The resurrection of Lamborghini Espada 8394! So todays the day after waiting all summer to get it only to find more work needed . Fired up with an urgency of a hooker waiting to be paid as your zipping up! All temps and pressures according to manual . Needles float gently off the pins. Carbs tuned and octane boost in tank (Octane superior 130 still in transit)) so not sure what Brett used ? Never the less filled it with Shell ultra (no grain fed Sunoco 94 anymore) and didnt take it past 5000 rpm to be safe. Pulled like a freight train. no pings or knocks during hard pushes , then idled thru town for a bit with no problems at all. Oh and have I mentioned the big reason for Lambo ownership ? The glory that is noise! 12cyl, 4 cams and big mother sucking weberinis!! I am one picky MFER and Brett Scott and John should be commended for all the lists upon lists I demanded and their exacting attn to detail . I never met these blokes before and thanks Fchat for the recommendation!!! Here I was first lambo, blown headgasket, etc etc checked out a couple of shops but in the end I decided to go with Granturismo knowing full well they did not have much lambo experience but none the less tones of ferrari 12 cyl weber experience. I did had a good feeling about these guys from the start (BS free zone) and now I feel as if a made some real friends along the way . Gearheads thru and thru. I wil have some pics tommorrow. Gary 8394
Sounds like a very brave undertaking. Nice that it is working out OK and you are feeling and 'hearing' progress! Thanks for sharing. CH
Thanks Gary... it's really been our pleasure working with you and it was also an interesting challenge... as we certainly found more engineering differences than we expected to. i'm dying to see her when she gets her new fuel lines and her fancy new dress... have you decided on a colour yet ? i'm hoping for a blue similar to that in the last pic... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Cool outcome Brent...nice and tidy...now i know what this car looks like.....i think i may have seen one of these in my lifetime...what a throw back. Congrats on your car Doc....looks like you got what you wanted....always nice to see that happen in these times....enjoy it.....cant wait to see it next summer on one of the runs.
Feels good behind the wheel, eh Gary? Congrats, very nice work! Happy to see you've found knowledgable and nice people in your area. I,ve sent you a PM (Ferruccio photo...) Philippe M S2 7987 www.lamborghinimiura.com
Hey Rick I was snooping through "Your Garage" and checked out the motor pics. Beeeeeutiful, who did the nice clean work? Bello Motore! You need to bring her out on one of the runs. I've never seen you driving it.
Rock did them a couple of yrs ago. Both of them had the engines out and just went to town on everything new...it was time...after 22 plus yrs for one, and 30 yrs for the other it had to be done....Since i had to do the belts i just did everything...hoses, wires, you name it. Hence why i dont drive in the rain ... or in the heat ... or in the snow ... or at 2pm in the afternoon... lol !
just awesome work guys ! Gary, I bet you fell a sleep with that smile eh!? so should we schedule the first run of spring 2010 now
The only thing that puzzles me about Grand Turismo in Alliston is that they will not respond to my emails/questions from their website. Twice I sent in questions via email on their site and it said "You will receive a response within 24-hours" (something of that nature) and I've heard nothing.
thanks Rick...all the best to you and yours over the holidays. thanks Johnny...i'll see you in the spring. with apologies Mike, but i don't know what to say... not only have i not got the notifications i'm supposed to get, there is nothing in my inbox. if you wouldn't mind, please try [email protected] or give me a shout at 705-435-1990 thanks, brett
I always use the phone and have nothing but excellent things to say about Gran Turismo's communication with their clients. They treat every car as if it were theirs and they treat clients as they too like to be treated. I tried their online contact info request off the site just now (never tried it before) and i got this error response; "500 - Internal server error. There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed." I always get a fast response by using Veronica and Brett's personal email ([email protected]) or by phone at 705-435-1990. Heck, I even have their personal cell phone number and their home address...they are very accessible. Yesterday, I took delivery of my wife's Bertone X 1/9 that GT Auto has been doing a mechanical rebuild on and it was delivered on time and both Brett and Veronica were on hand to make sure I was completely satisfied...AND I WAS!! Great job again Gran Turismo. Beev
thanks Beev...it's always a pleasure and you're really far too kind. thanks for trying the contact form and i guess we've got a problem. that's not exactly great for business, is it ? strange though...two Europeans got me through the website this week alone... i'll have to have a word with my webmaster... my apologies to anyone inconvenienced by this oversight.
well Brett I hope your lovely wife is no longer your webmaster then ..would'nt want you sleeping in the garage this time of year after all!!
Gary...we must stop these Gran Turismo threads...pretty soon we will not be able to get our cars serviced anymore without long waits....it was bad enough waiting for that Lambo to get out of the way so M's lowly Fiat could get done. Perhaps we should now find a way to disrupt Brett's phone service Beev
