Seven years in the making

[Lucky 7]

Holy shit I did it!  I bought this car in March of 2017 and it looked like this:

 

 

Today I drove it out of the garage essentially finished. I wrapped the interior yesterday, then took a few hours solving a fuel issue this morning. After that, I got to drive again!  It’s been two years since I did that last.  I’m super happy. 
 

 

 

 

 

[OldRoller]

Congrats Lucky! Super nice! It's good to hear the purr again, eh?

[popovm]

That’s a good day! Congrats! And the car obviously looks great. Nice work

[WTP]

What a wonderful job building that beauty, would love to see more pictures of it both inside and out. 

[Lucky 7]

Sure thing. I did an M20/g260 swap, custom exhaust, LSD, ground control suspension, Ireland/Wilwood big brakes, full interior and more.  
 

I rebuilt the M20, but other than a chip and intake/exhaust it’s essentially stock. 

 

 

Here’s the interior:

 

 

 

Some fun bits down under:

 

 

I hired out the exterior paint and the recovered Recaros, everything else was me. Hence the 7 years. 😂

 

[SydneyTii]

Nice job, labour of love, bet it goes ok!😉

[JsnPpp]

Great car man, nice work.

[JohnS]

Beautiful work.  Just curious, what size of Momo Prototipo did you use?  320mm, 350mm or 370mm?

[MurphinDC]

Beautiful!!!

[Mark92131]

So sanitary and inspiring.

 

I am 4 years in (started stripping it down for paint in Feb 2020) and hope to get mine out of the garage in time for the SoCal vintage.

 

Mark92131

 

 

[Lucky 7]

Thanks guys!  Now I’m just driving it everywhere I go, I can’t help myself. 🤓

 

@JohnS, it’s a 370mm Prototipo from Revspeed. If there was a 390, I would have done it. With 7” wheels and sticky rubber, parallel parking takes a real steroid jerk.  

[Lucky 7]

On 7/18/2024 at 4:32 PM, OldRoller said:

Congrats Lucky! Super nice! It's good to hear the purr again, eh?

Maybe more of a roar, but yes, very nice. My exhaust isnt very quiet, but thankfully my soundproofing efforts really paid off. It’s crazy how much more civilized it is. 

[maharaja]

I have a M20 lying about and a tired M10. What are your impressions on it?

[JohnS]

14 minutes ago, Lucky 7 said:

Thanks guys!  Now I’m just driving it everywhere I go, I can’t help myself. 🤓

 

@JohnS, it’s a 370mm Prototipo from Revspeed. If there was a 390, I would have done it. With 7” wheels and sticky rubber, parallel parking takes a real steroid jerk.  

You're thinking exactly like me.  Same.  I just ordered a 370mm.  Glad they finally starting making them bigger than 350.

[Lucky 7]

4 hours ago, maharaja said:

I have a M20 lying about and a tired M10. What are your impressions on it?

Mine was a tired M10 with an automatic when I bought it. Acceleration was really more of an academic theory than a reality in those days. 
 

The M20 changed the car in all the right ways for me. Balance feels the same, but now there’s so so much power. It puts a smile on my face every time. And obviously the manual helps liven it up too.
 

The M10 is a great plant and can generate tons of power (for a price), but I specifically wanted to challenge myself with a swap. The whole project was just an excuse to learn a bunch of new stuff, perhaps biggest being the motor swap.  I had a lot of fun fabricating and sourcing everything to make it work.