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  2. SE30 Jota

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    Actually its only the interior which can be reupholstered back to its original state right?

     

    I don't know for sure, the advert says "has been completely restored by the factory and has a totally original specification"

     

    If that interior really is original specification (I think it may well be apart from the gear knob which used to be black), you wouldn't want to remove it. But could you live with it?

     

    The exhaust doesn't look very OEM. And it's a shame somebody's cut through the carbon storage box behind the driver's seat to fit a speaker. I guess that could be replaced though.

     

    Still, I don't disagree that it's a good price; just I personally couldn't buy a car in that colour scheme. If the car was in 30 purple I think it would have sold by now.

     

  3. SE30 Jota

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    Last SE sold in the UK for £188k, and is now viewed (imo) as a good deal, so £300k isn't so much more.

    And that was in about October 2013; the market has gone up a lot since then. If this Jota wasn't such a funny colour scheme it'd be snapped up by now at £300K.

  4. RM Countach!

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    I dont think the diablo ever reached the same iconic status as the miura or the countach... Having said that, yeah, five to ten years from now we will be having a similar conversation regarding them... And certainly some of the Special Ed. diablos will skyrocket.

     

    Diablo’s are the last of the totally crazy pre-Audi Lambos. Less than 3,000 produced versus almost 4,000 Murcielagos. Their time will come. GT’s and SE30’s will be first IMHO.

     

    Diablo prices in the UK are already on the move.

     

  5. carbs tuning video

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    If you just travel at low speed with a vintage car (like i do), you feel every single air mixture imperfection and the sound that your engine does is not so pleasant like you would like to be. So i suggest to tune the carbs every now and then (once a year or once two years), just to ear a better music and above all be sure the fuel/air mixture is correct, a thing that adds durabilty to your old but precious engine. I mean that an 1% improvement could be very pleasant for your ears and very useful to preserve your engine, as if the fuel air mixture ratio is too poor you will wear valves and valve seats, if it's too rich you will wear cylinder liners. I think it's better doing it, but of course it's not necessary.

     

     

    ciao

     

    I don't just travel at low speed, but Albert is completely right. I get my carbs tuned at least once a year by Roberto Grimaldi at Grimaldi Engineering. It makes a big difference to the enjoyment of the car when the carbs are just right, especially when driving in traffic. Grimaldi also tunes them with just a screwdriver and his ears.

  7. Countach VS Testarossa

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    This was the TR guy posting on FChat after it in '94;

     

    Thank you for all your support guys (and gals). The whole thing was a bit of a miss-mash when it was being recorded, but I must admit I did have a lot of fun doing it! I had the Castle Combe circuit virgually to myself all day (a tank and a half of fuel) for 30 seconds of footage on the programme!

     

    The guy in the lambo had not even been to the circuit when they recorded the programme.

     

    I spent two days, one at Caslte Combe and one at Beaulieu and didn't even get a letter of thanks or a video/cd of the footage as they promised me.

     

    As I said before, I did enjoy it but I would not rush to do it again.

     

    For those of you who have asked about the polish I use on the car, I have prepared the car over the winter with Zymol, starting with the Klay, then de-greaser, finishing with Vintage Polish. It's a natural product, doesn't take ANY paint, whatsoever, off the car. I've also done the 360 with it, and that too looks amazing! It's not cheap, it's hard work, but well worth all the money and effort.

     

    Thanks also for the PM's and emails of support.

     

     

    RAY360M

     

     

    http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthrea...5439&page=2

     

     

    According to them it was a 512....i'm confused.

     

    The video Allan-Herbie posted was at Rockingham. This is about something at Castle Combe.

     

    Maybe a Countach beat a Ferrari at Castle Combe too…

     

  8. Countach Tire Pressures

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    The manual for my Anniversary says:

     

    For running at speeds up to 260kph (160mph)

    2.6 bar (38psi) front

    2.8 bar (40.5 psi) rear

     

    For running at speeds in excess of 260kph (160mph)

    2.8 bar (40.5 psi) front

    3.0 bar (43.5 psi) rear

     

    I tend to run at the lower figures as I rarely go over 160mph for more than a few seconds and at the higher pressures the ride is too hard.

     

  9. Help - Anniversary Brake Callipers

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    Hi Chad,

     

    Mine are beyond re-use apparently due to the cracks. They are with a calliper rebuild specialist at the moment.

     

    My Lambo specialist is talking to a classic BMW expert friend of his so is hopeful we may be able to source some over here.

     

    If not I’ll be in touch.

     

    Thanks

     

    TSS

     

  10. Help - Anniversary Brake Callipers

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    Thanks for the replies everybody.

     

    The originals on my Anniversary only have one feed to them, the fronts are different to the rears and they have spacers on them. The guy who looks after my car thinks they are off an E28 BMW M5, but can anybody confirm this?

     

    Maybe Lambo bought direct from ATE when they could and then as Peter K suggests bought BMW when they needed to??

     

    Initial investigations suggest that BMW might want the same price as Lamborghini for these parts. I would only buy originals not copied parts as I’ve had trouble with non-original copies of brake components on another vehicle.

     

  11. Help - Anniversary Brake Callipers

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    Hi topcarbon,

     

    I have thought about upgrading the brakes but I do want to try and keep the car standard. I need to investigate options on this a bit more. Does anybody know if anybody does an upgrade kit?

     

     

    Hi Albert LP,

     

    They are available from Lamborghini and you are right on the price. I just think circa 600 Euros is a lot for one brake calliper! And I need three of them.

     

    Regards,

     

    TSS

     

  13. Anniversary Dash Dimmer Rheostat

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    the best way to save money: jump it, the instruments light isvery poor even at the max level, so better jump the rheostat and keep the maximum level of light, leaving the old rheosate in place.

     

    ciao

     

    Thanks, I know, mine used to be jumped. I have just swapped the dash light bulbs for LED’s as recommended by some posters on here a while ago, so now it would be nice to have a working dimmer switch.

     

    TSS

     

  15. Alpine stereo

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    My UK 1989 Anniversary came with an Alpine 7385L. But it has been suggested that Lamborghini just put in whatever they could get cheap from Alpine at the time so different cars built at the same time may have had different radios.

  17. Countach tire options

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    Hmmm, watching with interest, as I've been having fun tracking down some front tyres in the UK. Twice I've ordered online only to have a call about zero stock...

     

     

    I bought a pair (2 years ago) of front Pirellis from my local National Tyres & Autocare - http://www.national.co.uk

     

    National are apparently official Pirelli agents. Maybe they can still get some.

     

    Mine were literally half the price Longstone wanted.

     

  19. I need struts

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    Assuming it’s not suspension…

     

    Stabilus (www.stabilus.com) do the door and other struts for the Countach (certainly some of the later models). When I needed a new boot strut I took down the number off the strut and bought one from my local Stabilus supplier. It was A LOT cheaper than from Lamborghini or eurospares.

     

  21. countach guage question

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    iii) Deducting about 15mph (at least in my particular vehicle at an indicated 100mph)**

    At the moment I really on my SatNav to tell the Speed whilst I work out how to fit a Diablo Speedometer...

     

    Speak to these guys: http://www.speedograph-richfield.com

     

    They built a converter gearbox that goes in the speedo cable for my Countach. It’s mounted in the front wing just above where the cable comes in from the front hub. Cost was about £100 and I fitted it myself. I used to have the same massive over-reading problem. Now when my speedo reads 140mph my GPS reads 138mph which is pretty accurate.

     

     

     

  23. Weird Clutch Problem – Advice needed

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    Hi johnmh, thanks for the diagram. My car is a RHD Anniversary and the master cylinders for the clutch and the brakes are both on the RH side as well so linkage is direct. I think they changed this on the Anniversary model whereas previous models had a connection rod system.

     

    Anyway, I took it down to a local garage just now who have a some experience on Ferrari’s, Porches, etc. We had a good look at the throw out bearing with a borescope and that all looked good, as did the hydraulic system. We’re 95% sure the problem is the Clutch Return Spring (part no. 61 on the diagram) has broken or become disconnected and is moving around and intermittently jamming the pedal. From what we could see it didn’t seem to be properly attached to the pedal assembly.

     

    So quite a relief it that it probably isn’t anything more serious and should cost much to fix! Thanks everybody for your help and ideas.

     

  25. Weird Clutch Problem – Advice needed

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    I’ve just spent an hour crawling about the car. There is no tin of soup or anything else that could be getting stuck under the pedal. The pedal mechanism all seems tight and together with nothing in the vicinity which could jam it.

     

    The slave cylinder mechanism seems good too - I used a remote camera to see what that was doing while I sat in the driver’s seat and depressed the clutch.

     

    I must have pressed the clutch pedal about 30 times whilst I was looking at everything and it felt normal every time. I’m going to have to take the car out again and see if I can replicate the problem. Hopefully I won’t be able to!

     

    Does anybody know if it’s possible to see inside the bell housing with a borescope or something?

     

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