Love this stuff!
Yeah my front bushing holders looked beat to s**t too. At least there's not an oil cooler there! I ended up powder coating the two bars and I put grease nipples in the sway bar bushing holders I replaced.
Hi Everyone, Reporting in that we are getting very close to having four wheels on the ground (lift-off or off the lift?). Basically today we were installing the last of the suspension items; brake rotors, calipers and the sway bar inner brackets. Tomorrow we will be doing the brake bleed on all four wheels. Then it's time to load the suspension so that it is at normal ride height and tighten all the suspension bolts. This will keep the bushings from being over rotated in bump. We're pretty happy with how things were going together today, just the normal stuff like...why does the left side go on so easy and the right side gives us the problems? I am sure that tomorrow it will be the left side that will give us the most grief. I say grief but it's really a challenge and that's why it is so much fun to work on these Bulls! Robert Huber Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi Gary, If I remember that on Mike's S1, we got some with a stud and tapped the hole. I will ask Mike where he got his. Robert
thanks so much . I got 2 from Ricambi Toro in Germany but they didnt fit. Even if they did the push in type cant always push in unless you pull from the top as well which cannot be done here. thanks ! gary
Hi Gary, Look at summit. I do not know if these are the ones but measure and see if you can fine one that is the right size. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ENS-9-9103G/ Rober Huber
Did You guys tap the hole ? If yes what size tap? So I don't buy one with threads too small for the new tapped hole. Gary
Hi Gary, Looks like this one is a 3/8-16. Measure first...then order! Check your car and see if that works. The metal is not to thick so use some J&B epoxy when you put it in, if you think it may need it. Robert Huber
Hello Everyone, It was a successful day today. Everything worked pretty well as far as the last put-together goes. We started by lifting the front of the car to take off the front wheels, Bled all four wheels, loaded the suspension by putting Jack stands with quarter-inch thick rubber pads in place of the wheels, installed outer sway bar bushings, tightened all the suspension bolts and reinstalled the wheels. We went out for a few miles and decided to stop for lunch. We felt pretty good and the new ride was such a difference. Aaron will drive the car for a few weeks and let the suspension settle. I will measure and adjust the spacers to set up the correct ride height on all four wheels. So far, as predicted, the ride height is a little high. (You can always make the spacers shorter) A side note, we installed stainless headers from England and also Aaron installed stainless center sections and rear mufflers from Maserati Source. In doing so this change the carburetor synchronization. We synced the carbs this afternoon also. It was great to be in the car today and I look forward to seeing it again so that we can finalize the ride height. Robert Huber Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hi Peter, I hope you do. If I can help with any questions...let me know. You will love the Espada! Which one do you think you would want? S1, 2, 3 or 4 (USA)? Robert Huber
I'd want an S1. Love the dash, love the wheels...the earlier the better. But in reality I would have to see what I can afford, I know the S2 & S3 are better cars.....so I'm open. But there is this Blk/tan,cream S1 that some guy on a message board has....... I prefer drivers not show cars....even a project that I can worry about in years to come. Almost bought that green S1 at Gullwing with the Camaro motor (was not a vette motor as advertised). I had a connection for a v-12. What happened is I came across a blk/red Jarama and bought it. Currently at Chad's getting all sorts of stuff done. Also at the same time I try to buy at auction in France the green/blk S1 production #8 or 9. Auction house screwed me when car came up for bidding. Long story. Again, wound up with the Jarama. Goal is Espada, LM, 91 Diablo....could take 10 yrs or more
You can buy mine as soon as pricing gets high enough. That may be a while though ... I figure by then I'll be done with owning one. I'm not restoring mine. I'm going the preservation route and even that takes some time. I want to drive mine too. Gary's car is so gorgeous I think it would kill me to subject it to the roads where I live. I've heard of two awful total-outs. One you've seen on this thread the other was Jim Fox's. He's lucky to be alive considering the those crazy interior mounted pair of gas bombs behind the back seat. The Espada is gorgeous and exotic but there are some really dumb and dangerous things about these cars. I live close in to NYC on the Hudson and when I bring the Espada home for an outing the gawking becomes downright dangerous. Also, it's terrible as an urban warrior vehicle. The rural countryside is where it belongs. So it's preservation for me but everything mechanical will be taken care of. Maybe even those sluggish synchros will get replaced if someone starts making some at less than stratospheric prices. There's a lot of screwing that goes on in the Lamborghini vintage parts world. The almost exact same part is usually less for a Maserati if we're talking about the newly made stuff. I think that will hurt cars like the Espada and Jarama. I have to believe that buying the best car you can is most important for the Espada model. There so much in those cars. Buying an S1 and screw jobs seem to be not that uncommon. I remember your French debacle. That was the chicken sh*t Espada with all the early stuff on it right? I would have loved to have seen that one come over here. Mostly stuff is going the other direction though. Where did the green S1 with the V8 end up going?
Holy crap! http://iedei.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/something-different-lamborghini-espada-with-a-chevy-v8/
Well that car will never be rescued properly until that guy sells it. But at least he's taking care of it and lord knows it's a lot easier and cheaper to modify & maintain that engine-tranny combination that the originals. From those photos it looks like the interior isn't too bad. That's amazing! Some new carpets I suspect. Maybe I'm wrong about this but I don't believe the original engine and transmission weight 400 lbs more than the setup that's in there now. How would he know that? Is that an aluminum block Chevy in there? Thanks for finding it. Note the added AC vents in the rear side panels. I wonder if he's got the thread evaporator system working well? I always thought that was potentially a great idea. That cone-filter-snout is assinine. Get some cold air in there!
Yeah, that's impossible. I weighed my engine on our racing scales when we pulled it out and with the transmission, but without the intake manifolds and carbs and alternator, it weighs 529 pounds. Maybe figure around 575 fully dressed with accessories. That L98 small-block is iron (the Gen III aluminum versions didn't appear till '97). If you google around on the Camaro forums you see weights for the L98 of 500-550 lbs. So all-up, the weights should be fairly close. Because the L98 is shorter and far more compact, you would get some center-of-gravity benefit, but not significant. AR
So what do think Aaron, temped to put an aluminum block V8 in yours? LOL After all it looks like that car is the same color as yours ... How's the hand?
Hi, I have many hours in Mike's S1's A/C system and now it works better than ever. I like the S1 more than the S2. They all have their good points. They are all nice cars. Hope you find one. Robert Huber
Hi Everyone, Aaron picked up his car on Sunday with rebuilt suspension front and rear. The new ride height is about 6 ½ at front at the jacking pad and about 7 ½ rear. We had dinner that night and went for a ride with Charles Nicholls. Charles knowing the streets around Aarons home questioned Aaron as to why he was going back on a street with a big dip. Aarons proceeded to drive through the dip without a sound. Charles was impressed! Aaron plans to put several miles to seat-in the suspension before we look at adjusting the spacers or is it, that he is having to much fun to bring it back so soon? Robert Huber Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
