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New from South Carolina
Just wanted to say Hello. As my name might suggest I am building a Ferrari 275 spyder replica. I am not far enough along with the project to start on the body but I signed up here so I could do some more research what it might take to make it out of aluminum vs. fiberglass. It is something I might tackle. If you are on GRM you can read about my project here
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/fo.../129937/page1/ Spencer |
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Hi Spencer welcome to the forum
you have a nice project there!! Peter
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Hi Peter,
Thanks for the warm welcome!
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Welcome to the forum, Spencer. Very cool to see such a thing being done here in SC. That project be worthy of a visit to see what you're doing, if you're in the habit of having visitors.
I like the v12 touch- are you thinking of making some custom Ferrari-badged valve covers to keep things copacetic......?
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What an awesome project. I'll be excited to see it progress. I'm in Charleston and love to see things like these projects happening.
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Thanks fellas. I'm happy to have visitors... always good to have an extra eye on these kinds of projects. I'm still a good bit away from starting the body buck though.
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Hi Spencer,
Welcome to the forum. You have an interesting project ahead of you. Very attractive body style. You work is clean and tidy with a nice working environ. I think if you keep the chassis light and the engine heavy you will get the same handling that the aluminum-bodied NART spyders had, since the steel-bodied coupes tended to be stiffer in the corners.
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Nice project Spencer. That gearbox looks tiny at the back of that big V12, I hope it handles the torque. Very brave chopping up a car that many others would try and make you save as a resto project.
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I'm hoping to get fairly close to the real thing although some areas will be a little fudged. Weight balance is certainly a concern of mine for the handling. It will be a weekend cruiser not a track day car though. It sure does! The t5 trans only weighs about 70lbs. This is the highest rated stock unit I could find which is out of a v6 mustang.. supposedly good to 310 ft/lbs. These v12s make less than that in stock trim but with my power adding modifications I have planned (intake plenums and headers, possibly cams at a later point) I will be pushing it. Thankfully I do have the option to upgrade later to a tko500 if the combination proves too weak.
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