3200 Project

[jluis]

That's the neatest engine bay I ever saw.
What did you use there?

What happened to go from that into a "project"?

 

[dickygrace]

That's the neatest engine bay I ever saw.
What did you use there?

What happened to go from that into a "project"?

It was bought by 'MadmanMart'; who clearly has a mission to rebuild what was already one of the best 3200's in the land! Just think how good it'll be afterwards!

 

[madmanmart]

Don't get me wrong the car was pretty mint bodywork wise but no matter how it's cared for, 50k miles and fourteen years takes it toll on the rubber components hence us going over it front to back.
Myself and Ron have never been keen on a beige interior so a change was planned before even looking at the car.

 

[Contigo]

It was bought by 'MadmanMart'; who clearly has a mission to rebuild what was already one of the best 3200's in the land! Just think how good it'll be afterwards!

One of the best but had suffered end float hmm I think there's some logic in there somewhere?

Don't get me jealous and all that Dicky!

 

[alfatwo]

All the best old 3200GT's have light interior's...Regarding end float/worn bearings ....there 16 year old high end performance engines , what did you expect!

Dave

 

[StuartW]

All the best old 3200GT's have light interior's...Dave

Except for all of the ACs of course Dave!

 

[jluis]

Except for all of the ACs of course Dave!

Nope!
There are ACs in custom colors as well.
Mine is Argentina blue with cream interiors and piping

 

[StuartW]

Nope!
There are ACs in custom colors as well.
Mine is Argentina blue with cream interiors and piping

Fair enough, but I was talking about the 75 UK cars which were all black with red piping

 

[jluis]

I tought even in the UK there were custom colors

 

[Contigo]

Nope available in red, silver and black, all with nero and red piping interior.

 

[madmanmart]

End float has been checked and all is good, if any problems do arise then we have a spare engine here.

 

[jluis]

Now that's what I call preventive maintenance !

 

[madmanmart]

I think all 3200 owners should have one in stock!

 

[StuartW]

I think all 3200 owners should have one in stock!

I wouldn't argue with that!

 

[Contigo]

I don't cos most of the parts on the donor will be fecked anyway!!!

 

[jluis]

In fact these engines are known to be quite resilient if endfloat is to be set aside.
There aren't many documented cases of burned head gaskets, cracked rings or other oil starvation problems.

Changing thrust bearings on an engine after removed from a car doesn't look overly complex.

 

[MAF260]

I don't cos most of the parts on the donor will be fecked anyway!!!

??? you have a complete donor car in the same colour!

 

[2b1ask1]

??? you have a complete donor car in the same colour!

Ha, remember Mark: DON'T POKE THE BEAR!!!!

 

[Contigo]

I wouldn't dare take anything off the naggers car!

 

[rossyl]

Wow, what a project.

Please make sure the electrics are all good. The story from the Eurospares owner about the Ferrari 308 the owner spent 3 years rebuilding. It went up in flames. It's the saddest thing I've heard in ages.