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I said a grand each plus valve cost
Al, Ive looked with a borescope and the head doesnt look too bad, hard to see if the bore is scored, its quite rust free but has had lower...
haha the first thing I did was rip off those cheesey shields, original badge holes were still there, realistically its not a car worth restoring...
so not looking at getting near my 400I any time soon, should I sit on it or sell it? not being super common here in Australia its certainly a...
yeah it was cheap for a reason, realistically its only $2500 for parts and head recon machine work so its not huge and I had allowed for it with...
well development, not a good one but something, I repaired the oil cooler line and plugged the oil sender holes and went to crank her over to do a...
Sam, why is superformance a no go? do you mean not available? they seem to be the only reasonable priced source for parts, Cheers Russ...
hmm wonder who bought it? makes mine look cheap...
thanks Ross, that was the only info I could find too, they dont list Ferrari so I would assume they made it as a custom job it certainly looks...
just wondering if anyone has heard of a manta exhaust? mine came with one almost new, it appears to be manufactured for the 400 not a custom,...
cheers thanks, thats good news
old thread revive sorry, I still dont quite get whats holding the trim? are you saying if you cut from the screen side as above and cut between...
well just had a stroke of luck, my wifes father actually moved this car to auction (has a tilt tray bussiness) and is mates with a previous owner,...
I paid $12K AUs so about 50c US haha
it is ZFFEB06C000031245 and its an auto, I couldn't be that lucky haha I just used an online vin checker and it said 1978 and was advertised as...
small update, I now have all the motor and other parts home and gone through what I have, Im missing the air filter bases (one has since been...
cheers Al, much appreciated, that will make it super easy, the wonders of the interweb...
heres some pics, you can see the mounts are moved back and are lower and flatter than the stock ones, also the front x member has been notched but...
it came with the original engine on a pallet (chev removed)and any other part taken off to allow the chev install, the original motor turns over...
I wouldn't consider my fab skills to be cobbling, mind you the factory mounts in Als pic look like they were done by my 8yo son haha so pretty...
