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building a grand prix lamborghini lp640

merciero

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OK im new to the forum so this might not be the right section, there is no build forum area . i just though i should do a build diary on this... im building a lamborghini murcielago LP640 replica. my base is a 85 fiero 2m4. well first i pulled all the body off, then the doors, then the interior, dash, air box, ect. then i pulled the entire wire harness out..... then pulled the whole suspension, brakes, cradles,ect. the only thing left was just the frame and tub. i then took it to my shop where we stretched the frame 10.5 inches. sheet metal on the gap, and did a very clean stretch job to it. i stretched the cradle once i made a jig for it on the following day. poly bushings on the whole front and rear. i did the beretta brake upgrade for the front, and just got new calipers for the rear. i painted the springs and calipers orange to match the body. now i had to choose gauges....... there are so many out there. the closest i could get was in a junk yard where there lied a t boned 06 grand prix GT. so in order for these gauges to work i needed the wire harness out of the car, so i pulled the entire harness out of the car gauges, air box, a/c controls, hud center, steering column, fuse box, bcm, pcm, gas pedal, brake pedal, door harnesses, window motor, all the switches, radio, everything. now the steering column all i had to do is fab a bracket to mount it up. and push the u joint out the top connector and swap the steering shaft with the fiero shaft, pressed it back in so now i have the fiero steering shaft with the GP yoke to bolt to the steering comlumn. i have the aluminum dash brace with the air box mounted out of the GP and im trimming it to fit tomorrow. now i know this sounds way to much but its not just the gauges. now i have a 06 grand prix just in a fiero. i get the new climate control and a/c controls. gauges, a working hud unit, on star, air bags, and i have absolutly zero conversion to put my 06 drive by wire series 3 supercharged 3800 in,,,, i just plug it all in. also i now will have all diagnostics on the car. all CELs will be legit. im in the middle of trying to get the comp g tapshift to go into my car.... so how many fiero based lambos do you see with tap shift (paddle shifters) and the fastest way to ruin a good replica is old gauges and a/c controls. but i will get pics up of everything once my wife gets her damn camera. but i figured i would share my ideas.... for everyone wanting to do a 3800 this is the best way although it is a whole lot of work but ill keep everyone updated....thanks
 


ok well the dash frame would not fit to save my life. so i had to remove the airbox and mount it alone. which included plasma cutting alot of **** out of the way..... so hey all i had to do was diminish the structural intergrity of the car..... small price to pay. so tomorrow i have to weld some braces in. i also mounted the steering column with some small modifications to the brackets but its in.
 


i have never posted pics on a forum before so if this doesnt work ill try again




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heres the front




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the side



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this is with all the air box pulled out and i cleaning up the wiring so none of it is in there at the moment



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here is the stretch and the rear bracing that will be used for my batwings



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the inner stretch keeping the steet metal stock look



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upper inside stretch



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cradle stretch



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lower stretch once again keeping the stock look



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all the grand prix wiring i took out to clean up



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a bunch of air ducts and window motors, ect.



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the air box




by the way does anyone have some good rims they wanna get rid of
 


Holy mother of Mary!

Good luck man...
But if you ever give up I would totally be interesting in buying that engine :th_thumbsup-wink:
 
Love the build so far. What do you have stuck into the project right now? What do you think your total build will cost after it's completed? AND where did you pick up a 06 l32 for $200!!!
 
:th_biggrin2: NOW that's what I'm talking about. It looks way better than mine so far. Mine is not stretched. But I am building a 3.8 S/C engine for it and keeping the 5 spd. Mine is based on an 85 fiero as well. I used the dash from a 2001 GTP. But I custom mounted VDO guages in the dash with a Carbon Fiber insert. But yours is awsome.
 
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