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Countach Downdraft 1985 to 1988.5

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  1. joe sackey

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    #15776 joe sackey, Oct 21, 2022
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    Here's a Downdraft that has seen terminal velocity on a few occasions in the hands of it's owner, where & when we shall not publicize.

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    familiar territory
     
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    #15780 johnhoughtaling, Oct 23, 2022
    hard to get over the size of the rear tires. After all these years still knocks me out
     
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    #15785 joe sackey, Oct 28, 2022
    I thought you already had P7s by now! OK, I don't think you plan to push this Countach do you? ;)

    Hope you guys are well.
     
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    #15786 97diablo, Oct 28, 2022
    Hello
    I’m sure this info has been posted before, so I apologize for asking but can someone give me the contact info for P7 tires? Thanks in advance.
     
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    #15789 NürScud, Oct 30, 2022
    You're not the only one!
     
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    #15792 Ferraridoc, Oct 31, 2022
    So, you can strip those horrid side strakes off the Fuelie? Looks so much better!
     
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    #15793 Rapallo, Oct 31, 2022
    Not sure what you mean?
     
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    #15794 EarlyCat, Oct 31, 2022
    Im guessing it is a reference to the 88.5, which yes they can, but not a good idea as it is part of the design.
     
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    #15795 Rapallo, Oct 31, 2022
    Not a good ide, is the fuelie on picture a 88 1/2? Looks like a round belly pre 88 1/2 to me. Anyway all body variations (with the exception of the engine lid) is QV related not FI or DD.
     
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    #15796 Ferraridoc, Oct 31, 2022
    I thought the FI cars had side strakes on the sills, similar to the 25th model, but I'm a novice to the minutiae of the marque.
     
  22. Rossocorsa1

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    #15797 Rossocorsa1, Oct 31, 2022
    No worries. This forum is a place to learn. The side strakes you reference were an design evolution of the Quattrovalvole variant that Lamborghini introduced during mid 1988 production on both carbureted (aka “downdraft”) and fuel injected models. This particular thread is dedicated specifically to the Quattrovalvole carbureted variant.
     
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    #15798 joe sackey, Oct 31, 2022
    Side skirts were introduced in 1987 on mid-to-late 1987 production cars.

    A few side skirted cars were built before the 1987 August summer break but production of these began in September 1987 and was steady through the fall and winter of that year, for example, I personally know that Steve Downs and Nick Asher both took delivery of theirs in the UK in November 1987.

    The '88.5' moniker was purely an American thing started by the late Irv David of Prestige Imports who had 1987 skirt-less USA Fuelies he had listed for sale as 1988 model year cars (as many USA authorized dealers tended to do), so upon arrival of the late 1987 and early 1988 side-skirt cars he referred to them as 1988/5 cars to differentiate them.

    By September 1988 production of the 25th Anniversary had started.
     
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    #15799 Rossocorsa1, Nov 1, 2022
    Never knew all this. Thank you for the info. So, does this mean that once the factory started building skirted cars on or before the mid part of 87, they built some that were skirted and others the weren’t, up until a certain point in 88 when all were produced with skirts? Or, did they produce skirted and non skirted cars up until the end of QV production?
     
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    #15800 Rapallo, Nov 1, 2022
    Very interesting. My car is skirtless with prod date 10/87. But titled as 88. I always tell people its an 87. Anyway,good info.
     
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