenek!

He has solved the location of the video, he says:

"At 8 Minutes and 36 Seconds you can see a Road sign with the name "Förchenbachtal"

So I think it is on following street:Sudelfeldstrasse - 83098 Brannenburg (City)

This is in south Germany very close to the Austrian border.

The driver turns on a Sawmill. I think it is Company Fischer & Söhne at the Sudelfeldstrasse 112 in 83098 Brannenburg.

On this link (if you scroll down) you can see the Entrance to the tunnel"

Weiterleitungshinweis
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https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/vitaloni-spiegel-ferrari-328-400-365-lamborghini-islero-jarama/532890766-223-710

 

EPIC pic!
i have the luck of owning both a diablo roadster and a countach...but i missed my chance to get a Miura SV

 

Soon we hope to have some droving reports, meanwhile the list has been whittled down almost to completion!

We are currently working on the heat-shield that lies between exhaust and trans.

The iconic engine hood can then finally be affixed in place.
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Unique leather (instead of fabric) headliner.
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